diff --git a/cmd/audiusd/entrypoint.sh b/cmd/audiusd/entrypoint.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 2ff8927667c..77ecf48753e
--- a/cmd/audiusd/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/cmd/audiusd/entrypoint.sh
@@ -37,13 +37,15 @@ export uptimeDataDir=${uptimeDataDir:-/data/bolt}
 export audius_core_root_dir=${audius_core_root_dir:-/data/audiusd}
 export creatorNodeEndpoint=${creatorNodeEndpoint:-http://localhost}
 
-if [ ! -d "$POSTGRES_DATA_DIR" ] || [ -z "$(ls -A "$POSTGRES_DATA_DIR")" ]; then
+if [ ! -d "$POSTGRES_DATA_DIR" ] || [ -z "$(ls -A "$POSTGRES_DATA_DIR" 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
     echo "Initializing PostgreSQL data directory at $POSTGRES_DATA_DIR..."
     su - postgres -c "/usr/lib/postgresql/*/bin/initdb -D $POSTGRES_DATA_DIR"
 
     echo "Updating PostgreSQL configuration for password authentication..."
     sed -i "s/peer/trust/g" "$POSTGRES_DATA_DIR/pg_hba.conf"
     sed -i "s/md5/trust/g" "$POSTGRES_DATA_DIR/pg_hba.conf"
+else
+    echo "PostgreSQL data directory already initialized at $POSTGRES_DATA_DIR."
 fi
 
 chown -R postgres:postgres "$POSTGRES_DATA_DIR"
diff --git a/pkg/orchestration/docker.go b/pkg/orchestration/docker.go
index 84e65e9407c..70c12d1a482 100644
--- a/pkg/orchestration/docker.go
+++ b/pkg/orchestration/docker.go
@@ -414,36 +414,42 @@ func runNodeWrapperless(
 	}
 	hostConfig := &container.HostConfig{
 		Mounts: []mount.Mount{
-			mount.Mount{
+			{
 				Type:   mount.TypeBind,
 				Source: "/var/k8s/mediorum",
 				Target: "/tmp/mediorum",
 			},
-			mount.Mount{
+			{
 				Type:   mount.TypeBind,
 				Source: "/var/k8s/creator-node-backend",
 				Target: "/file_storage",
 			},
-			mount.Mount{
+			{
 				Type:   mount.TypeBind,
 				Source: "/var/k8s/creator-node-db-15",
 				Target: "/var/lib/postgresql/data",
 			},
-			mount.Mount{
+			{
 				Type:   mount.TypeBind,
 				Source: "/var/k8s/bolt",
 				Target: "/bolt",
 			},
-			mount.Mount{
+			{
 				Type:   mount.TypeBind,
 				Source: "/var/k8s/bolt",
 				Target: "/audius-core",
 			},
-			mount.Mount{
+			{
 				Type:   mount.TypeBind,
 				Source: "/var/k8s/env",
 				Target: "/env",
 			},
+			// allow me to work on entrypoint without building the image
+			{
+				Type:   mount.TypeBind,
+				Source: "/private/var/orion/audius/audius-protocol/cmd/audiusd/entrypoint.sh",
+				Target: "/bin/entrypoint.sh",
+			},
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -567,10 +573,10 @@ func runNodeWrapperless(
 		}
 	}
 
-	logger.Info("Creating auto-update cron job")
-	if err := setAutoUpdateCron(host, config.Version, nconf.DeployOn); err != nil {
-		return logger.Error("Failed to add auto-update cron job:", err)
-	}
+	// logger.Info("Creating auto-update cron job")
+	// if err := setAutoUpdateCron(host, config.Version, nconf.DeployOn); err != nil {
+	// 	return logger.Error("Failed to add auto-update cron job:", err)
+	// }
 
 	return nil
 }