diff --git a/ops/manifests/manifest-unstable.yaml b/ops/manifests/manifest-unstable.yaml
index 976bd4425..4b523118c 100644
--- a/ops/manifests/manifest-unstable.yaml
+++ b/ops/manifests/manifest-unstable.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ applications:
   memory: 512M
   stack: cflinuxfs3
   timeout: 180
-  command: gunicorn registrar.config.wsgi -t 60
+  command: ./run.sh
   health-check-type: http
   health-check-http-endpoint: /health
   env:
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ applications:
     - route: getgov-unstable.app.cloud.gov
   services:
   - getgov-credentials
-  - getgov-database
\ No newline at end of file
+  - getgov-unstable-database
diff --git a/src/run.sh b/src/run.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..452469af4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#/bin/bash
+
+set -o errexit
+set -o pipefail
+
+# Only run migrations on the zeroth index when in a cloud.gov environment
+if [[ -v CF_INSTANCE_INDEX && $CF_INSTANCE_INDEX == 0 ]]
+then
+  python manage.py migrate --settings=registrar.config.settings --noinput
+else
+  echo "Migrations did not run."
+  if [[ -v CF_INSTANCE_INDEX ]]
+  then
+    echo "CF Instance Index is ${CF_INSTANCE_INDEX}."
+  fi
+fi
+
+python manage.py collectstatic --settings=registrar.config.settings --noinput
+gunicorn registrar.config.wsgi -t 60