diff --git a/services/comms/mas-db-ensure-job.yaml b/services/comms/mas-db-ensure-job.yaml
index 4a10fcd..92252a2 100644
--- a/services/comms/mas-db-ensure-job.yaml
+++ b/services/comms/mas-db-ensure-job.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 apiVersion: batch/v1
 kind: Job
 metadata:
-  name: mas-db-ensure-14
+  name: mas-db-ensure-15
   namespace: comms
 spec:
   backoffLimit: 1
@@ -53,3 +53,5 @@ spec:
                 -c "ALTER ROLE mas WITH PASSWORD '${MAS_PASS_SQL}';"
               kubectl -n postgres exec -i "${POD_NAME}" -- psql -U postgres -d postgres \
                 -c "CREATE DATABASE mas OWNER mas;" || true
+              kubectl -n postgres exec -i "${POD_NAME}" -- /bin/sh -c \
+                "PGPASSWORD='${MAS_PASS_SQL}' psql -U mas -d mas -c 'select 1;'"