diff --git a/scripts/run-example-notebook-test.sh b/scripts/run-example-notebook-test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..56970d597
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/run-example-notebook-test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+pytest --junitxml /tmp/notebook-test-results.xml --log-cli-level INFO --nbmake examples/notebooks
diff --git a/scripts/run-learning-test.sh b/scripts/run-learning-test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..6ca85183c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/run-learning-test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+python -m vega_sim.reinforcement.run_rl_agent --rl-max-it $1
diff --git a/vega_sim/null_service.py b/vega_sim/null_service.py
index 2dbbc984b..e8a9e5223 100644
--- a/vega_sim/null_service.py
+++ b/vega_sim/null_service.py
@@ -385,6 +385,25 @@ def manage_vega_processes(
         data_node_docker_volume = docker_client.volumes.create()
         data_node_container = docker_client.containers.run(
             "timescale/timescaledb:2.8.0-pg14",
+            [
+                "postgres",
+                "-c",
+                "max_connections=50",
+                "-c",
+                "log_destination=stderr",
+                "-c",
+                "work_mem=5MB",
+                "-c",
+                "huge_pages=off",
+                "-c",
+                "shared_memory_type=sysv",
+                "-c",
+                "dynamic_shared_memory_type=sysv",
+                "-c",
+                "shared_buffers=2GB",
+                "-c",
+                "temp_buffers=5MB",
+            ],
             detach=True,
             ports={5432: port_config[Ports.DATA_NODE_POSTGRES]},
             volumes=[f"{data_node_docker_volume.name}:/var/lib/postgresql/data"],