diff --git a/init-user-db.sh b/init-user-db.sh
index 82cd64bc..5e8cbff1 100644
--- a/init-user-db.sh
+++ b/init-user-db.sh
@@ -2,22 +2,15 @@
 apt-get update -y
 apt-get upgrade -y
 
-service postgresql start
-
 apt-get install -y postgresql-contrib libpq-dev postgis
 apt-get install -y postgresql-13-postgis-3
 apt-get install -y gdal-bin libspatialindex-dev libgeos-dev libproj-dev
 
 apt-get install -y python3 python3-pip python3-dev python3-venv
 
-sed -i "s/#\?listen_address.*/listen_addresses '*'/" /etc/postgresql/13/main/postgresql.conf
-echo "host all all all md5" | tee --append /etc/postgresql/13/main/pg_hba.conf > /dev/null
-service postgresql restart
-
 psql -d colouringlondon -U dockeruser -c "SELECT 1 FROM pg_user WHERE usename = 'dockeruser';" | grep -q 1 ||  psql -d colouringlondon -U dockeruser -c "CREATE ROLE dockeruser SUPERUSER LOGIN PASSWORD 'postgres';"
 psql -d colouringlondon -U dockeruser -c "SELECT 1 FROM pg_database WHERE datname = 'colouringlondon';" | grep -q 1 ||  -u postgres createdb -E UTF8 -T template0 --locale=en_US.utf8 -O dockeruser colouringlondon
 
-# psql -d colouringlondon -U dockeruser -h localhost
 psql -d colouringlondon -c "create extension postgis;"
 psql -d colouringlondon -c "create extension pgcrypto;"
 psql -d colouringlondon -c "create extension pg_trgm;"