diff --git a/pkg/gcputil/firebase.go b/pkg/gcputil/firebase.go
index 082ed1d..b1c2cbf 100644
--- a/pkg/gcputil/firebase.go
+++ b/pkg/gcputil/firebase.go
@@ -1,14 +1,19 @@
 package gcputil
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"google.golang.org/api/option"
+	"google.golang.org/api/option/internaloption"
 	"io"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
+	"time"
 
-	"golang.org/x/oauth2/google"
+	htransport "google.golang.org/api/transport/http"
 )
 
 // FirebaseDBClient is a client to interact with the Firebase Realtime Database API
@@ -25,26 +30,99 @@ type DatabaseInstance struct {
 	State       string `json:"state"`
 }
 
-// NewFirebaseDBClient creates a new Firebase Realtime Database client to interact with the
+type loggingTransport struct {
+	transport http.RoundTripper
+}
+
+func (t *loggingTransport) RoundTrip(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
+	start := time.Now()
+
+	// Log the request
+	logRequest(req)
+
+	// Perform the request
+	res, err := t.transport.RoundTrip(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("Error: %v\n", err)
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	// Log the response
+	logResponse(res, time.Since(start))
+
+	return res, nil
+}
+
+func logRequest(req *http.Request) {
+	fmt.Printf("Request: %s %s\n", req.Method, req.URL)
+	fmt.Printf("Headers: %v\n", req.Header)
+
+	if req.Body != nil {
+		bodyBytes, err := ioutil.ReadAll(req.Body)
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Printf("Error reading request body: %v\n", err)
+		} else {
+			req.Body = ioutil.NopCloser(bytes.NewBuffer(bodyBytes)) // Reassign the body
+			fmt.Printf("Body: %s\n", string(bodyBytes))
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func logResponse(res *http.Response, duration time.Duration) {
+	fmt.Printf("Response: %s in %v\n", res.Status, duration)
+	fmt.Printf("Headers: %v\n", res.Header)
+
+	if res.Body != nil {
+		bodyBytes, err := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Printf("Error reading response body: %v\n", err)
+		} else {
+			res.Body = ioutil.NopCloser(bytes.NewBuffer(bodyBytes)) // Reassign the body
+			fmt.Printf("Body: %s\n", string(bodyBytes))
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+const basePath = "https://firebasedatabase.googleapis.com/"
+const basePathTemplate = "https://firebasedatabase.UNIVERSE_DOMAIN/"
+const mtlsBasePath = "https://firebasedatabase.mtls.googleapis.com/"
+
+// NewFirebaseDatabaseService creates a new Firebase Realtime Database client to interact with the
 // https://firebasedatabase.googleapis.com endpoints as there is no official golang client library
-func NewFirebaseDBClient(ctx context.Context) (*FirebaseDBClient, error) {
-	client, err := google.DefaultClient(ctx,
+func NewFirebaseDatabaseService(ctx context.Context, opts ...option.ClientOption) (*FirebaseDatabaseService, error) {
+	scopesOption := internaloption.WithDefaultScopes(
 		"https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform",
 		"https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform.read-only",
 		"https://www.googleapis.com/auth/firebase",
 		"https://www.googleapis.com/auth/firebase.readonly",
 	)
+	// NOTE: prepend, so we don't override user-specified scopes.
+	opts = append([]option.ClientOption{scopesOption}, opts...)
+	opts = append(opts, internaloption.WithDefaultEndpoint(basePath))
+	opts = append(opts, internaloption.WithDefaultEndpointTemplate(basePathTemplate))
+	opts = append(opts, internaloption.WithDefaultMTLSEndpoint(mtlsBasePath))
+	opts = append(opts, internaloption.EnableNewAuthLibrary())
+	client, endpoint, err := htransport.NewClient(ctx, opts...)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse JWT from credentials: %v", err)
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	s := &FirebaseDatabaseService{client: client, BasePath: basePath}
+	if endpoint != "" {
+		s.BasePath = endpoint
 	}
 
-	return &FirebaseDBClient{
-		httpClient: client,
-	}, nil
+	return s, nil
+}
+
+type FirebaseDatabaseService struct {
+	client    *http.Client
+	BasePath  string // API endpoint base URL
+	UserAgent string // optional additional User-Agent fragment
 }
 
 // ListDatabaseRegions lists Firebase Realtime Database regions
-func (c *FirebaseDBClient) ListDatabaseRegions() []string {
+func (s *FirebaseDatabaseService) ListDatabaseRegions() []string {
 	return []string{
 		"us-central1",
 		"europe-west1",
@@ -53,8 +131,8 @@ func (c *FirebaseDBClient) ListDatabaseRegions() []string {
 }
 
 // ListDatabaseInstances lists Firebase Realtime Database instances
-func (c *FirebaseDBClient) ListDatabaseInstances(ctx context.Context, parent string) ([]*DatabaseInstance, error) {
-	url1 := fmt.Sprintf("https://firebasedatabase.googleapis.com/v1beta/%s/instances", parent)
+func (s *FirebaseDatabaseService) ListDatabaseInstances(ctx context.Context, parent string) ([]*DatabaseInstance, error) {
+	url1 := fmt.Sprintf("%sv1beta/%s/instances", s.BasePath, parent)
 	logrus.Tracef("url: %s", url1)
 
 	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodGet, url1, nil)
@@ -62,7 +140,7 @@ func (c *FirebaseDBClient) ListDatabaseInstances(ctx context.Context, parent str
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error creating request: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	resp, err := c.httpClient.Do(req)
+	resp, err := s.client.Do(req)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error requesting database instances: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -84,8 +162,8 @@ func (c *FirebaseDBClient) ListDatabaseInstances(ctx context.Context, parent str
 }
 
 // DeleteDatabaseInstance deletes a Firebase Realtime Database instance
-func (c *FirebaseDBClient) DeleteDatabaseInstance(ctx context.Context, parent, name string) error {
-	url := fmt.Sprintf("https://firebasedatabase.googleapis.com/v1beta/%s/instances/%s", parent, name)
+func (s *FirebaseDatabaseService) DeleteDatabaseInstance(ctx context.Context, parent, name string) error {
+	url := fmt.Sprintf("%sv1beta/%s/instances/%s", s.BasePath, parent, name)
 	logrus.Tracef("url: %s", url)
 
 	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodDelete, url, nil)
@@ -93,7 +171,7 @@ func (c *FirebaseDBClient) DeleteDatabaseInstance(ctx context.Context, parent, n
 		return fmt.Errorf("error creating request: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	resp, err := c.httpClient.Do(req)
+	resp, err := s.client.Do(req)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error deleting database instance: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -107,8 +185,8 @@ func (c *FirebaseDBClient) DeleteDatabaseInstance(ctx context.Context, parent, n
 }
 
 // DisableDatabaseInstance disables a Firebase Realtime Database instance
-func (c *FirebaseDBClient) DisableDatabaseInstance(ctx context.Context, parent, name string) error {
-	url := fmt.Sprintf("https://firebasedatabase.googleapis.com/v1beta/%s/instances/%s:disable", parent, name)
+func (s *FirebaseDatabaseService) DisableDatabaseInstance(ctx context.Context, parent, name string) error {
+	url := fmt.Sprintf("%sv1beta/%s/instances/%s:disable", s.BasePath, parent, name)
 	logrus.Tracef("url: %s", url)
 
 	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodPost, url, nil)
@@ -116,7 +194,7 @@ func (c *FirebaseDBClient) DisableDatabaseInstance(ctx context.Context, parent,
 		return fmt.Errorf("error creating request: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	resp, err := c.httpClient.Do(req)
+	resp, err := s.client.Do(req)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error disabling database instance: %v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/resources/firebase-realtime-database.go b/resources/firebase-realtime-database.go
index 0e6c942..125ab74 100644
--- a/resources/firebase-realtime-database.go
+++ b/resources/firebase-realtime-database.go
@@ -5,10 +5,12 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"slices"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/gotidy/ptr"
 
 	firebase "firebase.google.com/go"
+
 	liberror "github.com/ekristen/libnuke/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/ekristen/libnuke/pkg/registry"
 	"github.com/ekristen/libnuke/pkg/resource"
@@ -33,7 +35,7 @@ func init() {
 }
 
 type FirebaseRealtimeDatabaseLister struct {
-	svc *gcputil.FirebaseDBClient
+	svc *gcputil.FirebaseDatabaseService
 }
 
 func (l *FirebaseRealtimeDatabaseLister) List(ctx context.Context, o interface{}) ([]resource.Resource, error) {
@@ -46,7 +48,7 @@ func (l *FirebaseRealtimeDatabaseLister) List(ctx context.Context, o interface{}
 
 	if l.svc == nil {
 		var err error
-		l.svc, err = gcputil.NewFirebaseDBClient(ctx)
+		l.svc, err = gcputil.NewFirebaseDatabaseService(ctx)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -57,6 +59,9 @@ func (l *FirebaseRealtimeDatabaseLister) List(ctx context.Context, o interface{}
 		return nil, liberror.ErrSkipRequest("region is not supported")
 	}
 
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 60*time.Second)
+	defer cancel()
+
 	resp, err := l.svc.ListDatabaseInstances(ctx, fmt.Sprintf("projects/%s/locations/%s", *opts.Project, *opts.Region))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -87,7 +92,7 @@ func (l *FirebaseRealtimeDatabaseLister) List(ctx context.Context, o interface{}
 }
 
 type FirebaseRealtimeDatabase struct {
-	svc      *gcputil.FirebaseDBClient
+	svc      *gcputil.FirebaseDatabaseService
 	settings *settings.Setting
 	Project  *string
 	Region   *string