diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 8319e31c6..3ac94808f 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -21,10 +21,6 @@ services:
       - type: bind
         source: ./pgdata
         target: /var/lib/postgresql/data
-      - type: bind
-        source: ./config
-        target: /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d
-
   akkoma:
     image: akkoma/akkoma:next
     restart: unless-stopped
diff --git a/docker-resources/generate-instance.sh b/docker-resources/generate-instance.sh
index 3c8a310c5..0598f5bdc 100755
--- a/docker-resources/generate-instance.sh
+++ b/docker-resources/generate-instance.sh
@@ -10,4 +10,12 @@ docker compose run \
     -e "PLEROMA_CTL_RPC_DISABLED=true" \
     akkoma ./bin/pleroma_ctl instance gen --no-sql-user --no-db-creation --dbhost db --dbname akkoma --dbuser akkoma --dbpass akkoma --listen-ip 0.0.0.0 --listen-port 4000 --static-dir /opt/akkoma/instance/ --uploads-dir /opt/akkoma/uploads/ --db-configurable true --output /opt/akkoma/config/generated_config.exs --output-psql /opt/akkoma/config/setup_db.psql
 
-echo "Instance generated!"
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+echo "Instance generated!"
+
+# setup database from generated config
+# we run from the akkoma container to ensure we have the right environment! can't connect to a DB that doesn't exist yet...
+docker compose run \
+    --rm \
+    -e "PLEROMA_CTL_RPC_DISABLED=true" \
+    -e "PGPASSWORD=akkoma" \
+    akkoma psql -h db -U akkoma -d akkoma -f /opt/akkoma/config/setup_db.psql
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