diff --git a/site/profile/manifests/userportal.pp b/site/profile/manifests/userportal.pp
index a156748dc..98220b013 100644
--- a/site/profile/manifests/userportal.pp
+++ b/site/profile/manifests/userportal.pp
@@ -228,3 +228,11 @@
     require => [Exec['userportal_venv']],
   }
 }
+
+# podman command to run it in a container
+podman run --network=host IMAGE_ID
+podman cp 99-local.py CONTAINER_ID:/tbt/userportal/settings/99-local.py
+# podman exec CONTAINER_ID /tbt/manage.py migrate
+podman cp CONTAINER_ID:/tbt/static/custom.js /var/www/userportal-static/
+podman cp CONTAINER_ID:/tbt/static/dashboard.css /var/www/userportal-static/
+podman restart CONTAINER_ID