diff --git a/.woodpecker.yml b/.woodpecker.yml
index c68aefd..4d559dd 100644
--- a/.woodpecker.yml
+++ b/.woodpecker.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 pipeline:
+  wait_db:
+    image: gitnet.fr/deblan/timeout:latest
+    commands:
+      - /bin/timeout -t 30 -c 'while true; do nc -z -v db 3306; sleep 0.5; done'
+
   create_db:
     image: mariadb:10.3
     secrets: [mysqldump]
     commands:
-      - sleep 20
       - mysql -hdb -uroot -proot -e "CREATE DATABASE app"
       - eval "$MYSQLDUMP" | mysql -hdb -uroot -proot app
     when: