diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index 74f1049..ae2489a 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ services:
       MSSQL_SA_PASSWORD: "4YiUmU2YJ8$6eqbSXF8765Ck3"
       MSSQL_PID: Developer
     healthcheck:
-      test: /opt/mssql-tools/bin/sqlcmd -S localhost -U sa -P "$${MSSQL_SA_PASSWORD}" -Q "SELECT 1" || exit 1
+      test: ["CMD", "test", "-f", "/tmp/mssql.ready"]
+#      test: /opt/mssql-tools/bin/sqlcmd -S localhost -U sa -P "$${MSSQL_SA_PASSWORD}" -Q "SELECT 1" || exit 1
       interval: 5s
       timeout: 5s
       retries: 5
diff --git a/local-env/mssql/initdb.sh b/local-env/mssql/initdb.sh
index d84fdf7..ab713d8 100755
--- a/local-env/mssql/initdb.sh
+++ b/local-env/mssql/initdb.sh
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ echo "Waiting for SQL Server to start"
 while [[ $DBSTATUS -ne 0 ]] && [[ $i -lt $TRIES ]]; do
 	i=$((i+1))
 	DBSTATUS=$(/opt/mssql-tools/bin/sqlcmd -h -1 -t 1 -U sa -P $MSSQL_SA_PASSWORD -Q "SET NOCOUNT ON; Select COALESCE(SUM(state), 0) from sys.databases") || DBSTATUS=1
-	if [ $DBSTATUS -ne 0 ]; then 
+	if [ $DBSTATUS -ne 0 ]; then
         sleep 1s
 	fi
 done
 
 sleep 5s
-if [ $DBSTATUS -ne 0 ]; then 
+if [ $DBSTATUS -ne 0 ]; then
 	echo "SQL Server took more than $TRIES seconds to start up or one or more databases are not in an ONLINE state"
 	exit 1
 fi
@@ -44,5 +44,6 @@ find /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d -mindepth 2 -type f | sort | while read f; do
   echo
 done
 
+touch /tmp/mssql.ready
 echo "SQL Server is running"
 sleep infinity