diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e182bb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+tests
+cache
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index bc4fba2..5f6cc69 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ COPY . /app
 # easter eggs 😝
 RUN echo "PS1='🕵️:\[\033[1;36m\]\h \[\033[1;34m\]\W\[\033[0;35m\]\[\033[1;36m\]$ \[\033[0m\]'" >> ~/.bashrc
 
-CMD ["/bin/bash"]
+CMD [ "python", "run.py"]
diff --git a/Tiltfile b/Tiltfile
index 4d582c1..25e1948 100644
--- a/Tiltfile
+++ b/Tiltfile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ k8s_yaml(secret_from_dict("mev-inspect-db-credentials", inputs = {
     "password": "password",
 }))
 
-docker_build('mev-inspect', '.',
+docker_build('mev-inspect-py', '.',
     live_update=[
         sync('.', '/app'),
         run('cd /app && poetry install',
diff --git a/k8s/app.yaml b/k8s/app.yaml
index d88b977..46e0946 100644
--- a/k8s/app.yaml
+++ b/k8s/app.yaml
@@ -16,9 +16,8 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
       - name: mev-inspect
-        image: mev-inspect:latest
-        command: [ "/bin/bash", "-c", "--" ]
-        args: [ "while true; do sleep 30; done;" ]
+        image: mev-inspect-py
+        command: [ "python", "run.py"]
         env:
         - name: POSTGRES_USER
           valueFrom:
@@ -30,6 +29,8 @@ spec:
             secretKeyRef:
               name: mev-inspect-db-credentials
               key: password
+        - name: POSTGRES_HOST
+          value: postgresql
         livenessProbe:
           exec:
             command:
diff --git a/mev_inspect/db.py b/mev_inspect/db.py
index 712b708..df2b7d9 100644
--- a/mev_inspect/db.py
+++ b/mev_inspect/db.py
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker
 def get_sqlalchemy_database_uri():
     username = os.getenv("POSTGRES_USER")
     password = os.getenv("POSTGRES_PASSWORD")
-    server = "postgresql"
+    host = os.getenv("POSTGRES_HOST")
     db_name = "mev_inspect"
-    return f"postgresql://{username}:{password}@{server}/{db_name}"
+    return f"postgresql://{username}:{password}@{host}/{db_name}"
 
 
 def get_engine():
diff --git a/run.py b/run.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..30dc5d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/run.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import time
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    while True:
+        time.sleep(30)