diff --git a/Dockerfile.gdal b/Dockerfile.gdal
index b4e236e..3df04db 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.gdal
+++ b/Dockerfile.gdal
@@ -53,3 +53,6 @@ RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
 
 COPY . /app
 
+COPY wait-for-it.sh /wait-for-it.sh
+RUN chmod +x /wait-for-it.sh
+
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index 7dffd97..8144eef 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ services:
          context: .
          dockerfile: Dockerfile.gdal
       command: python3 manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8100
+      command: /wait-for-it.sh db:5432
       volumes:
          - .:/app
       ports: