diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 4a5c8d2..3abddd6 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 FROM postgres
+ARG GIT_COMMIT=""
+RUN echo "GIT_COMMIT = ${GIT_COMMIT}"
 COPY ./initdb.sh /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/initdb.sh
+CMD echo 'echo "git commit = ${GIT_COMMIT}"' >> /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/initdb.sh
 EXPOSE 5432
diff --git a/deploy.sh b/deploy.sh
index 83f7f0d..4ad34dc 100644
--- a/deploy.sh
+++ b/deploy.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ REPO="sartography/cr-connect-$APP"
 TAG=$(if [ "$TRAVIS_BRANCH" == "master" ]; then echo "latest"; else echo "$TRAVIS_BRANCH" ; fi)
 COMMIT=${TRAVIS_COMMIT::8}
 
-docker build -f Dockerfile -t "$REPO:$COMMIT" .
+docker build -f Dockerfile -t "$REPO:$COMMIT" --build-arg GIT_COMMIT="$REPO:$COMMIT" .
 docker tag "$REPO:$COMMIT" "$REPO:$TAG"
 docker tag "$REPO:$COMMIT" "$REPO:travis-$TRAVIS_BUILD_NUMBER"
 docker push "$REPO"