diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 9dfbc51..a7efab9 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -14,9 +14,14 @@ RUN npm install
 # (assuming your app is in the "src" directory of your project)
 COPY . .
 
+# Copy the init-db.sh script to the working directory
+COPY init-db.sh /app/src/init-db.sh
+
+# Make the init-db.sh script executable
+RUN chmod +x /app/src/init-db.sh
 # Make port 8080 available to the world outside this container
 EXPOSE 8080
 
 # Run the app when the container launches
-CMD [ "npm", "start" ]
 
+CMD [ "sh", "init-db.sh"]
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 2ea7951..6fed9f1 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -7,16 +7,28 @@ services:
     depends_on:
       - db
     environment:
-      - DATABASE_URL=postgres://${DB_USER}:${DB_PASSWORD}@${DB_HOST}:${DB_PORT}/${DB_NAME}
+      - DB_HOST=db
+      - DB_PORT=5432
+      - DB_USER=${DB_USER}
+      - DB_PASSWORD=${DB_PASSWORD}
+      - DB_NAME=${DB_NAME}
       - JWT_SECRET=${JWT_SECRET}
+      - GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID=${GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID}
+      - GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET=${GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET}
+      - GOOGLE_REDIRECT_URL=${GOOGLE_REDIRECT_URL}
+      - LINKEDIN_CLIENT_ID=${LINKEDIN_CLIENT_ID}
+      - LINKEDIN_CLIENT_SECRET=${LINKEDIN_CLIENT_SECRET}
+      - LINKEDIN_REDIRECT_URL=${LINKEDIN_REDIRECT_URL}
+      - CLIENT_URL=${CLIENT_URL}
+      - IMG_HOST=${IMG_HOST}
+      - SMTP_MAIL=${SMTP_MAIL}
+      - SMTP_PASS=${SMTP_PASS}
+    command: ["sh", "/app/src/init-db.sh"]
   db:
-
     image: postgres:15
     ports:
       - "5432:5432"
-      
     environment:
       - POSTGRES_USER=${DB_USER}
       - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${DB_PASSWORD}
-      - POSTGRES_DB=${DB_NAME}
-
+      - POSTGRES_DB=${DB_NAME}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/init-db.sh b/init-db.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..d61afdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/init-db.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# This is a script to initialize the database for the first time when the container is started.
+# It will wait for the database to be ready before running the migrations.
+# Wait for the 
+
+echo "Database is ready. Running migrations..."
+
+# Run the migrations
+npm run sync:db
+npm run migration:generate
+npm run seed
+
+echo "Migrations complete. Database is ready."
+
+# Start the application
+
+npm run dev