diff --git a/database/init/001_init_righttree.sql b/database/init/001_init_righttree.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1df3382
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/init/001_init_righttree.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+CREATE DATABASE right_tree;
+
+\c right_tree
+CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS postgis;
+GRANT ALL ON geometry_columns TO PUBLIC;
+GRANT ALL ON spatial_ref_sys TO PUBLIC;
diff --git a/database/init_database.sh b/database/init_database.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..04ad0fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/init_database.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+docker-compose down --remove-orphans --volumes
+docker-compose up postgres | sed '/PostgreSQL init process complete; ready for start up./q'
+docker-compose down
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index ecf4239..c68f1c0 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ services:
     container_name: postgres
     volumes:
       - local-postgres-data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+      - ./database/init:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d
     ports:
       - "5432:5432"
     environment: