diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 97eb7d7..a9d97fa 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ FROM node:18-alpine AS external-website
 # A small line inside the image to show who made it
 LABEL Developers="Sean Morley"
 
+RUN apk update && apk add postgresql-client
+
 # The WORKDIR instruction sets the working directory for everything that will happen next
 WORKDIR /app
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index a050d04..4a58128 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 services:
   web:
-    image: ghcr.io/seanmorley15/adventurelog:latest
+    build: .
     ports:
       - "3000:3000"
     environment:
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ services:
       - ORIGIN=http://localhost:3000
     depends_on:
       - db
+    volumes:
+    - ./sql:/sql
   db:
     image: postgres
     environment:
diff --git a/sampleData/parks.sql b/sql/parks.sql
similarity index 100%
rename from sampleData/parks.sql
rename to sql/parks.sql
diff --git a/startup.sh b/startup.sh
index 07e73f8..10039d0 100644
--- a/startup.sh
+++ b/startup.sh
@@ -9,8 +9,22 @@ wait_for_db() {
     echo "Database is now available."
 }
 
+# Function to run SQL scripts
+run_sql_scripts() {
+    echo "Running SQL scripts..."
+
+    # Define the path to your SQL scripts
+    SQL_SCRIPTS_PATH="/sql"  # Replace with the path to your SQL scripts
+
+    # Run each SQL script in the directory using the DATABASE_URL
+    for sql_script in "$SQL_SCRIPTS_PATH"/*.sql; do
+        echo "Running script: $sql_script"
+        psql "$DATABASE_URL" -f "$sql_script"
+    done
+    echo "Finished running SQL scripts."
+}
+
 # Start your application here
-# Example: node build/index.js
 # Print message
 echo "Starting AdventureLog"
 
@@ -23,6 +37,9 @@ npm run generate
 # Run database migration
 npm run migrate
 
-echo "The orgin to be set is: $ORIGIN"
+# Run SQL scripts
+run_sql_scripts
+
+echo "The origin to be set is: $ORIGIN"
 # Start the application
 ORIGIN=$ORIGIN node build