diff --git a/Workbench/grouper_daemon/container_files/usr-local-bin/startup.sh b/Workbench/grouper_daemon/container_files/usr-local-bin/startup.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index ef7c99c..0000000
--- a/Workbench/grouper_daemon/container_files/usr-local-bin/startup.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-if [[ -e /tmp/initialize.gsh ]]
-then
-  echo Executing /tmp/initialize.gsh on the first start
-   /opt/grouper/grouperWebapp/WEB-INF/bin/gsh.sh /tmp/initialize.gsh
-  rm /tmp/initialize.gsh
-else
-  echo Skipping execution of /tmp/initialize.gsh as it is not present
-fi
-
-daemon
diff --git a/Workbench/grouper_data/Dockerfile b/Workbench/grouper_data/Dockerfile
index 56d49be..ac69426 100644
--- a/Workbench/grouper_data/Dockerfile
+++ b/Workbench/grouper_data/Dockerfile
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ RUN yum install -y epel-release \
     && rm -rf /var/cache/yum
 
 COPY container_files/conf/ /opt/grouper/grouperWebapp/WEB-INF/classes/
+COPY container_files/bootstrap/ /tmp/
 
 RUN ln -s /usr/bin/resolveip /usr/libexec/resolveip
 
@@ -29,7 +30,8 @@ RUN mysql_install_db \
 
 RUN (mysqld_safe & ) \
     && while ! curl -s localhost:3306 > /dev/null; do echo waiting for mysqld to start; sleep 1; done; \
-    /opt/grouper/grouperWebapp/WEB-INF/bin/gsh.sh -registry -check -runscript -noprompt
+    /opt/grouper/grouperWebapp/WEB-INF/bin/gsh.sh -registry -check -runscript -noprompt && \
+    /opt/grouper/grouperWebapp/WEB-INF/bin/gsh.sh /tmp/initialize.sh
 
 EXPOSE 3306
 
diff --git a/Workbench/grouper_daemon/container_files/tmp/initialize.gsh b/Workbench/grouper_data/container_files/bootstrap/initialize.gsh
similarity index 100%
rename from Workbench/grouper_daemon/container_files/tmp/initialize.gsh
rename to Workbench/grouper_data/container_files/bootstrap/initialize.gsh