diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index c6cd9d5f..7ea469df 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ set -e
 python3 -m venv .env
 source ./.env/bin/activate
 pip install -r src/requirements/production.txt -r src/requirements/dev.txt
-pip install psycopg2 pylibmc
+pip install psycopg2
 sudo pacman -Sy librsvg
 
 ./start_db.sh db
diff --git a/local_run/compose.yml b/local_run/compose.yml
index 6d2d9cd1..6af7d37d 100644
--- a/local_run/compose.yml
+++ b/local_run/compose.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ x-healthcheck_defaults: &healthcheck_defaults
   interval: 10s
   timeout: 2s
   retries: 5
-  start_period: 5s
+  start_period: 10s
 x-c3nav-defaults: &c3nav-defaults
   build:
     context: ..
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ services:
     image: postgres:16
     healthcheck:
       <<: *healthcheck_defaults
-      test: pg_isready -U postgres
+      test: pg_isready -U postgres && psql -U postgres -d ${C3NAV_DATABASE_NAME:-c3nav} -c "SELECT 1;"
     environment:
       POSTGRES_DB: ${C3NAV_DATABASE_NAME:-c3nav}
       POSTGRES_HOST_AUTH_METHOD: "trust"
diff --git a/local_run/up.sh b/local_run/up.sh
index 124a289e..aed501f3 100755
--- a/local_run/up.sh
+++ b/local_run/up.sh
@@ -12,17 +12,13 @@ docker volume create c3nav-redis
 
 # Start only postgres and redis first (no build since we pre-built)
 docker compose up  -d postgres redis
-sleep 10
-
 
+sleep 5
 cat ./db/auth_user.sql | docker exec -i local_run-postgres-1 su - postgres -c 'psql c3nav'
 
-# Create Django superuser
-
-sleep 1
 
 # Load database dump before starting the main app
-cat ./db/dump.sql |  docker exec -i local_run-postgres-1 su - postgres -c 'psql c3nav'
+cat ./db/dump.sql |  docker exec -i local_run-postgres-1 su - postgres -c 'psql c3nav' > /dev/null
 
 # Fix geometry access permissions for anonymous users
  docker exec -i local_run-postgres-1 psql -U postgres -d c3nav -c "UPDATE mapdata_space SET base_mapdata_accessible = true;"
@@ -38,7 +34,6 @@ user.set_password('admin')
 user.save()
 print('Password set successfully for user:', user.username)
 \" | /app/env/bin/python manage.py shell"
-sleep 30
 
 
 # Fake apply all migrations since we loaded from dump