diff --git a/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/default.rb b/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/default.rb
index d6f82ef..c30c189 100644
--- a/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/default.rb
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ include_recipe "runit"
 
 # Configure Services
 [
-  "postgresql",
   "redis",
+  "postgresql", # Postgresql depends on Redis because of `rake db:seed_fu`
   "unicorn",
   "bootstrap",
 ].each do |service|
diff --git a/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/postgresql.rb b/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/postgresql.rb
index 6e007a3..a753e46 100644
--- a/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/postgresql.rb
+++ b/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/postgresql.rb
@@ -153,5 +153,5 @@ execute "create #{db_name} database" do
   user pg_user
   not_if { !pg_helper.is_running? || pg_helper.database_exists?(db_name) }
   retries 30
-  notifies :run, "execute[initialize database]"
+  notifies :run, "execute[initialize database]", :immediately
 end
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