diff --git a/deploy_matrix.yml b/deploy_matrix.yml
index 58099f3..1ca797d 100644
--- a/deploy_matrix.yml
+++ b/deploy_matrix.yml
@@ -164,6 +164,20 @@
         network: "{{ podman_network }}"
         restart_policy: always
 
+    - name: start Database container
+      containers.podman.podman_container:
+        name: synapse-db
+        image: "{{ db_image }}"
+        state: started
+        env:
+          POSTGRES_USER: "{{ postgres_user }}"
+          POSTGRES_PASSWORD: "{{ postgres_pw }}"
+          POSTGRES_DB: "{{ postgres_db }}"
+        volumes:
+          - "{{ vol_db }}:/var/lib/postgresql/data"        
+        network: "{{ podman_network }}"
+        restart_policy: always
+
     - name: Start Synapse container
       containers.podman.podman_container:
         name: synapse
@@ -185,19 +199,7 @@
           - "{{ synapse_log_config }}:/data/matrix.fpov.space.log.config:Z"
         network: "{{ podman_network }}"
         restart_policy: always
-    - name: start Database container
-      containers.podman.podman_container:
-        name: synapse-db
-        image: "{{ db_image }}"
-        state: started
-        env:
-          POSTGRES_USER: "{{ postgres_user }}"
-          POSTGRES_PASSWORD: "{{ postgres_pw }}"
-          POSTGRES_DB: "{{ postgres_db }}"
-        volumes:
-          - "{{ vol_db }}:/var/lib/postgresql/data"        
-        network: "{{ podman_network }}"
-        restart_policy: always
+ 
 
 
     # - name: Start NGINX landing-page container