diff --git a/.github/workflows/manual-deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/manual-deploy.yml
index 987db67a28..8b37f081b4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/manual-deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/manual-deploy.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
       dockerfile: "packages/ai-bot/Dockerfile"
 
   deploy-ai-bot:
-    needs: [build-ai-bot, migrate-db]
+    needs: [build-ai-bot, post-migrate-db]
     name: Deploy ai-bot to AWS ECS
     uses: cardstack/gh-actions/.github/workflows/ecs-deploy.yml@main
     secrets: inherit
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ jobs:
       cluster: ${{ inputs.environment }}
       service-name: "boxel-ai-bot-${{ inputs.environment }}"
       image: ${{ needs.build-ai-bot.outputs.image }}
+      wait-for-service-stability: false
 
   build-host:
     name: Build host
@@ -100,10 +101,18 @@ jobs:
       cluster: ${{ inputs.environment }}
       service-name: "boxel-pg-migration-${{ inputs.environment }}"
       image: ${{ needs.build-pg-migration.outputs.image }}
+      wait-for-service-stability: false
+
+  post-migrate-db:
+    name: Wait for db-migration
+    needs: [migrate-db]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - run: sleep 240
 
   deploy-realm-server:
     name: Deploy realm server
-    needs: [build-realm-server, deploy-host, migrate-db]
+    needs: [build-realm-server, deploy-host, post-migrate-db]
     uses: cardstack/gh-actions/.github/workflows/ecs-deploy.yml@main
     secrets: inherit
     with:
@@ -112,3 +121,4 @@ jobs:
       cluster: ${{ inputs.environment }}
       service-name: "boxel-realm-server-${{ inputs.environment }}"
       image: ${{ needs.build-realm-server.outputs.image }}
+      wait-for-service-stability: false
diff --git a/packages/runtime-common/realm.ts b/packages/runtime-common/realm.ts
index 8d9c6768ad..837429bafe 100644
--- a/packages/runtime-common/realm.ts
+++ b/packages/runtime-common/realm.ts
@@ -247,7 +247,6 @@ export class Realm {
   #router: Router;
   #log = logger('realm');
   #perfLog = logger('perf');
-  #startTime = Date.now();
   #updateItems: UpdateItem[] = [];
   #flushUpdateEvents: Promise<void> | undefined;
   #recentWrites: Map<string, number> = new Map();
@@ -590,6 +589,7 @@ export class Realm {
 
   async #startup() {
     await Promise.resolve();
+    let startTime = Date.now();
     let isNewIndex = await this.#realmIndexUpdater.isNewIndex();
     let promise = this.#realmIndexUpdater.run();
     if (isNewIndex) {
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ export class Realm {
       data: { type: 'full', realmURL: this.url },
     });
     this.#perfLog.debug(
-      `realm server startup in ${Date.now() - this.#startTime}ms`,
+      `realm server ${this.url} startup in ${Date.now() - startTime} ms`,
     );
   }