diff --git a/backend/firestore.indexes.json b/backend/firestore.indexes.json
index b0ca055..52fbf03 100644
--- a/backend/firestore.indexes.json
+++ b/backend/firestore.indexes.json
@@ -189,7 +189,59 @@
                     "order": "DESCENDING"
                 }
             ]
+        },
+        {
+            "collectionGroup": "events",
+            "queryScope": "COLLECTION",
+            "fields": [
+                {
+                    "fieldPath": "date",
+                    "order": "ASCENDING"
+                },
+                {
+                    "fieldPath": "startTime",
+                    "order": "ASCENDING"
+                }
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "collectionGroup": "referrals",
+            "queryScope": "COLLECTION",
+            "fields": [
+                {
+                    "fieldPath": "isDeleted",
+                    "order": "ASCENDING"
+                },
+                {
+                    "fieldPath": "dateSubmitted",
+                    "order": "DESCENDING"
+                }
+            ]
         }
     ],
-    "fieldOverrides": []
+    "fieldOverrides": [
+        {
+            "collectionGroup": "messages",
+            "fieldPath": "timestamp",
+            "ttl": false,
+            "indexes": [
+                {
+                    "order": "ASCENDING",
+                    "queryScope": "COLLECTION"
+                },
+                {
+                    "order": "DESCENDING",
+                    "queryScope": "COLLECTION"
+                },
+                {
+                    "arrayConfig": "CONTAINS",
+                    "queryScope": "COLLECTION"
+                },
+                {
+                    "order": "DESCENDING",
+                    "queryScope": "COLLECTION_GROUP"
+                }
+            ]
+        }
+    ]
 }
diff --git a/backend/firestore.rules b/backend/firestore.rules
index 5a73b82..4dd4fb8 100644
--- a/backend/firestore.rules
+++ b/backend/firestore.rules
@@ -121,6 +121,11 @@ service cloud.firestore {
       allow create, update, delete: if false;
     }
 
+    match /events/{eventId} {
+      allow read: if signedIn();
+      allow create, update, delete: if false;
+    }
+
     match /{document=**} {
       allow read, write: if false;
     }
diff --git a/web/.gitignore b/web/.gitignore
index 9b4c9d9..493f087 100644
--- a/web/.gitignore
+++ b/web/.gitignore
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 /.react-router/
 /build/
 
+# Vite
+/.vite/
+
 #environment files
 .env