diff --git a/podman-matrix/10_install.sh b/podman-matrix/10_install.sh
index 5ec169c..57b26f2 100755
--- a/podman-matrix/10_install.sh
+++ b/podman-matrix/10_install.sh
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@ if ! podman volume exists ${dbvolume} ; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-# FAIL if pod exists
-ensure_pod_not_exists ${pod_name}
-
 podman pod create --publish ${listen_if}:8086:8008 --name ${pod_name} && \
 podman run -d --name ${db_container_name} --pod ${pod_name} \
   --mount type=volume,src=${dbvolume},dst=/var/lib/postgresql/data/ \
@@ -32,7 +29,9 @@ podman run -d --name ${db_container_name} --pod ${pod_name} \
   -e POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS="--encoding=UTF8 --locale=C" \
   ${postgres_image}:${postgres_version} && \
 podman run -d --name ${container_name} --pod ${pod_name} \
-  --mount type=volume,src=${confvolume},dst=/data ${synapse_image}:${synapse_version} && \
-echo "Pod built and starting
-run 'podman logs -f synapse synapse-db' to show initialisation status
-then stop pod with 'podman pod stop ${pod_name}'"
+  --mount type=volume,src=${confvolume},dst=/data ${synapse_image}:${synapse_version}
+
+echo "Waiting for background tasks to end..."
+( podman logs -f synapse synapse-db 2>&1 & ) | grep -q 'No more background updates to do' && \
+podman pod stop ${pod_name} && \
+echo "Done. Pod built and stopped."