diff --git a/packages/api/src/server.ts b/packages/api/src/server.ts
index 368171748..c2dc8c560 100755
--- a/packages/api/src/server.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/server.ts
@@ -118,8 +118,10 @@ export const createApp = (): {
 }
 
 const main = async (): Promise<void> => {
-  const entities = await initEntities()
-  console.log('created entitites', entities)
+  // If creating the DB entities fails, we want this to throw
+  // so the container will be restarted and not come online
+  // as healthy.
+  await initEntities()
 
   const { app, apollo, httpServer } = createApp()