diff --git a/dockerrun.bash b/dockerrun.bash
index 712f7529..28bb61dd 100755
--- a/dockerrun.bash
+++ b/dockerrun.bash
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-poetry run gunicorn -c "/sheepdog/deployment/wsgi/gunicorn.conf.py" &
-# sleep to prevent nginx warning logs so nginx doesn't start before the app
-sleep 30
-nginx -g 'daemon off;'
\ No newline at end of file
+nginx
+poetry run gunicorn -c "/sheepdog/deployment/wsgi/gunicorn.conf.py"