diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index f2453ec..d660de0 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -44,11 +44,6 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - postgis-data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
     restart: always
-    healthcheck:
-      test: pg_isready
-      interval: 1s
-      timeout: 5s
-      retries: 30
 
   mkdocs:
     <<: *django # this will inherit all the settings from the django service
diff --git a/envs/example.env b/envs/example.env
index 74559ac..3b734dc 100644
--- a/envs/example.env
+++ b/envs/example.env
@@ -20,11 +20,13 @@ DJANGO_STARTUP_COMMAND="python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8003" # for local dev
 RCPCH_NHS_ORGANISATIONS_SECRET_KEY="mysecretkey"
 
 # DJANGO POSTGRES DATABASE CONNECTION
-PGDATABASENAME="nhsorganisationsdb"
-PGUSER="nhsorganisationsuser"
-PGPASSWORD="password"
-PGHOST="postgis"
-PGPORT="5432"
+POSTGRES_DB="nhsorganisationsdb"
+POSTGRES_USER="nhsorganisationsuser"
+POSTGRES_PASSWORD="password"
+POSTGRES_HOST="postgis"
+POSTGRES_PORT="5432"
+
+
 
 # EMAIL
 EMAIL_DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL="########"
diff --git a/rcpch_nhs_organisations/settings.py b/rcpch_nhs_organisations/settings.py
index 8e7b3c4..b4c563a 100644
--- a/rcpch_nhs_organisations/settings.py
+++ b/rcpch_nhs_organisations/settings.py
@@ -103,11 +103,11 @@
 DATABASES = {
     "default": {
         "ENGINE": "django.contrib.gis.db.backends.postgis",
-        "NAME": os.environ.get("PGDATABASENAME"),
-        "USER": os.environ.get("PGUSER"),
-        "PASSWORD": os.environ.get("PGPASSWORD"),
-        "PORT": os.environ.get("PGPORT"),
-        "HOST": os.environ.get("PGHOST"),
+        "NAME": os.environ.get("POSTGRES_DB"),
+        "USER": os.environ.get("POSTGRES_USER"),
+        "PASSWORD": os.environ.get("POSTGRES_PASSWORD"),
+        "PORT": os.environ.get("POSTGRES_PORT"),
+        "HOST": os.environ.get("POSTGRES_HOST"),
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/s/pr-check b/s/pr-check
index 6091abe..930b512 100755
--- a/s/pr-check
+++ b/s/pr-check
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash -e
 
-# s/up --detach --wait
-s/up
+s/up --detach
+# I tried --wait and a healthcheck but still got connection refused from postgres
+sleep 5
 s/test
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