diff --git a/nginx-flask-mysql/backend/Dockerfile b/nginx-flask-mysql/backend/Dockerfile
index 5faf0fe..73848ed 100755
--- a/nginx-flask-mysql/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/nginx-flask-mysql/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 FROM python:3.8-alpine
-ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
 WORKDIR /code
 COPY requirements.txt /code/
 RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
diff --git a/nginx-flask-mysql/backend/hello.py b/nginx-flask-mysql/backend/hello.py
index 20f3010..35b6a33 100755
--- a/nginx-flask-mysql/backend/hello.py
+++ b/nginx-flask-mysql/backend/hello.py
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ import mysql.connector
 passfile = open('/run/secrets/db-password', 'r')
 
 #give db some time to start
-time.sleep(3)
+time.sleep(5)
+        
 #connect to db
 conn = mysql.connector.connect(
     user='root', 
@@ -15,12 +16,19 @@ conn = mysql.connector.connect(
     database='example',
     auth_plugin='mysql_native_password'
 )
+
 passfile.close()
-
+# populate db
 cursor = conn.cursor()
+def prepare_db():
+    cursor.execute('DROP TABLE IF EXISTS blog')
+    cursor.execute('CREATE TABLE blog (id INT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY, title VARCHAR(255))')
+    cursor.executemany('INSERT INTO blog (id, title) VALUES (%s, %s);', [(i, 'Blog post #%d'% i) for i in range (1,5)])
+    conn.commit()
+prepare_db()
 
+# server
 app = Flask(__name__)
-
 @app.route('/')
 def listBlog():
     cursor.execute('SELECT title FROM blog')
@@ -29,13 +37,6 @@ def listBlog():
         response = response  + '<div>' + c[0] + '</div>'
     return response
 
-def prepare_db():
-    cursor.execute('DROP TABLE IF EXISTS blog')
-    cursor.execute('CREATE TABLE blog (id INT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY, title VARCHAR(255))')
-    cursor.executemany('INSERT INTO blog (id, title) VALUES (%s, %s);', [(i, 'Blog post #%d'% i) for i in range (1,5)])
-    conn.commit()
-
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    prepare_db()
     app.run()
diff --git a/nginx-flask-mysql/docker-compose.yaml b/nginx-flask-mysql/docker-compose.yaml
index a30d724..d26721f 100644
--- a/nginx-flask-mysql/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/nginx-flask-mysql/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -1,27 +1,40 @@
 version: "3.7"
 services:
-  backend:
-    build: backend
-    secrets:
-      - db-password
-    ports:
-      - 5000:5000
   db:
-    environment:
-      MYSQL_DATABASE: example
-      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD_FILE: /run/secrets/db-password
     image: mysql:8.0.19
+    command: '--default-authentication-plugin=mysql_native_password'
     restart: always
     secrets:
     - db-password
     volumes:
     - db-data:/var/lib/mysql
+    networks:
+      - backnet
+    environment:
+      - MYSQL_DATABASE=example
+      - MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD_FILE=/run/secrets/db-password
+  backend:
+    build: backend
+    restart: always
+    secrets:
+    - db-password
+    ports:
+    - 5000:5000
+    networks:
+    - backnet
+    - frontnet
   proxy:
     build: proxy
+    restart: always
     ports:
-    - 8080:80
+    - 80:80
+    networks:
+      - frontnet
 volumes:
-  db-data: {}
+  db-data:
 secrets:
   db-password:
     file: db/password.txt
+networks:
+  backnet:
+  frontnet: