diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ed3e0e4429c..e86db1e9321 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -14696,3 +14696,23 @@ dependencies = [
  "url",
  "zeroize",
 ]
+
+[[patch.unused]]
+name = "sqlx"
+version = "0.9.0-alpha.1"
+source = "git+https://github.com/launchbadge/sqlx?branch=main#45ba9907a1cded7e842e43f9b00da75d86522c69"
+
+[[patch.unused]]
+name = "sqlx-core"
+version = "0.9.0-alpha.1"
+source = "git+https://github.com/launchbadge/sqlx?branch=main#45ba9907a1cded7e842e43f9b00da75d86522c69"
+
+[[patch.unused]]
+name = "sqlx-macros"
+version = "0.9.0-alpha.1"
+source = "git+https://github.com/launchbadge/sqlx?branch=main#45ba9907a1cded7e842e43f9b00da75d86522c69"
+
+[[patch.unused]]
+name = "sqlx-sqlite"
+version = "0.9.0-alpha.1"
+source = "git+https://github.com/launchbadge/sqlx?branch=main#45ba9907a1cded7e842e43f9b00da75d86522c69"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2b7497f113d..5e02cc3d953 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ default-members = [
     "service-providers/network-requester",
     "tools/nymvisor",
     "nym-registration-client",
-    "tools/internal/localnet-orchestrator"
+    "tools/internal/localnet-orchestrator",
 ]
 
 exclude = ["contracts", "nym-wallet", "cpu-cycles"]
@@ -569,7 +569,11 @@ webpki-roots = "0.26"
 web-sys = "0.3.76"
 
 # for local development:
-#[patch.crates-io]
+[patch.crates-io]
+sqlx-sqlite = { git = "https://github.com/launchbadge/sqlx", branch = "main", package = "sqlx-sqlite" }
+sqlx = { git = "https://github.com/launchbadge/sqlx", branch = "main" }
+sqlx-core = { git = "https://github.com/launchbadge/sqlx", branch = "main" }
+sqlx-macros = { git = "https://github.com/launchbadge/sqlx", branch = "main" }
 #sphinx-packet = { path = "../sphinx" }
 
 # Profile settings for individual crates
diff --git a/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-client/src/lib.rs b/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-client/src/lib.rs
index 182fa8786d3..9f24ee6f745 100644
--- a/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-client/src/lib.rs
+++ b/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-client/src/lib.rs
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ impl NsApiClient {
 
         let payload = get_testrun::Payload {
             agent_public_key: self.auth_key.public_key(),
-            timestamp: time::UtcDateTime::now().unix_timestamp(),
+            timestamp: time::OffsetDateTime::now_utc().unix_timestamp(),
         };
         let signature = self.sign_message(&payload)?;
         let request = get_testrun::GetTestrunRequest { payload, signature };