diff --git a/podman-matrix/10_install.sh b/podman-matrix/10_install.sh
index 57b26f2..3404007 100755
--- a/podman-matrix/10_install.sh
+++ b/podman-matrix/10_install.sh
@@ -28,10 +28,13 @@ podman run -d --name ${db_container_name} --pod ${pod_name} \
   -e POSTGRES_DB=${container_name} \
   -e POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS="--encoding=UTF8 --locale=C" \
   ${postgres_image}:${postgres_version} && \
+echo -n "Waiting for PostgreSQL to be ready... " && \
+( podman logs -f synapse-db 2>&1 & ) | grep -q 'database system is ready to accept connections' && \
+echo "OK." && \
 podman run -d --name ${container_name} --pod ${pod_name} \
-  --mount type=volume,src=${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' && \
+  --mount type=volume,src=${confvolume},dst=/data ${synapse_image}:${synapse_version} && \
+echo -n "Waiting for background tasks to end... " && \
+( podman logs -f synapse 2>&1 & ) | grep -q 'No more background updates to do' && \
+echo "OK." && \
 podman pod stop ${pod_name} && \
 echo "Done. Pod built and stopped."