diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 968638f6..6bf9b831 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ bootstrap: ## bootstrap the project for development
 bootstrap: \
   build \
   migrate-api \
+  migrate-prefect \
   create-api-test-db \
   create-metabase-db \
   create-prefect-db \
@@ -207,6 +208,20 @@ migrate-api:  ## run alembic database migrations for the api service
 	@bin/alembic upgrade head
 .PHONY: migrate-api
 
+migrate-prefect:  ## run prefect database migrations
+	@echo "Running prefect service database engine…"
+	@$(COMPOSE_UP) --wait postgresql
+	@echo "Running migrations for prefect service…"
+	@$(COMPOSE_RUN_PREFECT_PIPENV) prefect server database upgrade -y
+.PHONY: migrate-prefect
+
+post-deploy-prefect:  ## run prefect post-deployment script
+	@echo "Running prefect service…"
+	@$(COMPOSE_UP) --wait prefect
+	@echo "Running postdeploy script for prefect service…"
+	@$(COMPOSE) exec prefect pipenv run honcho start postdeploy
+.PHONY: post-deploy-prefect
+
 create-superuser: ## create super user
 	@echo "Creating super user…"
 	@$(COMPOSE_RUN_API_PIPENV) python -m qualicharge create-user \
@@ -236,6 +251,7 @@ reset-db: ## Reset the PostgreSQL database
 	$(MAKE) create-metabase-db
 	$(MAKE) seed-metabase
 	$(MAKE) create-prefect-db
+	$(MAKE) migrate-prefect
 .PHONY: reset-db
 
 seed-api: ## seed the API database (static data)
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index eb5a7c69..68058cbe 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ services:
     environment:
       NB_UID: ${DOCKER_UID:-1000}
       NB_GID: ${DOCKER_GID:-1000}
-      CHOWN_HOME: 'yes'
+      CHOWN_HOME: "yes"
       CHOWN_HOME_OPTS: -R
     env_file:
       - env.d/notebook
@@ -137,6 +137,15 @@ services:
     env_file:
       - env.d/prefect
       - env.d/prefect-qc
+    healthcheck:
+      test:
+        - "CMD"
+        - "curl"
+        - "--fail"
+        - "http://localhost:4200/api/health"
+      interval: 2s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 20
     volumes:
       - ./src/prefect:/app
     depends_on:
@@ -147,12 +156,13 @@ services:
     command: ["pipenv", "run", "honcho", "start", "worker"]
     user: ${DOCKER_USER:-1000}
     env_file:
-      - env.d/prefect
+      - env.d/prefect-worker
       - env.d/prefect-qc
     volumes:
       - ./src/prefect:/app
     depends_on:
-      - prefect
+      prefect:
+        condition: service_healthy
 
   prefect-test:
     image: "qualicharge:prefect"
diff --git a/env.d/prefect b/env.d/prefect
index a478e53d..263deba0 100644
--- a/env.d/prefect
+++ b/env.d/prefect
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ PREFECT_API_DATABASE_NAME=prefect
 PREFECT_API_DATABASE_CONNECTION_URL=postgresql+asyncpg://qualicharge:pass@postgresql:5432/prefect
 PREFECT_API_DATABASE_ECHO=False
 PREFECT_API_DATABASE_MIGRATE_ON_START=False
-PREFECT_API_URL=http://prefect:4200/api
+PREFECT_API_URL=http://localhost:4200/api
 PREFECT_SERVER_API_HOST=0.0.0.0
 PREFECT_SERVER_ALLOW_EPHEMERAL_MODE=False
diff --git a/env.d/prefect-worker b/env.d/prefect-worker
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c411ee16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/env.d/prefect-worker
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+PREFECT_API_URL=http://prefect:4200/api
diff --git a/src/prefect/Dockerfile b/src/prefect/Dockerfile
index 0d17d4f3..34289b4d 100644
--- a/src/prefect/Dockerfile
+++ b/src/prefect/Dockerfile
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ ARG DOCKER_GID 1000
 # Upgrade system packages to install security updates
 RUN apt-get update && \
     apt-get -y upgrade && \
+    apt-get install -y curl && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 # Upgrade pip to its latest release to speed up dependencies