diff --git a/conf/ntfy.sh b/conf/ntfy.sh
index c373d33..260c45b 100755
--- a/conf/ntfy.sh
+++ b/conf/ntfy.sh
@@ -2,4 +2,9 @@
 
 HOME=__INSTALL_DIR__
 
+if [ ! -f "$HOME/data/user.db" ]; then
+    echo "Waiting for server to start"
+    sleep 2
+fi
+
 NTFY_CONFIG_FILE="$HOME/server.yml" $HOME/ntfy $@