diff --git a/.env b/.env
index 47b90dfffc..5c45f50ff0 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # compose
-IMAGE_VERSION=v0.5.0-alpha
+IMAGE_VERSION=v0.5.1-alpha
 IMAGE_NAME=ghcr.io/open-telemetry/demo
 
 # Collector
diff --git a/src/featureflagservice/rel/overlays/bin/server b/src/featureflagservice/rel/overlays/bin/server
index b988a12e0d..3bd4b8e6c9 100755
--- a/src/featureflagservice/rel/overlays/bin/server
+++ b/src/featureflagservice/rel/overlays/bin/server
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 cd -P -- "$(dirname -- "$0")"
 
-./featureflagservice eval Featureflagservice.Release.migrate
+./featureflagservice eval Featureflagservice.Release.migrate || { echo "release failed"; exit 1; }
 
 PHX_SERVER=true exec ./featureflagservice start