diff --git a/dist/setup.sh b/dist/setup.sh
index 352ec5a..2d51cde 100755
--- a/dist/setup.sh
+++ b/dist/setup.sh
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ sudo_if_required() {
 }
 
 modify_permissions() {
-  local directories=("$current_path/apps" "$BITCOIN_DATAPATH" "$LIGHTNING_DATAPATH" "$PROXY_DATAPATH" "$GATEKEEPER_DATAPATH" "$OTSCLIENT_DATAPATH" "$POSTGRES_DATAPATH" "$LOGS_DATAPATH" "$TRAEFIK_DATAPATH" "$TOR_DATAPATH")
+  local directories=("$BITCOIN_DATAPATH" "$LIGHTNING_DATAPATH" "$PROXY_DATAPATH" "$GATEKEEPER_DATAPATH" "$OTSCLIENT_DATAPATH" "$POSTGRES_DATAPATH" "$LOGS_DATAPATH" "$TRAEFIK_DATAPATH" "$TOR_DATAPATH")
   for d in "${directories[@]}"
   do
     if [[ -e $d ]]; then
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ modify_permissions() {
 }
 
 modify_owner() {
-  local directories=("$current_path/apps" "$BITCOIN_DATAPATH" "$LIGHTNING_DATAPATH" "$PROXY_DATAPATH" "$GATEKEEPER_DATAPATH" "$OTSCLIENT_DATAPATH" "$POSTGRES_DATAPATH" "$LOGS_DATAPATH" "$TRAEFIK_DATAPATH" "$TOR_DATAPATH")
+  local directories=("$BITCOIN_DATAPATH" "$LIGHTNING_DATAPATH" "$PROXY_DATAPATH" "$GATEKEEPER_DATAPATH" "$OTSCLIENT_DATAPATH" "$POSTGRES_DATAPATH" "$LOGS_DATAPATH" "$TRAEFIK_DATAPATH" "$TOR_DATAPATH")
   local user=$(id -u $RUN_AS_USER):$(id -g $RUN_AS_USER)
   for d in "${directories[@]}"
   do
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ install_docker() {
 
 check_directory_owner() {
   # if one directory does not have access rights for $RUN_AS_USER, we echo 1, else we echo 0
-  local directories=("$current_path/apps" "$BITCOIN_DATAPATH" "$LIGHTNING_DATAPATH" "$PROXY_DATAPATH" "$GATEKEEPER_DATAPATH" "$POSTGRES_DATAPATH" "$LOGS_DATAPATH" "$TRAEFIK_DATAPATH" "$TOR_DATAPATH")
+  local directories=("$BITCOIN_DATAPATH" "$LIGHTNING_DATAPATH" "$PROXY_DATAPATH" "$GATEKEEPER_DATAPATH" "$POSTGRES_DATAPATH" "$LOGS_DATAPATH" "$TRAEFIK_DATAPATH" "$TOR_DATAPATH")
   local status=0
   for d in "${directories[@]}"
   do
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ sanity_checks_pre_install() {
       if [[ $sudo_reason == 'directories' ]]; then
         echo "          or check your data volumes if they have the right owner."
         echo "          The owner of the following folders should be '$RUN_AS_USER':"
-        local directories=("$current_path/apps" "$BITCOIN_DATAPATH" "$LIGHTNING_DATAPATH" "$PROXY_DATAPATH" "$GATEKEEPER_DATAPATH" "$POSTGRES_DATAPATH" "$LOGS_DATAPATH" "$TRAEFIK_DATAPATH" "$TOR_DATAPATH")
+        local directories=("$BITCOIN_DATAPATH" "$LIGHTNING_DATAPATH" "$PROXY_DATAPATH" "$GATEKEEPER_DATAPATH" "$POSTGRES_DATAPATH" "$LOGS_DATAPATH" "$TRAEFIK_DATAPATH" "$TOR_DATAPATH")
           local status=0
           for d in "${directories[@]}"
           do
@@ -797,8 +797,7 @@ install_apps() {
     local user=$(id -u $RUN_AS_USER):$(id -g $RUN_AS_USER)
     local apps_repo="https://github.com/SatoshiPortal/cypherapps.git"
     echo "   clone $apps_repo into apps"
-    docker run --rm -u $user -v "$current_path":/git --entrypoint git cyphernode/cyphernodeconf:$CONF_VERSION clone --single-branch -b ${CYPHERAPPS_VERSION} "$apps_repo" /git/apps > /dev/null 2>&1
-    next
+    docker run --rm -v "$current_path":/git --entrypoint sh cyphernode/cyphernodeconf:$CONF_VERSION -c "git clone --single-branch -b ${CYPHERAPPS_VERSION} \"$apps_repo\" /git/apps > /dev/null 2>&1 ; chown -R $user /git/apps"
   fi
 
   if [[ $FEATURE_LIGHTNING == true ]]; then
diff --git a/proxy_docker/app/script/startproxy.sh b/proxy_docker/app/script/startproxy.sh
index 3ba6b5d..793ceb3 100644
--- a/proxy_docker/app/script/startproxy.sh
+++ b/proxy_docker/app/script/startproxy.sh
@@ -23,15 +23,33 @@ createCurlConfig() {
 
 }
 
+# If the file .dbfailed exists, it means we previously failed to process DB migrations.
+# Sometimes, depending on timing, a migration fails but it doesn't mean it's corrupted.
+# It may be a container that was not accessible for a short period of time, for example.
+# So we'll try up to MAX_ATTEMPTS times before concluding in failure.
+
+# For this to work, we'll put the number of attemps in the .dbfailed file.
+
+MAX_ATTEMPTS=5
+
+nb_attempts=1
 if [ -e ${DB_PATH}/.dbfailed ]; then
+  n=$(cat ${DB_PATH}/.dbfailed)
+  nb_attempts=$((n+1))
+fi
+
+if [ "${nb_attempts}" -gt "${MAX_ATTEMPTS}" ]; then
   touch /container_monitor/proxy_dbfailed
-  trace "[startproxy] A previous database creation/migration failed.  Stopping."
-  trace "[startproxy] A file called .dbfailed has been created.  Fix the migration errors, remove .dbfailed and retry."
+  trace "[startproxy] Too many database creation/migration failed attempts.  Failed attempts = ${nb_attempts}."
+  trace "[startproxy] A file called .dbfailed has been created in your proxy datapath.  Fix the migration errors, remove .dbfailed and retry."
+  trace "[startproxy] Check your log files, especially postgres."
   trace "[startproxy] Exiting."
   sleep 30
   exit 1
 else
-  rm -f /container_monitor/proxy_dbfailed
+  if [ "${nb_attempts}" -gt "1" ]; then
+    trace "[startproxy] Current database creation/migration attempt = ${nb_attempts}.  Retrying..."
+  fi
 fi
 
 trace "[startproxy] Waiting for PostgreSQL to be ready..."
@@ -57,17 +75,21 @@ else
 fi
 
 if [ "${returncode}" -ne "0" ]; then
-  touch ${DB_PATH}/.dbfailed
-  touch /container_monitor/proxy_dbfailed
-  trace "[startproxy] Database creation/migration failed.  Stopping."
+  echo -n "${nb_attempts}" > ${DB_PATH}/.dbfailed
+  trace "[startproxy] Database creation/migration failed.  We will retry ${MAX_ATTEMPTS} times."
   trace "[startproxy] A file called .dbfailed has been created in your proxy datapath.  Fix the migration errors, remove .dbfailed and retry."
+  trace "[startproxy] Check your log files, especially postgres."
   trace "[startproxy] Exiting."
   sleep 30
   exit ${returncode}
 fi
 
+# /container_monitor/proxy_ready will be created by Docker's health check
 rm -f /container_monitor/proxy_ready
 
+rm -f /container_monitor/proxy_dbfailed
+rm -f ${DB_PATH}/.dbfailed
+
 chmod 0600 $DB_FILE
 
 createCurlConfig ${WATCHER_BTC_NODE_RPC_CFG} ${WATCHER_BTC_NODE_RPC_USER}