diff --git a/cluster/apps/semaphore/semaphore-configmap.yml b/cluster/apps/semaphore/semaphore-configmap.yml
index 8ab4e2b..d06e0ac 100644
--- a/cluster/apps/semaphore/semaphore-configmap.yml
+++ b/cluster/apps/semaphore/semaphore-configmap.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ metadata:
   namespace: default
 data:
   SEMAPHORE_DB_USER: "semaphore"
-  SEMAPHORE_DB_HOST: "semaphore-db-service"
+  SEMAPHORE_DB_HOST: "localhost"
   SEMAPHORE_DB_PORT: "3306"
   SEMAPHORE_DB_DIALECT: "mysql"
   SEMAPHORE_DB: "semaphore"
diff --git a/cluster/apps/semaphore/semaphore-db.yml b/cluster/apps/semaphore/semaphore-db.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index d01a96b..0000000
--- a/cluster/apps/semaphore/semaphore-db.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
----
-apiVersion: apps/v1
-kind: Deployment
-metadata:
-  name: semaphore-db
-  namespace: default
-spec:
-  selector:
-    matchLabels:
-      app: semaphore-db
-  template:
-    metadata:
-      labels:
-        app: semaphore-db
-    spec:
-      containers:
-      - name: mysql
-        image: mysql:8.4
-        ports:
-        - containerPort: 3306
-        env:
-        - name: MYSQL_RANDOM_ROOT_PASSWORD
-          value: "'yes'"
-        - name: MYSQL_DATABASE
-          value: "semaphore"
-        - name: MYSQL_USER
-          value: "semaphore"
-        - name: MYSQL_PASSWORD
-          valueFrom:
-            secretKeyRef:
-              name: semaphore-secrets
-              key: mysql_password
-        volumeMounts:
-        - name: db
-          mountPath: /var/lib/mysql
-      volumes:
-      - name: db
-        persistentVolumeClaim:
-          claimName: longhorn-semaphore
diff --git a/cluster/apps/semaphore/semaphore-svc.yml b/cluster/apps/semaphore/semaphore-svc.yml
index bfe8d81..e71bf13 100644
--- a/cluster/apps/semaphore/semaphore-svc.yml
+++ b/cluster/apps/semaphore/semaphore-svc.yml
@@ -13,17 +13,3 @@ spec:
     targetPort: 3000
     nodePort: 3002
     protocol: TCP
-
----
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: Service
-metadata:
-  name: semaphore-db-service
-  namespace: default
-spec:
-  selector:
-    app: semaphore-db
-  ports:
-    - protocol: TCP
-      port: 3306
-      targetPort: 3306
diff --git a/cluster/apps/semaphore/semaphore.yml b/cluster/apps/semaphore/semaphore.yml
index 9504d1b..21e9fb9 100644
--- a/cluster/apps/semaphore/semaphore.yml
+++ b/cluster/apps/semaphore/semaphore.yml
@@ -15,16 +15,26 @@ spec:
         app: semaphore
     spec:
       initContainers:
-      - name: wait-for-db
-        image: busybox
-        command:
-        - sh
-        - -c
-        - |
-          until nc -z -v -w30 semaphore-db-service 3306; do
-            echo "Waiting for database to be ready..."
-            sleep 2
-          done
+      - name: mysql
+        image: mysql:8.4
+        restartPolicy: Always
+        ports:
+        - containerPort: 3306
+        env:
+        - name: MYSQL_RANDOM_ROOT_PASSWORD
+          value: "'yes'"
+        - name: MYSQL_DATABASE
+          value: "semaphore"
+        - name: MYSQL_USER
+          value: "semaphore"
+        - name: MYSQL_PASSWORD
+          valueFrom:
+            secretKeyRef:
+              name: semaphore-secrets
+              key: mysql_password
+        volumeMounts:
+        - name: db
+          mountPath: /var/lib/mysql
       containers:
       - name: semaphore
         image: public.ecr.aws/semaphore/pro/server:v2.14.8
@@ -49,3 +59,7 @@ spec:
             secretKeyRef:
               name: semaphore-secrets
               key: key
+      volumes:
+      - name: db
+        persistentVolumeClaim:
+          claimName: longhorn-semaphore