diff --git a/src/command_builder.rs b/src/command_builder.rs
index 8e9419b..063dd8a 100644
--- a/src/command_builder.rs
+++ b/src/command_builder.rs
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ use std::{
     ffi::OsStr,
     fmt::Display,
     fs::{File, OpenOptions},
+    os::unix::process::CommandExt,
     path::PathBuf,
-    process::{Command, Stdio},
+    process::{Child, Command, Stdio},
 };
 
 use crate::debug_println;
@@ -81,6 +82,10 @@ impl CommandBuilder {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    pub fn spawn(mut self) -> Result<(Child)> {
+        Ok(self.build()?.spawn()?)
+    }
+
     pub fn exec_redirect_stdout(mut self, stdio: Stdio) -> Result<()> {
         self.build()?.stdout(stdio).spawn()?.wait()?;
         Ok(())
diff --git a/src/scripts/docker_compose.rs b/src/scripts/docker_compose.rs
index e4ab110..d6db867 100644
--- a/src/scripts/docker_compose.rs
+++ b/src/scripts/docker_compose.rs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ pub fn ps() -> Result<()> {
 /// `docker compose --env-file ./.env -f docker/local/docker-compose.yaml up start`
 pub fn start(containers: Option<&str>) -> Result<()> {
     let args = format!("start {}", containers.unwrap_or(""));
-    CommandBuilder::docker_compose().args("start").exec()
+    CommandBuilder::docker_compose().args(&args).exec()
 }
 
 pub fn stop() -> Result<()> {
diff --git a/src/scripts/postgres.rs b/src/scripts/postgres.rs
index ea7784b..528f997 100644
--- a/src/scripts/postgres.rs
+++ b/src/scripts/postgres.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ use std::{
     fs::File,
     path::{Path, PathBuf},
     process::Stdio,
+    thread,
+    time::Duration,
 };
 
 use super::docker_compose;
@@ -42,7 +44,7 @@ pub fn import(file: &Path) -> Result<()> {
     docker_compose::stop()?;
 
     println!("starting db container");
-    docker_compose::start(Some(&db_container))?;
+    docker_compose::start(Some("postgresdb"))?;
 
     println!("restoring database");
     let commands = [
@@ -51,8 +53,20 @@ pub fn import(file: &Path) -> Result<()> {
         format!("exec {db_container} createdb -U db -E utf8 -T template0 db"),
         format!("exec {db_container} pg_restore -U db --dbname=db /tmp/dbdump"),
     ];
+
     for command in commands {
-        CommandBuilder::docker().args(&command).exec()?;
+        println!("waiting until pg_isready");
+        while !CommandBuilder::docker()
+            .args(&format!(
+                "exec {db_container} pg_isready -h postgresdb -p 5432 -U db",
+            ))
+            .spawn()?
+            .wait()?
+            .success()
+        {
+            thread::sleep(Duration::from_secs(1));
+            CommandBuilder::docker().args(&command).exec()?;
+        }
     }
 
     println!("restarting containers");