diff --git a/proxy_docker/app/data/sqlmigrate20211105_0.7.0-0.8.0.sh b/proxy_docker/app/data/sqlmigrate20211105_0.7.0-0.8.0.sh
index d615c0e..8c8e9ad 100644
--- a/proxy_docker/app/data/sqlmigrate20211105_0.7.0-0.8.0.sh
+++ b/proxy_docker/app/data/sqlmigrate20211105_0.7.0-0.8.0.sh
@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@
 
 . ./trace.sh
 
-trace "[sqlmigrate20211105_0.7.0-0.8.0.sh] Waiting for PostgreSQL to be ready..."
-while [ ! -f "/container_monitor/postgres_ready" ]; do echo "PostgreSQL not ready" ; sleep 10 ; done
-trace "[sqlmigrate20211105_0.7.0-0.8.0.sh] PostgreSQL ready!"
-
 trace "[sqlmigrate20211105_0.7.0-0.8.0.sh] Checking if postgres is set up..."
 psql -h postgres -U cyphernode -c "\d" | grep "cyphernode_props" > /dev/null
 if [ "$?" -eq "1" ]; then
diff --git a/proxy_docker/app/script/startproxy.sh b/proxy_docker/app/script/startproxy.sh
index 6f855fe..3d2f995 100644
--- a/proxy_docker/app/script/startproxy.sh
+++ b/proxy_docker/app/script/startproxy.sh
@@ -34,13 +34,13 @@ else
   rm -f /container_monitor/proxy_dbfailed
 fi
 
+trace "[startproxy] Waiting for PostgreSQL to be ready..."
+while [ ! -f "/container_monitor/postgres_ready" ]; do echo "PostgreSQL not ready" ; sleep 10 ; done
+trace "[startproxy] PostgreSQL ready!"
+
 if [ ! -e ${DB_FILE} ]; then
   trace "[startproxy] DB not found, creating..."
   cat cyphernode.sql | sqlite3 $DB_FILE
-
-  trace "[startproxy] Waiting for PostgreSQL to be ready..."
-  while [ ! -f "/container_monitor/postgres_ready" ]; do echo "PostgreSQL not ready" ; sleep 10 ; done
-  trace "[startproxy] PostgreSQL ready!"
   psql -h postgres -f cyphernode.postgresql -U cyphernode
   returncode=$?
   trace_rc ${returncode}