diff --git a/backend/.profile b/backend/.profile
index 544a2ee1c..80e641fa0 100644
--- a/backend/.profile
+++ b/backend/.profile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ source tools/api_standup.sh
 source tools/run_collectstatic.sh
 source tools/seed_cog_baseline.sh
 source tools/materialized_views.sh
+source tools/create_staffusers.sh
 
 #####
 # SETUP THE CGOV ENVIRONMENT
@@ -55,6 +56,12 @@ if [[ "$CF_INSTANCE_INDEX" == 0 ]]; then
 
     # materialized_views
     # gonogo "materialized_views"
+
+    #####
+    # CREATE STAFF USERS
+    # Prepares staff users for Django admin
+    create_staffusers
+    gonogo "create_staffusers"
 fi
 
 # Make psql usable by scripts, for debugging, etc.
diff --git a/backend/run.sh b/backend/run.sh
index 791b7695f..cdb84ea6c 100755
--- a/backend/run.sh
+++ b/backend/run.sh
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ source tools/api_teardown.sh
 source tools/migrate_app_tables.sh
 source tools/api_standup.sh
 source tools/seed_cog_baseline.sh
+source tools/create_staffusers.sh
 
 #####
 # SETUP THE LOCAL ENVIRONMENT
@@ -52,7 +53,8 @@ gonogo "seed_cog_baseline"
 #####
 # CREATE STAFF USERS
 # Prepares staff users for Django admin
-python manage.py create_staffusers
+create_staffusers
+gonogo "create_staffusers"
 
 #####
 # LAUNCH THE APP
diff --git a/backend/tools/create_staffusers.sh b/backend/tools/create_staffusers.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..658d67c42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/tools/create_staffusers.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#####
+# CREATE STAFF USERS
+# Prepares staff users for Django admin
+source tools/util_startup.sh
+
+function create_staffusers {
+    startup_log "CREATE_STAFFUSERS" "BEGIN"
+    python manage.py create_staffusers
+    startup_log "CREATE_STAFFUSERS" "END"
+}
diff --git a/terraform/sandbox/README.md b/terraform/sandbox/README.md
index d2a75222f..c1a647405 100644
--- a/terraform/sandbox/README.md
+++ b/terraform/sandbox/README.md
@@ -128,6 +128,16 @@ This assumes you have a `sandbox.tfvars` and `backend.tfvars` in `terraform/shar
 Next, run `./plan.sh` script. You should see it creating ~20 resources in a clean environment, or updating a few.
 Finally, run `./apply.sh` script and wait.
 
+---
+
+**NOTE** - If you would like to monitor the deploy logs as `./apply.sh` is running, start up a new terminal and run:
+```
+cf t -s sandbox
+cf logs gsa-fac
+```
+
+---
+
 # What is missing/omitted from Sandbox
 The following resources were intentionally left out from the sandbox environment. Part of that is the lack of necessity for such things, and an attempt to have a more lightweight environment, that only runs the bare minimum to bring up the system.
 - Logshipper Module