diff --git a/kubernetes/so/components/so-request-db-adapter/requirements.yaml b/kubernetes/so/components/so-request-db-adapter/requirements.yaml
index 1feea23..b0bda36 100755
--- a/kubernetes/so/components/so-request-db-adapter/requirements.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/so/components/so-request-db-adapter/requirements.yaml
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
     # a part of this chart's package and will not
     # be published independently to a repo (at this point)
     repository: '@local'
+  - name: readinessCheck
+    version: ~6.x-0
+    repository: '@local'
   - name: soHelpers
     version: ~6.x-0
     repository: 'file://../soHelpers'
diff --git a/kubernetes/so/components/so-request-db-adapter/templates/deployment.yaml b/kubernetes/so/components/so-request-db-adapter/templates/deployment.yaml
index 25a6842..0aac5f4 100755
--- a/kubernetes/so/components/so-request-db-adapter/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/so/components/so-request-db-adapter/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -39,21 +39,9 @@
         app: {{ include "common.name" . }}
         release: {{ include "common.release" . }}
     spec:
-      initContainers: {{ include "so.certificate.container_importer" . | nindent 6 }}
-      - command:
-        - /app/ready.py
-        args:
-        - --job-name
-        - {{ include "common.release" . }}-so-mariadb-config-job
-        env:
-        - name: NAMESPACE
-          valueFrom:
-            fieldRef:
-              apiVersion: v1
-              fieldPath: metadata.namespace
-        image: "{{ include "common.repository" . }}/{{ .Values.global.readinessImage }}"
-        imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.global.pullPolicy | default .Values.pullPolicy }}
-        name: {{ include "common.name" . }}-readiness
+      initContainers:
+      {{ include "so.certificate.container_importer" . | indent 6 | trim }}
+      {{ include "common.readinessCheck.waitFor" . | indent 6 | trim }}
       containers:
       - name: {{ include "common.name" . }}
         image: {{ include "common.repository" . }}/{{ .Values.image }}
diff --git a/kubernetes/so/components/so-request-db-adapter/values.yaml b/kubernetes/so/components/so-request-db-adapter/values.yaml
index 02b382f..84d2944 100755
--- a/kubernetes/so/components/so-request-db-adapter/values.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/so/components/so-request-db-adapter/values.yaml
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@
     serviceName: mariadb-galera
     servicePort: '3306'
 
+readinessCheck:
+  wait_for:
+    - so-mariadb-config
+
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 # Secrets metaconfig
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