diff --git a/examples/fullstack/README.md b/examples/fullstack/README.md
index 3f5d3ad..8554522 100644
--- a/examples/fullstack/README.md
+++ b/examples/fullstack/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 This is a practical example of a "basic" fullstack application.  This application has been fully containerized to be run locally in development mode as well as for deployment to production.  It is composed of the following services:
 
 - frontend - Basic React app bootstrapped with `yarn create vite`
-- backend - Basic Express server NodeJS backend
+- backend - AdonisJS API Backend [https://adonisjs.com]()
 - database - Postgres database
 - reverse_proxy - Traefik ingress controller handling reverse proxy for the frontend and backend applications.
 
@@ -10,5 +10,23 @@ This is a practical example of a "basic" fullstack application.  This applicatio
 Clone the repo and `cd` into the `compose` directory.
 
 ```shell
-cp .env.example .env
+cp backend/.env.example backend/.env
+docker compose up
 ```
+
+The first time you run `docker compose up` it may take a few minutes as Docker will need to build images for the frontend and backend.  Also there are some database migrations and seed data that need to happen.  Those are handled by `backend/dev-entrypoint.sh`.  This is handled for you automatically since it is baked into the image.  You will most likely need to run `sudo docker compose up` or add yourself to the privileged `docker` group (`sudo usermod -aG docker YOUR_USER`) in order for `Traefik` to bind to port 80.
+
+![](./homepage.png)
+
+
+### Proxying and routes
+You will notice that the backend is listening on `http://0.0.0.0:3333/` but the frontend is making requests to `/api/`.  This is designed to mimic how you would deploy something like this in production where the backend would be behind a reverse proxy.  Traefik has some really nice middleware that allows us to easily tell it to route requests destined for `/api` to `/`.  The bit that handles that are these labels:
+
+```compose
+    labels:
+      - "traefik.http.middlewares.strip-api-prefix.stripprefix.prefixes=/api"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.backend.rule=Host(`app.docker.localhost`) && PathPrefix(`/api`)"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.backend.middlewares=strip-api-prefix@docker"
+```
+
+We are defining a middleware named `strip-api-prefix` using the built in `strippreffix` Traefik middleware.  We are then telling it to remove `/api` from any requests it handles.  We then attach that to our backend router.
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diff --git a/examples/fullstack/backend/Dockerfile b/examples/fullstack/backend/Dockerfile
index 53c68f0..cab2c16 100644
--- a/examples/fullstack/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/examples/fullstack/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -10,8 +10,12 @@ RUN npm ci
 
 FROM deps AS develop
 WORKDIR /app
+COPY dev-entrypoint.sh /entrypoint.sh
+RUN chmod +x /entrypoint.sh
+RUN cat /entrypoint.sh
 ENV NODE_ENV=development
 EXPOSE 3333
+ENTRYPOINT [ "/entrypoint.sh" ]
 
 # Production only deps stage
 FROM base AS production-deps
diff --git a/examples/fullstack/backend/database/seeders/user_seeder.ts b/examples/fullstack/backend/database/seeders/user_seeder.ts
index 2a0ab17..5b99a95 100644
--- a/examples/fullstack/backend/database/seeders/user_seeder.ts
+++ b/examples/fullstack/backend/database/seeders/user_seeder.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ import { faker } from '@faker-js/faker'
 
 export default class extends BaseSeeder {
   public async run () {
+    const usersExist = await User.query().first()
+    if (usersExist) {
+      console.log('Database already seeded, skipping...')
+      return 
+    }
     const users = Array.from({ length: 1000 }).map(() => ({
       fullName: faker.person.fullName(),
       email: faker.internet.email(),
diff --git a/examples/fullstack/backend/dev-entrypoint.sh b/examples/fullstack/backend/dev-entrypoint.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..06ccf61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/fullstack/backend/dev-entrypoint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+echo "starting up..."
+node ace generate:key
+
+
+# Check for pending migrations by parsing output
+PENDING_MIGRATIONS=$(node ace migration:status | grep -ic 'pending')
+
+# Run migrations only if there are pending ones
+
+if [ "$PENDING_MIGRATIONS" -gt 0 ]; then
+  echo "Found $PENDING_MIGRATIONS pending migration(s). Running migrations..."
+  node ace migration:run --force
+else
+  echo "No pending migrations."
+fi
+
+echo "Seeding database..."
+node ace db:seed
+
+# Start the dev server
+node ace serve --watch
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diff --git a/examples/fullstack/compose.override.yml b/examples/fullstack/compose.override.yml
index b42fbd5..a790ba0 100644
--- a/examples/fullstack/compose.override.yml
+++ b/examples/fullstack/compose.override.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - ./backend:/app
       - node_modules:/app/node_modules
-    command: /bin/sh -c "node ace generate:key; node ace migration:run --force && node ace serve --watch"
     depends_on:
       db:
         condition: service_healthy
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