diff --git a/scripts/monitor-db-stability.sh b/scripts/monitor-db-stability.sh
index f1d7e17e..ba085205 100755
--- a/scripts/monitor-db-stability.sh
+++ b/scripts/monitor-db-stability.sh
@@ -47,9 +47,14 @@ if [ "$MICRODAO_COUNT" -lt 5 ] || [ "$AGENT_COUNT" -lt 10 ]; then
     log "📦 Found backup: $LATEST_BACKUP"
     log "🔄 Restoring from backup..."
     
+    # Terminate all connections to the database first
+    log "🔒 Terminating active connections..."
+    docker exec daarion-postgres psql -U postgres -c "SELECT pg_terminate_backend(pid) FROM pg_stat_activity WHERE datname = 'daarion' AND pid <> pg_backend_pid();" 2>&1 | grep -v "terminate_backend\|^$" || true
+    sleep 2
+    
     # Drop and recreate database
-    docker exec daarion-postgres psql -U postgres -c "DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS daarion;"
-    docker exec daarion-postgres psql -U postgres -c "CREATE DATABASE daarion;"
+    docker exec daarion-postgres psql -U postgres -c "DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS daarion;" 2>&1 | grep -v "DROP DATABASE" || true
+    docker exec daarion-postgres psql -U postgres -c "CREATE DATABASE daarion;" 2>&1 | grep -v "CREATE DATABASE" || true
     
     # Restore from backup
     docker exec -i daarion-postgres psql -U postgres -d daarion < "$LATEST_BACKUP" 2>&1 | grep -v "already exists\|does not exist" || true
@@ -60,8 +65,13 @@ if [ "$MICRODAO_COUNT" -lt 5 ] || [ "$AGENT_COUNT" -lt 10 ]; then
       docker exec -i daarion-postgres psql -U postgres -d daarion < "$f" 2>&1 | grep -v "already exists\|does not exist" || true
     done
     
-    # Sync NODE2 agents
-    python3 scripts/sync-node2-dagi-agents.py 2>&1 | tail -5 || true
+    # Sync NODE2 agents (force sync even if they exist)
+    log "🤖 Syncing NODE2 agents..."
+    python3 scripts/sync-node2-dagi-agents.py 2>&1 | tail -10 || true
+    
+    # Verify agent count after sync
+    AGENT_COUNT_AFTER=$(docker exec daarion-postgres psql -U postgres -d daarion -t -c "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM agents;" 2>/dev/null | tr -d ' \n' || echo "0")
+    log "📊 Agents after sync: $AGENT_COUNT_AFTER"
     
     # Remove test agents
     bash scripts/remove-test-agents.sh 2>&1 | tail -3 || true