diff --git a/terraform/application/application.tf b/terraform/application/application.tf
index 0b4ea22941..a9f8a84be1 100644
--- a/terraform/application/application.tf
+++ b/terraform/application/application.tf
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ module "application_configuration" {
   config_short           = var.config_short
   secret_key_vault_short = "app"
 
-  # Delete for non rails apps
   is_rails_application = true
 
   config_variables = {
@@ -34,4 +33,5 @@ module "web_application" {
   kubernetes_secret_name     = module.application_configuration.kubernetes_secret_name
 
   docker_image = var.docker_image
+  command      = var.startup_command
 }
diff --git a/terraform/application/config/review.tfvars.json b/terraform/application/config/review.tfvars.json
index ac1f382e51..c6941fb9e9 100644
--- a/terraform/application/config/review.tfvars.json
+++ b/terraform/application/config/review.tfvars.json
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
   "cluster": "test",
   "namespace": "srtl-development",
   "deploy_azure_backing_services": false,
-  "enable_postgres_ssl": false
+  "enable_postgres_ssl": false,
+  "startup_command": ["/bin/sh", "-c", "bundle exec rake db:schema:load db:seed && bundle exec rails server -b 0.0.0.0"]
 }
diff --git a/terraform/application/variables.tf b/terraform/application/variables.tf
index 7b899b3b34..2d7e11cfa9 100644
--- a/terraform/application/variables.tf
+++ b/terraform/application/variables.tf
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ variable "enable_postgres_backup_storage" {
 variable "docker_image" {
   description = "Docker image full name to identify it in the registry. Includes docker registry, repository and tag e.g.: ghcr.io/dfe-digital/teacher-pay-calculator:673f6309fd0c907014f44d6732496ecd92a2bcd0"
 }
+variable "startup_command" {
+  type = list(string)
+}
 variable "external_url" {
   default     = null
   description = "Healthcheck URL for StatusCake monitoring"