diff --git a/server/src/api/socket.ts b/server/src/api/socket.ts
index af63c1a..7db3c27 100644
--- a/server/src/api/socket.ts
+++ b/server/src/api/socket.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { Server } from 'socket.io'
 import type { Socket } from 'socket.io'
 import validator from 'validator'
 import type { Server as HttpServer } from 'http'
-import { ISession, Session } from '../../../packages/models'
+import { Session } from '../../../packages/models'
 import SessionMiddleware from '../middleware/session.js'
 import logger from '../utils/logger.js'
 
@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ export function pushToSession(
   }
 }
 
-// eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
-async function connectContainer(socket: Socket, next: (err?: Error) => void) {
+async function onConnect(socket: Socket) {
   const user = (socket.request as any).session?.passport?.user
   if (!user) {
-    next(new Error('User not found.'))
+    socket.emit('error', 'User not found.')
+    socket.disconnect()
     return
   }
   const { sessionId } = socket.handshake.query
@@ -48,27 +48,18 @@ async function connectContainer(socket: Socket, next: (err?: Error) => void) {
     !validator.isMongoId(sessionId)
   ) {
     logger.warn('Invalid Session ID.', user.username, sessionId)
-    next(new Error('Invalid Session ID.'))
+    socket.emit('error', 'Invalid Session ID.')
+    socket.disconnect()
     return
   }
 
   const session = await Session.findById(sessionId)
   if (!session) {
-    next(new Error('Session not found.'))
+    socket.emit('error', 'Session not found.')
+    socket.disconnect()
     return
   }
 
-  socket.data.context = {
-    session,
-  }
-  next()
-}
-
-function onConnect(socket: Socket) {
-  const { session } = socket.data.context as {
-    session: ISession
-  }
-
   const socketCallback = (event: string, ...data: any[]) => {
     socket.emit(event, ...data)
   }
@@ -84,7 +75,6 @@ export default (server: HttpServer) => {
   const io = new Server(server)
 
   io.engine.use(SessionMiddleware)
-  io.use(connectContainer)
 
   io.on('connection', onConnect)
   io.on('connect_error', (err) => {
diff --git a/server/src/containers/docker.ts b/server/src/containers/docker.ts
index f2738cd..ef4b84b 100644
--- a/server/src/containers/docker.ts
+++ b/server/src/containers/docker.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 import fs from 'fs/promises'
-import { Duplex } from 'stream'
 import Docker from 'dockerode'
 import config, { getQuestImage } from '../config.js'
 import logger from '../utils/logger.js'
-import { connectToSSH } from './ssh.js'
 
 const engine = new Docker()
 
@@ -100,32 +98,6 @@ export async function getAndStartContainer(
   return container
 }
 
-export async function attachContainer(
-  container: Docker.Container,
-  { token }: { token: string }
-): Promise<Duplex> {
-  const containerIp = (await container.inspect()).NetworkSettings.Networks[
-    config.docker.network
-  ].IPAddress
-  console.log('containerIp', containerIp)
-
-  let error: Error | null = null
-  for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
-    try {
-      // eslint-disable-next-line no-await-in-loop
-      const stream = await connectToSSH(containerIp, { token })
-      return stream
-    } catch (err) {
-      error = err as Error
-      // eslint-disable-next-line no-await-in-loop
-      await new Promise((resolve) => {
-        setTimeout(resolve, 1000)
-      })
-    }
-  }
-  throw new Error('Failed to connect to SSH', { cause: error })
-}
-
 export async function deleteContainer(id: string) {
   const container = engine.getContainer(id)
   if (!container) {
diff --git a/server/src/containers/ssh.ts b/server/src/containers/ssh.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 4eb54b9..0000000
--- a/server/src/containers/ssh.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-import { Client } from 'ssh2'
-import { Duplex } from 'stream'
-import config from '../config.js'
-
-export async function connectToSSH(
-  containerIp: string,
-  { token }: { token: string }
-): Promise<Duplex> {
-  const conn = new Client()
-
-  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    conn
-      .on('ready', () => {
-        conn.shell(
-          {
-            env: {
-              TOKEN: token,
-              API_ENDPOINT: config.backendUrl,
-              ZDOTDIR: '/etc/zsh',
-              NODE_PATH: '/usr/src/node_modules',
-            },
-          },
-          (err, stream) => {
-            if (err) {
-              reject(err)
-            }
-            stream.on('close', () => {
-              conn.end()
-            })
-            resolve(stream)
-          }
-        )
-      })
-      .on('error', (err) => {
-        reject(err)
-      })
-      .connect({
-        host: containerIp,
-        port: 22,
-        username: 'commander',
-        privateKey: config.docker.keypair.privateKey,
-        timeout: 5000,
-      })
-  })
-}