diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 60a61b13f3..ff9a3461d1 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ RUN if [ `apk --print-arch` = "armv7" ]; then \
 COPY tasks.py docker/gunicorn.conf.py docker/init.sh ./
 RUN chmod +x init.sh
 
-ENTRYPOINT ["/bin/sh", "./init.sh"]
+ENTRYPOINT ["/bin/ash", "./init.sh"]
 
 FROM inventree_base as prebuild
 
diff --git a/InvenTree/InvenTree/backends.py b/InvenTree/InvenTree/backends.py
index 0925149678..82c8376579 100644
--- a/InvenTree/InvenTree/backends.py
+++ b/InvenTree/InvenTree/backends.py
@@ -28,11 +28,16 @@ class InvenTreeMaintenanceModeBackend(AbstractStateBackend):
         Returns:
             bool: True if maintenance mode is active, False otherwise.
         """
-        value = InvenTree.helpers.str2bool(
-            common.models.InvenTreeSetting.get_setting(
-                self.SETTING_KEY, backup_value=False, create=False, cache=False
-            )
-        )
+        try:
+            setting = common.models.InvenTreeSetting.objects.get(key=self.SETTING_KEY)
+            value = InvenTree.helpers.str2bool(setting.value)
+        except common.models.InvenTreeSetting.DoesNotExist:
+            # Database is accessible, but setting is not available - assume False
+            value = False
+        except (IntegrityError, OperationalError, ProgrammingError):
+            # Database is inaccessible - assume we are not in maintenance mode
+            logger.warning('Failed to read maintenance mode state - assuming True')
+            value = True
 
         logger.debug('Maintenance mode state: %s', value)
 
@@ -50,10 +55,13 @@ class InvenTreeMaintenanceModeBackend(AbstractStateBackend):
                 if self.get_value() == value:
                     break
             except (IntegrityError, OperationalError, ProgrammingError):
-                logger.warning(
-                    'Failed to set maintenance mode state in database (%s retries left)',
-                    retries,
+                # In the database is locked, then
+                logger.debug(
+                    'Failed to set maintenance mode state (%s retries left)', retries
                 )
                 time.sleep(0.1)
 
             retries -= 1
+
+            if retries == 0:
+                logger.warning('Failed to set maintenance mode state')
diff --git a/docker/init.sh b/docker/init.sh
index 0837d7f949..132a943796 100644
--- a/docker/init.sh
+++ b/docker/init.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/ash
+
 # exit when any command fails
 set -e
 
diff --git a/docker/requirements.txt b/docker/requirements.txt
index d3d0c85e28..f34e24b114 100644
--- a/docker/requirements.txt
+++ b/docker/requirements.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ setuptools>=69.0.0
 wheel>=0.41.0
 
 # Database links
-psycopg[binary]>=3.1.18
+psycopg[binary, c, pool]
 mysqlclient>=2.2.0
 mariadb>=1.1.8