diff --git a/tasks/build.yml b/tasks/build.yml
index 1395f66..ef8fa25 100644
--- a/tasks/build.yml
+++ b/tasks/build.yml
@@ -45,5 +45,6 @@
     chdir: "{{ strfry_data_path }}"
   become: yes
   become_user: "{{ strfry_system_user }}"
-  when: git_repository.changed and strfry_data_path_stat.stat.exists
-  changed_when: git_repository.changed
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+  when: git_repository.changed and strfry_data_path_stat.stat is defined and strfry_data_path_stat.stat.exists
+  changed_when: git_repository.changed
+  failed_when: false
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diff --git a/templates/strfry.conf b/templates/strfry.conf
index 5c5ae9d..5c49388 100644
--- a/templates/strfry.conf
+++ b/templates/strfry.conf
@@ -13,31 +13,6 @@ dbParams {
 
     # Size of mmap() to use when loading LMDB (default is 10TB, does *not* correspond to disk-space used) (restart required)
     mapsize = {{ strfry_dbParams.mapsize }}
-
-    # Disables read-ahead when accessing the LMDB mapping. Reduces IO activity when DB size is larger than RAM. (restart required)
-    noReadAhead = {{ "true" if strfry_dbParams.noReadAhead else "false" }}
-}
-events {
-    # Maximum size of normalised JSON, in bytes
-    maxEventSize = {{ strfry_events.maxEventSize }}
-
-    # Events newer than this will be rejected
-    rejectEventsNewerThanSeconds = {{ strfry_events.rejectEventsNewerThanSeconds }}
-
-    # Events older than this will be rejected
-    rejectEventsOlderThanSeconds = {{ strfry_events.rejectEventsOlderThanSeconds }}
-
-    # Ephemeral events older than this will be rejected
-    rejectEphemeralEventsOlderThanSeconds = {{ strfry_events.rejectEphemeralEventsOlderThanSeconds }}
-
-    # Ephemeral events will be deleted from the DB when older than this
-    ephemeralEventsLifetimeSeconds = {{ strfry_events.ephemeralEventsLifetimeSeconds }}
-
-    # Maximum number of tags allowed
-    maxNumTags = {{ strfry_events.maxNumTags }}
-
-    # Maximum size for tag values, in bytes
-    maxTagValSize = {{ strfry_events.maxTagValSize }}
 }
 
 relay {
@@ -88,6 +63,9 @@ relay {
     writePolicy {
         # If non-empty, path to an executable script that implements the writePolicy plugin logic
         plugin = "{{ strfry_relay.writePolicy.plugin }}"
+
+        # Number of seconds to search backwards for lookback events when starting the writePolicy plugin (0 for no lookback)
+        lookbackSeconds = 0
     }
 
     compression {
@@ -110,9 +88,6 @@ relay {
 
         # Log performance metrics for initial REQ database scans
         dbScanPerf = {{ "true" if strfry_relay.logging.dbScanPerf else "false" }}
-
-        # Log reason for invalid event rejection? Can be disabled to silence excessive logging
-        invalidEvents = {{ "true" if strfry_relay.logging.invalidEvents else "false" }}
     }
 
     numThreads {
@@ -125,15 +100,31 @@ relay {
         # reqMonitor threads: Handle filtering of new events (restart required)
         reqMonitor = {{ strfry_relay.numThreads.reqMonitor }}
 
-        # negentropy threads: Handle negentropy protocol messages (restart required)
-        negentropy = {{ strfry_relay.numThreads.negentropy }}
-    }
 
-    negentropy {
-        # Support negentropy protocol messages
-        enabled = {{ "true" if strfry_relay.negentropy.enabled else "false" }}
-
-        # Maximum records that sync will process before returning an error
-        maxSyncEvents = {{ strfry_relay.negentropy.maxSyncEvents }}
+        # yesstr threads: Experimental yesstr protocol (restart required)
+        yesstr = 1
     }
 }
+
+events {
+    # Maximum size of normalised JSON, in bytes
+    maxEventSize = {{ strfry_events.maxEventSize }}
+
+    # Events newer than this will be rejected
+    rejectEventsNewerThanSeconds = {{ strfry_events.rejectEventsNewerThanSeconds }}
+
+    # Events older than this will be rejected
+    rejectEventsOlderThanSeconds = {{ strfry_events.rejectEventsOlderThanSeconds }}
+
+    # Ephemeral events older than this will be rejected
+    rejectEphemeralEventsOlderThanSeconds = {{ strfry_events.rejectEphemeralEventsOlderThanSeconds }}
+
+    # Ephemeral events will be deleted from the DB when older than this
+    ephemeralEventsLifetimeSeconds = {{ strfry_events.ephemeralEventsLifetimeSeconds }}
+
+    # Maximum number of tags allowed
+    maxNumTags = {{ strfry_events.maxNumTags }}
+
+    # Maximum size for tag values, in bytes
+    maxTagValSize = {{ strfry_events.maxTagValSize }}
+}
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diff --git a/templates/update.conf b/templates/update.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f1ad39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/update.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+##
+## Default strfry config
+##
+
+# Directory that contains the strfry LMDB database (restart required)
+db = "./strfry-db/"
+
+dbParams {
+    # Maximum number of threads/processes that can simultaneously have LMDB transactions open (restart required)
+    maxreaders = 256
+
+    # Size of mmap() to use when loading LMDB (default is 10TB, does *not* correspond to disk-space used) (restart required)
+    mapsize = 10995116277760
+}
+
+relay {
+    # Interface to listen on. Use 0.0.0.0 to listen on all interfaces (restart required)
+    bind = "127.0.0.1"
+
+    # Port to open for the nostr websocket protocol (restart required)
+    port = 7777
+
+    # Set OS-limit on maximum number of open files/sockets (if 0, don't attempt to set) (restart required)
+    nofiles = 1000000
+
+    # HTTP header that contains the client's real IP, before reverse proxying (ie x-real-ip) (MUST be all lower-case)
+    realIpHeader = ""
+
+    info {
+        # NIP-11: Name of this server. Short/descriptive (< 30 characters)
+        name = "strfry default"
+
+        # NIP-11: Detailed information about relay, free-form
+        description = "This is a strfry instance."
+
+        # NIP-11: Administrative nostr pubkey, for contact purposes
+        pubkey = "unset"
+
+        # NIP-11: Alternative administrative contact (email, website, etc)
+        contact = "unset"
+    }
+
+    # Maximum accepted incoming websocket frame size (should be larger than max event and yesstr msg) (restart required)
+    maxWebsocketPayloadSize = 131072
+
+    # Websocket-level PING message frequency (should be less than any reverse proxy idle timeouts) (restart required)
+    autoPingSeconds = 55
+
+    # If TCP keep-alive should be enabled (detect dropped connections to upstream reverse proxy)
+    enableTcpKeepalive = false
+
+    # How much uninterrupted CPU time a REQ query should get during its DB scan
+    queryTimesliceBudgetMicroseconds = 10000
+
+    # Maximum records that can be returned per filter
+    maxFilterLimit = 500
+
+    # Maximum number of subscriptions (concurrent REQs) a connection can have open at any time
+    maxSubsPerConnection = 20
+
+    writePolicy {
+        # If non-empty, path to an executable script that implements the writePolicy plugin logic
+        plugin = ""
+
+        # Number of seconds to search backwards for lookback events when starting the writePolicy plugin (0 for no lookback)
+        lookbackSeconds = 0
+    }
+
+    compression {
+        # Use permessage-deflate compression if supported by client. Reduces bandwidth, but slight increase in CPU (restart required)
+        enabled = true
+
+        # Maintain a sliding window buffer for each connection. Improves compression, but uses more memory (restart required)
+        slidingWindow = true
+    }
+
+    logging {
+        # Dump all incoming messages
+        dumpInAll = false
+
+        # Dump all incoming EVENT messages
+        dumpInEvents = false
+
+        # Dump all incoming REQ/CLOSE messages
+        dumpInReqs = false
+
+        # Log performance metrics for initial REQ database scans
+        dbScanPerf = false
+    }
+
+    numThreads {
+        # Ingester threads: route incoming requests, validate events/sigs (restart required)
+        ingester = 3
+
+        # reqWorker threads: Handle initial DB scan for events (restart required)
+        reqWorker = 3
+
+        # reqMonitor threads: Handle filtering of new events (restart required)
+        reqMonitor = 3
+
+        # yesstr threads: Experimental yesstr protocol (restart required)
+        yesstr = 1
+    }
+}
+
+events {
+    # Maximum size of normalised JSON, in bytes
+    maxEventSize = 65536
+
+    # Events newer than this will be rejected
+    rejectEventsNewerThanSeconds = 900
+
+    # Events older than this will be rejected
+    rejectEventsOlderThanSeconds = 94608000
+
+    # Ephemeral events older than this will be rejected
+    rejectEphemeralEventsOlderThanSeconds = 60
+
+    # Ephemeral events will be deleted from the DB when older than this
+    ephemeralEventsLifetimeSeconds = 300
+
+    # Maximum number of tags allowed
+    maxNumTags = 2000
+
+    # Maximum size for tag values, in bytes
+    maxTagValSize = 1024
+}
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