diff --git a/compose.prod.yaml b/compose.prod.yaml
index 6bde629e7..59e713de4 100644
--- a/compose.prod.yaml
+++ b/compose.prod.yaml
@@ -53,11 +53,36 @@ services:
     depends_on:
       postgres:
         condition: service_healthy
+      postgres-init:
+        condition: service_completed_successfully
       seaweedfs:
         condition: service_started
       chrome:
         condition: service_started
 
+  # One-shot, idempotent DB bootstrap. Postgres only runs
+  # docker-entrypoint-initdb.d scripts the very first time it starts against
+  # an empty data volume, so if that volume was ever initialized without the
+  # "probod" database existing (e.g. an earlier deploy attempt), it never
+  # gets created on later restarts. This runs on every startup and is safe
+  # to repeat.
+  postgres-init:
+    image: "postgres@sha256:7ad98329d513dd497293b951c195ca354274a77f12ddbbbbf85e68a811823d72"
+    depends_on:
+      postgres:
+        condition: service_healthy
+    environment:
+      PGPASSWORD: "postgres"
+    entrypoint:
+      - "/bin/sh"
+      - "-c"
+      - |
+        set -eu
+        psql -h postgres -U postgres -v ON_ERROR_STOP=1 <<-'SQL'
+        SELECT 'CREATE DATABASE probod' WHERE NOT EXISTS (SELECT FROM pg_database WHERE datname = 'probod')\gexec
+        ALTER DATABASE probod SET probo.trust_center_base_domain TO 'probopage.localhost';
+        SQL
+
   postgres:
     image: "postgres@sha256:7ad98329d513dd497293b951c195ca354274a77f12ddbbbbf85e68a811823d72"
     shm_size: "1g"