diff --git a/server/api-entrypoint.sh b/server/api-entrypoint.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5eac21f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/api-entrypoint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+################################################################################
+# Name          : api-entrypoint.sh
+# Args          : OPTIONAL 1) filename 2) last number of lines 3) sleep for
+# Description   : Initialization script for nodejs application
+################################################################################
+
+# VARIABLES
+LOG_DIR=${1:-/var/log/mongodb}
+LOG_FILE=${2:-${LOG_DIR}/mongod.log}
+TAIL_LINES=${3:-20}
+SLEEP=${4:-1}
+
+# MAIN
+while :
+do 
+  [[ -f "${LOG_FILE}" ]] && 
+    tail -n "${TAIL_LINES}" "${LOG_FILE}" | grep -q 'waiting for connections on port 27017' "${LOG_FILE}" && 
+    break || echo '[INFO] Waiting for mongodb...'
+    sleep ${SLEEP}
+done
+
+pm2-runtime start ecosystem.config.js
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server/db-entrypoint.sh b/server/db-entrypoint.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3413a9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/db-entrypoint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+################################################################################
+# Name          : db-entrypoint.sh
+# Args          : OPTIONAL 1) filename
+# Description   : Initialization script for mongodb
+################################################################################
+
+# VARIABLES
+LOG_DIR=${1:-/var/log/mongodb}
+LOG_FILE=${2:-${LOG_DIR}/mongod.log}
+
+# MAIN
+> "${LOG_FILE}"
+chown -R mongodb:mongodb "${LOG_DIR}"
+/usr/local/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh --logpath "${LOG_FILE}" --filePermissions 777 --logappend
diff --git a/server/docker-compose.yml b/server/docker-compose.yml
index f2637ca..f6d32fc 100644
--- a/server/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/server/docker-compose.yml
@@ -5,14 +5,16 @@ services:
     restart: always
     volumes:
       - ./docker-data/db:/data/db
+      - ./docker-data/log:/var/log/mongodb
+      - ./db-entrypoint.sh:/entrypoint.sh
     ports:
       - 27018:${MONGO_PORT}
     environment:
       MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_USERNAME: ${MONGO_ROOT_USER}
       MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD: ${MONGO_ROOT_PASSWORD}
+    entrypoint: ['bash', '/entrypoint.sh']
 
   api:
-    # TODO: wait for mongodb to be available...
     image: entropychat.api
     build: .
     restart: on-failure
@@ -22,6 +24,8 @@ services:
       - ./:/usr/src/app:cached
       - npm_cache:/root/.npm:delegated
       - node_modules:/usr/src/app/node_modules:delegated
+      - ./docker-data/log:/var/log/mongodb
+      - ./api-entrypoint.sh:/entrypoint.sh
     ports:
       - ${PORT}:${PORT}
     environment:
@@ -34,6 +38,7 @@ services:
       MONGO_DB_NAME: ${MONGO_DB_NAME}
       MONGO_ROOT_USER: ${MONGO_ROOT_USER}
       MONGO_ROOT_PASSWORD: ${MONGO_ROOT_PASSWORD}
+    entrypoint: ['sh', '/entrypoint.sh']
 
 volumes:
   npm_cache: