diff --git a/wait_for_container.sh b/wait_for_container.sh
index 9f93de8ef50996f24210efff985d2794c4ae8f3a..a5372829518bb1d1594c44ba94c377159117dfe1 100755
--- a/wait_for_container.sh
+++ b/wait_for_container.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+# waiting for the database to finish migration!
+sleep 90
 
 while [ -z $(docker ps -qf "name=emg-pvs_renderer") ]; do
     >&2 echo "Container is unavailable - sleeping"