diff --git a/global/overlay/etc/puppet/modules/soc/templates/vuln-dashboard/docker-compose.yml.erb b/global/overlay/etc/puppet/modules/soc/templates/vuln-dashboard/docker-compose.yml.erb
index d17ce4a..3f1c390 100644
--- a/global/overlay/etc/puppet/modules/soc/templates/vuln-dashboard/docker-compose.yml.erb
+++ b/global/overlay/etc/puppet/modules/soc/templates/vuln-dashboard/docker-compose.yml.erb
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 ---
 services:
 
-  # copy that's run locally in docker,
-  # app files are mounted for quick-reload and fast iterations
   dev:
     container_name: <%= @sso_service_name %>
     hostname: <%= @sso_service_name %>
     depends_on:
-      - postgres
+      postgres:
+        condition: service_started
+      run-migrations:
+        condition: service_completed_successfully
     image: <%= @docker_image %>:<%= @docker_tag %>
     environment:
       DB_NAME: <%= @db_name %>
@@ -29,6 +30,32 @@ services:
       - default
       - sso-proxy
 
+  run-migrations:
+    container_name: <%= @sso_service_name %>-migrations
+    command: [ 'python3', 'manage.py', 'migrate' ]
+    depends_on:
+      - postgres
+    image: <%= @docker_image %>:<%= @docker_tag %>
+    environment:
+      DB_NAME: <%= @db_name %>
+      DB_USER: <%= @db_user %>
+      DB_PW: <%= @db_pass %>
+      DB_HOST: <%= @db_host %>
+      DB_PORT: <%= @db_port %>
+      CENSYS_API_ID: <%= @censys_api_id %>
+      CENSYS_API_SECRET: <%= @censys_api_secret %>
+      DJANGO_ALLOWED_HOSTS: <%= @allowed_hosts %>
+      DJANGO_ALLOWED_ORIGINS: <%= @allowed_origins %>
+      STATIC_ROOT: /app/static
+      DASHBOARD_CONFIG_FILE: /app/config.yaml
+    init: true
+    volumes:
+      - pocs-data:/app/stored_pocs
+      - "<%= @app_config_file %>:/app/config.yaml:ro"
+    networks:
+      - sso-proxy
+
+
   postgres:
     container_name: postgres
     image: postgres:latest