diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile b/backend/Dockerfile
index 8f9299d72..fa6bc22b0 100644
--- a/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ RUN npm run build
 FROM python:3.7
 
 # Install dependencies
-RUN apt -y update && apt -y install git build-essential gdal-bin libgdal-dev
+RUN apt -y update && apt -y install git build-essential gdal-bin libgdal-dev postgresql-client
 
 ENV PATH="/usr/bin/python3:${PATH}"
 
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ COPY ./backend/requirements.txt /app/requirements.txt
 
 COPY --from=frontend ./app/dist ./gwells/static
 COPY --from=frontend ./app/dist/index.html ./gwells/templates/
+# COPY /backend/startup.sh /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/
 
 # RUN chmod +x load_fixtures.sh works when i pull the dockerfile into backend but not when dockerfile is with other docker files
 RUN chmod +x /app
@@ -46,9 +47,11 @@ RUN python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt
 
 # TODO: move to entrypoint in deployment template?
 # chmod -R 777 /app && \
+# CMD [""]
+
 CMD sh -c "python3 manage.py migrate --noinput && \
     ./load_fixtures.sh all && \
     python3 manage.py createinitialrevisions && \
     python3 manage.py collectstatic --noinput && \
     # python3 manage.py export --cleanup=1 --upload=1 && \
-    python3 manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000"
+    python3 manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/openshift.deploy.yml b/backend/openshift.deploy.yml
index 522c1b1a9..04a0abc63 100644
--- a/backend/openshift.deploy.yml
+++ b/backend/openshift.deploy.yml
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ objects:
           - name: DATABASE_SERVICE_NAME
             value: ${REPO}-${ZONE}-database
           - name: DATABASE_PORT
-            value: 5432
+            value: "5432"
           - name: DATABASE_NAME
             valueFrom:
               secretKeyRef:
@@ -461,24 +461,22 @@ objects:
               memory: "${MEMORY_REQUEST}"
           readinessProbe:
             httpGet:
-              path: /gwells/health
+              path: /health
               port: 8000
-              scheme: HTTP
-            initialDelaySeconds: 20
-            timeoutSeconds: 3
-            periodSeconds: 5
-            successThreshold: 1
-            failureThreshold: 5
+            # initialDelaySeconds: 20
+            # timeoutSeconds: 3
+            # periodSeconds: 5
+            # successThreshold: 1
+            # failureThreshold: 5
           livenessProbe:
             httpGet:
-              path: /gwells/health
+              path: /health
               port: 8000
-              scheme: HTTP
-            initialDelaySeconds: 20
-            timeoutSeconds: 3
-            periodSeconds: 30
-            successThreshold: 1
-            failureThreshold: 5
+            # initialDelaySeconds: 20
+            # timeoutSeconds: 3
+            # periodSeconds: 30
+            # successThreshold: 1
+            # failureThreshold: 5
           terminationMessagePath: "/dev/termination-log"
           terminationMessagePolicy: File
           imagePullPolicy: Always
diff --git a/backend/startup.sh b/backend/startup.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..345424529
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/startup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+python3 manage.py migrate --noinput &&
+./load_fixtures.sh all &&
+python3 manage.py createinitialrevisions &&
+python3 manage.py collectstatic --noinput &&
+# python3 manage.py export --cleanup=1 --upload=1 &&
+python3 manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000"