diff --git a/xos/configurations/common/xos_common_config b/xos/configurations/common/xos_common_config
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 312f1d9..b2e102f
--- a/xos/configurations/common/xos_common_config
+++ b/xos/configurations/common/xos_common_config
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 name=xos
 user=postgres
 password=password
-host=localhost
+host=66.201.46.26
 port=5432
 
 [api]
diff --git a/xos/configurations/frontend/Makefile b/xos/configurations/frontend/Makefile
index dcc5af2..e65067b 100644
--- a/xos/configurations/frontend/Makefile
+++ b/xos/configurations/frontend/Makefile
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 	sudo make -f ../common/Makefile.prereqs
 	sudo docker-compose up -d
 	bash ../common/wait_for_xos.sh
+	bash ../mcord/xos/initdb
 	sudo docker-compose run xos python /opt/xos/tosca/run.py padmin@vicci.org /opt/xos/configurations/frontend/sample.yaml
 	# sudo docker-compose run xos python manage.py makemigrations mcordservice
 	# sudo docker-compose run xos python manage.py syncdb
diff --git a/xos/configurations/mcord/Makefile b/xos/configurations/mcord/Makefile
index 37025de..0f595c5 100644
--- a/xos/configurations/mcord/Makefile
+++ b/xos/configurations/mcord/Makefile
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 	sudo docker-compose run xos python /opt/xos/tosca/run.py padmin@vicci.org /root/setup/images.yaml
 	sudo docker-compose run xos python /opt/xos/tosca/run.py padmin@vicci.org /root/setup/mgmt-net.yaml
 	sudo docker exec mcord_xos_1 cp /opt/xos/configurations/frontend/mocks/xos_mcord_config /opt/xos/xos_configuration/
+	sudo docker exec frontend_xos_1 touch /opt/xos/xos/settings.py
 
 nodes.yaml:
 	export SETUPDIR=.; bash ../common/make-nodes-yaml.sh
@@ -17,8 +18,8 @@
 
 .PHONY: local_containers
 local_containers:
-	cd xos; make devel
-	cd synchronizer; make
+	cd ../../../containers/xos; make devel
+	cd ../../../containers/synchronizer; make
 enter-xos:
 	sudo docker exec -it mcord_xos_1 bash