diff --git a/postgres/Dockerfile b/postgres/Dockerfile
index 14c91e8..2069e1f 100644
--- a/postgres/Dockerfile
+++ b/postgres/Dockerfile
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
 # -----------------------------------------------
 # stage: Final container
 # -----------------------------------------------
-#FROM timescale/timescaledb-ha:pg14.3-ts2.7-latest
-FROM timescale/timescaledb-ha:pg14-ts2.7-oss-latest
+FROM timescale/timescaledb-ha:pg14-ts2.7-latest
+
 ARG VERSION=0.0.0
 
 ENV PGDATA=/var/lib/postgresql/data
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ USER root
 
 RUN  rm -rf /usr/lib/postgresql/12 /usr/lib/postgresql/13  \
      && mkdir -p /var/lib/postgresql/data /var/lib/postgresql/ts/data \
-     && chown -R postgres /var/lib/postgresql/data /var/lib/postgresql/ts/data
+     && chown -R postgres /var/lib/postgresql/data /var/lib/postgresql/ts/data \
+     && mkdir -p /usr/local/openbmp \
+     && touch /usr/local/openbmp/version-${VERSION}
 
 USER postgres
-
-RUN touch /var/lib/postgresql/data/version-${VERSION}
diff --git a/psql-app/scripts/run b/psql-app/scripts/run
index 38db7bf..751d558 100755
--- a/psql-app/scripts/run
+++ b/psql-app/scripts/run
@@ -74,10 +74,22 @@ initdb_postgres() {
     if [[ ! -f /config/do_not_init_db ]]; then
       echo " ===> Initializing the DB"
 
+      echo "Waiting for postgres to start..."
+      done=0
+      while [  $done -eq 0 ]; do
+          psql -c "select 1;" > /dev/null 2>&1
+          if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
+             echo "    postgres not running, sleeping for 20 seconds..."
+             sleep 20
+          else
+              done=1
+              break
+          fi
+      done
+
       # Load the schema files
       echo " ===> Loading Schemas"
 
-
       echo "------" > /var/log/db_schema_load.log
       for file in $(ls -v /usr/local/openbmp/database/*.sql); do
         echo " ===[ $file ] ========================================" >> /var/log/db_schema_load.log