diff --git a/services/FilterLists.AppHost/AppHost.cs b/services/FilterLists.AppHost/AppHost.cs
index 2110d114c..1a452fcce 100644
--- a/services/FilterLists.AppHost/AppHost.cs
+++ b/services/FilterLists.AppHost/AppHost.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 builder.AddProject<FilterLists_Directory_Api>("directoryapi")
     .WithReference(directoryDb)
+    .WaitFor(directoryDb)
     .WithExternalHttpEndpoints();
 
 builder.Build().Run();
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