diff --git a/config/prod.secret.exs b/config/prod.secret.exs
index 038f61d4..f3ef04e3 100644
--- a/config/prod.secret.exs
+++ b/config/prod.secret.exs
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ config :philomena, PhilomenaWeb.Endpoint,
   secret_key_base: secret_key_base,
   server: true
 
+config :mnesia, :dir, System.get_env("MNESIA_DIR")
+
 # ## Using releases (Elixir v1.9+)
 #
 # If you are doing OTP releases, you need to instruct Phoenix
diff --git a/post-receive b/post-receive
index f21ecb97..dc945363 100755
--- a/post-receive
+++ b/post-receive
@@ -52,25 +52,28 @@ BLUE_STARTED=$?
 lsof -i :4001
 GREEN_STARTED=$1
 
-if [ $BLUE_STARTED -eq 1 -a $GREEN_STARTED -eq 1 ]; then
+if [[ $BLUE_STARTED == 1 && $GREEN_STARTED == 1 ]]; then
   die "both blue and green instances are running; is another deploy in progress?"
 fi
 
-if [ $BLUE_STARTED -eq 0 -a $GREEN_STARTED -eq 0 ]; then
+if [[ $BLUE_STARTED == 0 && $GREEN_STARTED == 0 ]]; then
   echo "app not started, starting it now"
   NODENAME=philomena_0 PORT=4000 _build/prod/rel/philomena/bin/philomena start
 fi
 
-if [ $BLUE_STARTED -eq 1 -a $GREEN_STARTED -eq 0 ]; then
+if [[ $BLUE_STARTED == 1 && $GREEN_STARTED == 0 ]]; then
   echo "rolling blue (4000) over to green (4001)"
   BLUE_PID=$(lsof -Fp -i :4000 | head -n1 | sed 's/^p//')
   NODENAME=philomena_1 PORT=4001 _build/prod/rel/philomena/bin/philomena start
+  sleep 20
   kill -TERM $BLUE_PID
 fi
 
-if [ $BLUE_STARTED -eq 0 -a $GREEN_STARTED -eq 1 ]; then
+if [[ $BLUE_STARTED == 0 && $GREEN_STARTED == 1 ]]; then
   echo "rolling green (4001) over to blue (4000)"
   GREEN_PID=$(lsof -Fp -i :4001 | head -n1 | sed 's/^p//')
   NODENAME=philomena_0 PORT=4000 _build/prod/rel/philomena/bin/philomena start
+  sleep 20
   kill -TERM $GREEN_PID
 fi
+