diff --git a/dev/vbrowser.sh b/dev/vbrowser.sh
index af06cb3c8f..b2236b0718 100644
--- a/dev/vbrowser.sh
+++ b/dev/vbrowser.sh
@@ -18,8 +18,11 @@ echo '
 #!/bin/bash
 
 iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-port 5000
-# create random password
-# uuidgen > ~/password
+# do if password does not exist
+# if [ ! -f ~/password ]
+# then
+# hostname > ~/password
+# fi
 # PASSWORD=$(cat ~/password)
 PASSWORD=$(hostname)
 #RESOLUTION=$(if [ "$(nproc)" -le "2" ]; then echo "1280x720@30"; else echo "1920x1080@30"; fi)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c746dedd8e..fec3c4beb1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
     "ncu": "ncu --semverLevel major -u",
     "updateSnapshot": "curl -X POST http://localhost:3100/updateSnapshot -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{\"provider\":\"Hetzner\",\"region\":\"US\"}'",
     "testvBrowser": "docker run -d --rm --name=vbrowser --log-opt max-size=1g --net=host --shm-size=1g --cap-add=\"SYS_ADMIN\" -e DISPLAY=\":99.0\" -e NEKO_PASSWORD=user -e NEKO_PASSWORD_ADMIN=admin -e NEKO_BIND=\":5100\" -e NEKO_EPR=\":59000-59100\" -e NEKO_H264=\"1\" howardc93/vbrowser",
+    "testvlc": "docker run -d --rm --name=vlc --log-opt max-size=1g --net=host -e VLC_MEDIA=\"https://github.com/ietf-wg-cellar/matroska-test-files/raw/master/test_files/test1.mkv\" -e NEKO_PASSWORD=user -e NEKO_PASSWORD_ADMIN=admin -e NEKO_BIND=\":5100\" -e NEKO_EPR=\":59000-59100\" -e NEKO_H264=\"1\" m1k1o/neko:vlc",
     "analyze": "source-map-explorer 'build/static/js/*.js' --html result.html"
   },
   "husky": {
diff --git a/server/vm/base.ts b/server/vm/base.ts
index 225b3e5350..3a09ef73b0 100644
--- a/server/vm/base.ts
+++ b/server/vm/base.ts
@@ -201,16 +201,20 @@ export abstract class VMManager {
     // Since most user sessions are less than an hour
     // Otherwise if it's per-second or Docker, it's easier to just terminate it on reboot
     if (this.reuseVMs) {
-      // To reset without API calls:
-      // Update vbrowser image to generate password and save to file
-      // vbrowser uses file content as password
-      // ssh to vbrowser and sudo reboot
-      // Image serves file content at secret endpoint
-      // on vmWorker, checkvmready checks secret endpoint for password and updates DB
+      // To reset without API calls/reimaging (logic can be reused on any cloud provider):
+      // Update vbrowser image to create default password file with hostname
+      // vbrowser image should use file content as password instead of hostname
+      // generate a new password on vmWorker
+      // ssh to vbrowser, then:
+      // save generated password to file (~/password)
+      // sudo reboot
+      // update DB with generated password
+      // getVM needs to lookup password from db rather than reading server name from API
+      // listvm only needs ID, so avoid doing DB password lookup
       // add option to force reimage VM (in case of chrome updates)
       await this.rebootVM(vmid);
       // we could crash here and then row will remain in used state
-      // Once the heartbeat becomes stale cleanup will reset it
+      // Once the heartbeat becomes stale cleanup will reset it again
       const result = await postgres.query(
         `
         INSERT INTO vbrowser(pool, vmid, "creationTime", state)
@@ -305,12 +309,8 @@ export abstract class VMManager {
         // filter to only VMs eligible for deletion
         // they must be up for long enough
         // keep the oldest min pool size number of VMs
-        // Hetzner/DO rounds up to nearest hour
+        // Hetzner/DO/Scaleway rounds up to nearest hour
         let modulo = 3600;
-        if (this.id === 'Scaleway') {
-          // Scaleway just charges by the minute with a min of 60 min so don't modulo
-          modulo = 2147483647;
-        }
         const { rows } = await postgres.query(
           `
           DELETE FROM vbrowser
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ export abstract class VMManager {
   protected abstract rebootVM: (id: string) => Promise<void>;
   protected abstract terminateVM: (id: string) => Promise<void>;
   public abstract getVM: (id: string) => Promise<VM>;
-  protected abstract listVMs: (filter?: string) => Promise<VM[]>;
+  protected abstract listVMs: (filter: string) => Promise<VM[]>;
   protected abstract powerOn: (id: string) => Promise<void>;
   protected abstract attachToNetwork: (id: string) => Promise<void>;
   protected abstract mapServerObject: (server: any) => VM;
@@ -601,11 +601,7 @@ export interface VM {
   id: string;
   pass: string;
   host: string;
-  state: string;
-  tags: string[];
-  creation_date: string;
   provider: string;
-  originalName?: string;
   large: boolean;
   region: string;
 }
diff --git a/server/vm/digitalocean.ts b/server/vm/digitalocean.ts
index c0b4e3a0b6..82c2c8cdda 100644
--- a/server/vm/digitalocean.ts
+++ b/server/vm/digitalocean.ts
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ export class DigitalOcean extends VMManager {
     return server;
   };
 
-  listVMs = async (filter?: string) => {
+  listVMs = async (filter: string) => {
     // console.log(filter, tags);
     const response = await axios({
       method: 'GET',
@@ -140,9 +140,7 @@ export class DigitalOcean extends VMManager {
         tag_name: filter,
       },
     });
-    return response.data.droplets
-      .map(this.mapServerObject)
-      .filter((server: VM) => server.tags.includes(this.getTag()));
+    return response.data.droplets.map(this.mapServerObject);
   };
 
   powerOn = async (_id: string) => {};
@@ -165,9 +163,6 @@ export class DigitalOcean extends VMManager {
       pass: server.name,
       // The gateway handles SSL termination and proxies to the private IP
       host: ip ? `${gatewayHost}/?ip=${ip}` : '',
-      state: server.status,
-      tags: server.tags,
-      creation_date: server.created_at,
       provider: this.id,
       large: this.isLarge,
       region: this.region,
diff --git a/server/vm/docker.ts b/server/vm/docker.ts
index 7181cf2ff0..f96231e380 100644
--- a/server/vm/docker.ts
+++ b/server/vm/docker.ts
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ export class Docker extends VMManager {
     return server;
   };
 
-  listVMs = async (filter?: string) => {
+  listVMs = async (filter: string) => {
     const conn = await this.getSSH();
     const listCmd = `docker inspect $(docker ps --filter label=${filter} --quiet --no-trunc)`;
     const { stdout } = await conn.execCommand(listCmd);
@@ -117,9 +117,6 @@ export class Docker extends VMManager {
     id: server.Id,
     pass: server.Name?.slice(1),
     host: `${this.hostname}:${5000 + Number(server.Config?.Labels?.index)}`,
-    state: server.State?.Status,
-    tags: server.Config?.Labels,
-    creation_date: server.State?.StartedAt,
     provider: this.id,
     large: this.isLarge,
     region: this.region,
diff --git a/server/vm/hetzner.ts b/server/vm/hetzner.ts
index 155505d47b..98bd4ee2ac 100644
--- a/server/vm/hetzner.ts
+++ b/server/vm/hetzner.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ export class Hetzner extends VMManager {
       // user_data: `replace with vbrowser.sh startup script if we want to boot vbrowser on instance creation (won't trigger on rebuild/restart)`
       labels: {
         [this.getTag()]: '1',
-        originalName: name,
       },
       location: this.getRandomDatacenter(),
     };
@@ -126,7 +125,7 @@ export class Hetzner extends VMManager {
     return server;
   };
 
-  listVMs = async (filter?: string) => {
+  listVMs = async (filter: string) => {
     const limit = this.getLimitSize();
     const pageCount = Math.ceil((limit || 1) / 50);
     const pages = Array.from(Array(pageCount).keys()).map((i) => i + 1);
@@ -148,9 +147,7 @@ export class Hetzner extends VMManager {
       ),
     );
     const responsesMapped = responses.map((response) =>
-      response.data.servers
-        .map(this.mapServerObject)
-        .filter((server: VM) => server.tags.includes(this.getTag())),
+      response.data.servers.map(this.mapServerObject),
     );
     return responsesMapped.flat();
   };
@@ -252,10 +249,6 @@ export class Hetzner extends VMManager {
       pass: server.name,
       // The gateway handles SSL termination and proxies to the private IP
       host: ip ? `${this.gateway}/?ip=${ip}` : '',
-      state: server.status,
-      tags: Object.keys(server.labels),
-      creation_date: server.created,
-      originalName: server.labels.originalName,
       provider: this.id,
       large: this.isLarge,
       region: this.region,
diff --git a/server/vm/scaleway.ts b/server/vm/scaleway.ts
index 464d93ac9c..726e9c87c2 100644
--- a/server/vm/scaleway.ts
+++ b/server/vm/scaleway.ts
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ export class Scaleway extends VMManager {
     return server;
   };
 
-  listVMs = async (filter?: string) => {
+  listVMs = async (filter: string) => {
     const limit = this.getLimitSize();
     const pageCount = Math.ceil((limit || 1) / 100);
     const pages = Array.from(Array(pageCount).keys()).map((i) => i + 1);
@@ -142,9 +142,7 @@ export class Scaleway extends VMManager {
       ),
     );
     const responsesMapped = responses.map((response) =>
-      response.data.servers
-        .map(this.mapServerObject)
-        .filter((server: VM) => server.tags.includes(this.getTag())),
+      response.data.servers.map(this.mapServerObject),
     );
     return responsesMapped.flat();
   };
@@ -165,9 +163,6 @@ export class Scaleway extends VMManager {
       pass: server.name,
       // The gateway handles SSL termination and proxies to the private IP
       host: ip ? `${gatewayHost}/?ip=${ip}` : '',
-      state: server.state,
-      tags: server.tags,
-      creation_date: server.creation_date,
       provider: this.id,
       large: this.isLarge,
       region: this.region,