diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index db9f3a60..4987bce3 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ services:
       - '127.0.0.1:5432:5432'
     volumes:
       - ./dbdata:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+    healthcheck:
+      test: pg_isready -U postgres
+      interval: 2s
+      timeout: 3s
+      retries: 1
+      start_period: 30s
 
   api:
     healthcheck:
@@ -20,7 +26,8 @@ services:
     shm_size: '16gb'
     restart: always
     depends_on:
-      - db
+      db:
+        condition: service_healthy
     labels:
       autoheal: "true"  # allow docker-autoheal to restart if unhealthy
     image: smsntia/scos-sensor:${DOCKER_TAG} # DOCKER_TAG will always be 'latest' for GitHub source
diff --git a/scripts/create_localhost_cert.sh b/scripts/create_localhost_cert.sh
index 6e787aaa..8f862f9b 100755
--- a/scripts/create_localhost_cert.sh
+++ b/scripts/create_localhost_cert.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,5 @@ DNS.1 = localhost
 IP.1 = 127.0.0.1" > localhost.ext
 openssl x509 -req -passin pass:"changeme" -CA scostestca.pem -CAkey scostestca.key -in localhost.csr -out localhost.pem -days 365 -sha256 -CAcreateserial -extfile localhost.ext
 cat localhost.key localhost.pem > localhost_combined.pem
-cp scostestca.pem ../configs/certs/
-mv ../configs/certs/scostestca.pem ../configs/certs/scos_test_ca.crt
-cp localhost_combined.pem ../configs/certs/
-mv ../configs/certs/localhost_combined.pem ../configs/certs/sensor01.pem
+cp scostestca.pem ../configs/certs/scos_test_ca.crt
+cp localhost_combined.pem ../configs/certs/sensor01.pem
diff --git a/src/requirements.in b/src/requirements.in
index 591bc41f..e7e7819c 100644
--- a/src/requirements.in
+++ b/src/requirements.in
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ scos_tekrsa @ git+https://github.com/NTIA/scos-tekrsa@5.0.0
 # This is done to ensure the inclusion of specific security patches.
 pyyaml>=5.4.0         # CVE-2020-14343
 grpcio>=1.53.0        # CVE-2023-32732, CVE-2023-32731, CVE-2023-1428
-urllib3>=1.26.18      # CVE-2023-45803
+urllib3>=1.26.18      # CVE-2023-45803
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