diff --git a/deployment/docker/ci/docker-compose.yml b/deployment/docker/ci/docker-compose.yml
index 32cee642..3c3b4b57 100644
--- a/deployment/docker/ci/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/deployment/docker/ci/docker-compose.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ services:
       context: ./../../../
       dockerfile: ./deployment/docker/ci/Dockerfile
     environment:
+      SEMAPHORE_DB_DIALECT: mysql
       SEMAPHORE_DB_USER: semaphore
       SEMAPHORE_DB_PASS: semaphore
       SEMAPHORE_DB_HOST: mysql
diff --git a/deployment/docker/common/semaphore-wrapper b/deployment/docker/common/semaphore-wrapper
index d037ca1c..bec1768e 100755
--- a/deployment/docker/common/semaphore-wrapper
+++ b/deployment/docker/common/semaphore-wrapper
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ SEMAPHORE_CONFIG_PATH="${SEMAPHORE_CONFIG_PATH:-/etc/semaphore}"
 SEMAPHORE_TMP_PATH="${SEMAPHORE_TMP_PATH:-/tmp/semaphore}"
 
 # Semaphore database env config
+SEMAPHORE_DB_DIALECT="${SEMAPHORE_DB_DIALECT:-mysql}"
+SEMAPHORE_DB_DIALECT_ID=1
 SEMAPHORE_DB_HOST="${SEMAPHORE_DB_HOST:-0.0.0.0}"
 SEMAPHORE_DB_PORT="${SEMAPHORE_DB_PORT:-3306}"
 SEMAPHORE_DB="${SEMAPHORE_DB:-semaphore}"
@@ -48,7 +50,7 @@ SEMAPHORE_LDAP_MAPPING_EMAIL="${SEMAPHORE_LDAP_MAPPING_EMAIL:-mail}"
 # wait on db to be up
 echoerr "Attempting to connect to database ${SEMAPHORE_DB} on ${SEMAPHORE_DB_HOST}:${SEMAPHORE_DB_PORT} with user ${SEMAPHORE_DB_USER} ..."
 TIMEOUT=30
-while ! mysqladmin ping -h"$SEMAPHORE_DB_HOST" -P "$SEMAPHORE_DB_PORT" -u "$SEMAPHORE_DB_USER" --password="$SEMAPHORE_DB_PASS" --silent >/dev/null 2>&1; do
+while ! $(nc -z "$SEMAPHORE_DB_HOST" "$SEMAPHORE_DB_PORT") >/dev/null 2>&1; do
     TIMEOUT=$(expr $TIMEOUT - 1)
     if [ $TIMEOUT -eq 0 ]; then
         echoerr "Could not connect to database server. Exiting."
@@ -58,11 +60,17 @@ while ! mysqladmin ping -h"$SEMAPHORE_DB_HOST" -P "$SEMAPHORE_DB_PORT" -u "$SEMA
     sleep 1
 done
 
+case ${SEMAPHORE_DB_DIALECT} in
+    "mysql") SEMAPHORE_DB_DIALECT_ID=1;;
+    "bolt") SEMAPHORE_DB_DIALECT_ID=2;;
+    "postgres") SEMAPHORE_DB_DIALECT_ID=3;;
+esac
+
 # Create a config if it does not exist in the current config path
 if [ ! -f "${SEMAPHORE_CONFIG_PATH}/config.json" ]; then
     echoerr "Generating ${SEMAPHORE_TMP_PATH}/config.stdin ..."
     cat << EOF > "${SEMAPHORE_TMP_PATH}/config.stdin"
-1
+${SEMAPHORE_DB_DIALECT_ID}
 ${SEMAPHORE_DB_HOST}:${SEMAPHORE_DB_PORT}
 ${SEMAPHORE_DB_USER}
 ${SEMAPHORE_DB_PASS}
diff --git a/deployment/docker/dev/docker-compose.yml b/deployment/docker/dev/docker-compose.yml
index f03b1e715..abb13db6 100644
--- a/deployment/docker/dev/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/deployment/docker/dev/docker-compose.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - "./../../../:/go/src/github.com/ansible-semaphore/semaphore:rw"
     environment:
+      SEMAPHORE_DB_DIALECT: mysql
       SEMAPHORE_DB_USER: semaphore
       SEMAPHORE_DB_PASS: semaphore
       SEMAPHORE_DB_HOST: mysql
diff --git a/deployment/docker/prod/docker-compose.yml b/deployment/docker/prod/docker-compose.yml
index a817e362..578536e4 100644
--- a/deployment/docker/prod/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/deployment/docker/prod/docker-compose.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ services:
       context: ./../../../
       dockerfile: ./deployment/docker/prod/Dockerfile
     environment:
+      SEMAPHORE_DB_DIALECT: mysql
       SEMAPHORE_DB_USER: semaphore
       SEMAPHORE_DB_PASS: hx4hjxqthfwbfsy5535u4agfdscm
       SEMAPHORE_DB_HOST: mysql