diff --git a/cht-config/package.json b/cht-config/package.json
index 2cebce4e..d84a3a85 100644
--- a/cht-config/package.json
+++ b/cht-config/package.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     "test-targets": "npm run eslint && TZ=Africa/Nairobi mocha --reporter progress test/targets/*.spec.js --timeout 10000",
     "test-contact-summary": "npm run eslint && TZ=Africa/Nairobi mocha --reporter progress test/contact-summary/*.spec.js --timeout 10000",
     "test-unit": "TZ=Africa/Nairobi mocha --recursive --reporter spec test --timeout 20000",
-    "deploy": "wait-on http://api:5988/ && sh ./script.sh"
+    "deploy": "wait-on http://api:5988/ && sleep 100 && sh ./script.sh"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "chai": "^4.2.0",
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.cht-core.yml b/docker/docker-compose.cht-core.yml
index 4f585af1..ef9f07ec 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose.cht-core.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.cht-core.yml
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@ services:
       - "COUCHDB_PASSWORD=${COUCHDB_PASSWORD:-password}"
     depends_on:
       - couchdb
-      - api
     networks:
       - cht-net