diff --git a/ldvspec/Dockerfile b/ldvspec/Dockerfile
index e70da5f3b01f92ac2917145318f104364b9795a6..e19e164e711e3d699c57a7d9829da1aedd5401fa 100644
--- a/ldvspec/Dockerfile
+++ b/ldvspec/Dockerfile
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ RUN \
  apk --purge del .build-deps
 
 # collect the static files and make sure that the latest database migrations are done
-#CMD python manage.py collectstatic --settings=ldvspec.settings.docker_sdc --noinput && \
-# python manage.py migrate --settings=ldvspec.settings.docker_sdc
+RUN python manage.py collectstatic --settings=ldvspec.settings.docker_sdc --noinput && \
+    python manage.py migrate --settings=ldvspec.settings.docker_sdc
 
 # run gunicorn
 CMD exec gunicorn ldvspec.wsgi_docker_sdc:application --bind 0.0.0.0:8000 --workers 4
diff --git a/ldvspec/docker/docker-compose-dev-cd.yml b/ldvspec/docker/docker-compose-dev-cd.yml
index 62232968b41d7d97e0505367dab52664f9770f66..3af405bf2016dda8321a34274e5f51ef3cd6100a 100644
--- a/ldvspec/docker/docker-compose-dev-cd.yml
+++ b/ldvspec/docker/docker-compose-dev-cd.yml
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ services:
       - ldv-spec-db
     env_file:
     - $HOME/shared/ldvspec.env
-    command: >
-      sh -c "python manage.py collectstatic --settings=ldvspec.settings.docker_sdc --noinput &&
-             python manage.py migrate --settings=ldvspec.settings.docker_sdc"
+#    command: >
+#      sh -c "python manage.py collectstatic --settings=ldvspec.settings.docker_sdc --noinput &&
+#             python manage.py migrate --settings=ldvspec.settings.docker_sdc"
     restart: always
 
 volumes: