diff --git a/Containerfile.utils b/Containerfile.utils
index 763c449..e9f4bba 100644
--- a/Containerfile.utils
+++ b/Containerfile.utils
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ FROM docker.io/library/php:cli
 
 RUN docker-php-ext-install mysqli bcmath
 COPY ./utils/* /opt/
+COPY ./data_init/*.sql /opt/init/init.sql
diff --git a/create_db.sh b/create_db.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9a27b62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/create_db.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+podman run --network tor -it --env MYSQL_USER=root --env MYSQL_PASSWD=my-secret-pw --env MYSQL_DATABASE=exmple-database --env MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD=my-secret-pw -e MYSQL_HOST=some-mariadb -e MYSQL_DB=sunders -e CAMERA_USER=cam -e CAMERA_USER_PASSWD=asdf1234 -e CAMERA_SELECT_USER=cam -e CAMERA_SELECT_USER_PASSWD=asdf1234 localhost/sunders-utils:latest php /opt/create_db.php
+podman run --network tor -it --env MYSQL_USER=root --env MYSQL_PASSWD=my-secret-pw --env MYSQL_DATABASE=exmple-database --env MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD=my-secret-pw -e MYSQL_HOST=some-mariadb -e MYSQL_DB=sunders -e CAMERA_USER=cam -e CAMERA_USER_PASSWD=asdf1234 -e CAMERA_SELECT_USER=cam -e CAMERA_SELECT_USER_PASSWD=asdf1234 localhost/sunders-data_init:latest
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/utils/create_db.php b/utils/init_db.php
similarity index 86%
rename from utils/create_db.php
rename to utils/init_db.php
index 9643699..90d6978 100644
--- a/utils/create_db.php
+++ b/utils/init_db.php
@@ -72,5 +72,19 @@ $conn->query("INSERT INTO sync_state (k, v) VALUES ('sequenceNumber', '0');");
 
 echo "Database, users, and tables created successfully.\n";
 
+$result = $conn -> query("SELECT * FROM position limit 10");
+
+$table_count = $result -> num_rows;
+
+printf("Result set has %d rows.\n", $table_count);
+if ($table_count == 0){
+$location = "/opt/init/init.sql";
+
+$commands = file_get_contents($location);   
+$conn->multi_query($commands);
+echo "Inserted data.\n";
+}
+
+
 $conn->close();
 ?>