diff --git a/postdeploy.sh b/postdeploy.sh
index 724f587..59e52ae 100755
--- a/postdeploy.sh
+++ b/postdeploy.sh
@@ -5,13 +5,12 @@ set -eu -o pipefail
 setup_root_user() {
     set -eu
 
-    # TODO(decentral1se): fix to use sqlite3 database for now
-    user_count=$(mysql -u"${DB_USER}" -p"${DB_PASS}" -h mysql --database="${DB_NAME}" -N -B -e "SELECT count(*) FROM user;")
+    user_count=$(sqlite3 /data/gitea.db "SELECT count(*) FROM user;")
 
     if [[ "${user_count}" == "0" ]]; then
         echo "==> Setting up root user for first run"
 
-        if gitea create-admin --name "$ADMIN_USER" --password "$ADMIN_PASS" --email "$ADMIN_MAIL"; then
+        if gitea admin create-user --username "$ADMIN_USER" --password "$ADMIN_PASS" --email "$ADMIN_MAIL" --admin; then
             echo "==> root user added"
         else
             echo "==> Failed to add root user"
@@ -20,25 +19,10 @@ setup_root_user() {
     fi
 }
 
-do_healthcheck() {
-    set -eu
-
-    echo "==> Running Gitea healthcheck"
-
-    while ! curl --fail "https://${DOMAIN}/healthcheck"; do
-        echo "==> Waiting for Gitea to come up"
-        sleep 1
-    done
-
-    echo "==> Gitea is up"
-}
-
 main() {
     set -eu
 
-    do_healthcheck
     setup_root_user
 }
 
-# TODO(decentral1se): test manually for now...
-# main
+main