diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 24b496b..ba4af20 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,23 +1,9 @@
 # Maven Sync Setup
 
-## Repository
-
 _Reposilite_-based Maven Repository Manager acting as a caching proxy.
 
 ```sh
-mkdir data
-cd repo
-./deploy.sh
+./run.sh
 ```
-TODO: something is not working correctly when loading the initial configuration.
-Take the content of the `reposilite.cdn` and paste it into the Configuration window
-after logging in as `admin:secret` on http://localhost:9001 and press _Update configuration and reload_.
-
-## Sync job
-
-Script that can be triggered manually or scheduled.
-
-cd sync
-./sync.sh
 
-Mirror tarballs.
+This starts the reposilite server, then starts maven and makes download all packages defined in the pom's in the `examples/` folder, including their dependencies. These packages are then cached by reposilite in `data/`. The relevant folders are turned into tarballs and saved in the root directory.
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a41e737
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+version: '3.9'
+
+services:
+  repo:
+    image: dzikoysk/reposilite:3.0.0-alpha.23
+    user: ${USER_ID}:${GROUP_ID}
+    environment:
+      REPOSILITE_OPTS: "--token admin:secret --shared-configuration=/reposilite.cdn --shared-configuration-mode=copy"
+    volumes:
+      - ./repo/reposilite.cdn:/reposilite.cdn
+      - ./data:/app/data
+    ports:
+      - "9001:80"
+    restart: unless-stopped
+  maven-sync-job:
+    build: ./sync
+    depends_on:
+      - repo
+    volumes:
+      - ./examples:/poms
+    network_mode: "service:repo"
diff --git a/repo/deploy.sh b/repo/deploy.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 80df2d0..0000000
--- a/repo/deploy.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-docker-compose run -u $(id -u):$(id -g) --service-ports repo
diff --git a/repo/docker-compose.yml b/repo/docker-compose.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 17cfbe1..0000000
--- a/repo/docker-compose.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-version: '3.9'
-
-services:
-  repo:
-    image: dzikoysk/reposilite:3.0.0-alpha.23
-    environment:
-      REPOSILITE_OPTS: "--token admin:secret --shared-configuration=/reposilite.cdn --shared-configuration-mode=copy --port=8080"
-    volumes:
-      - ./reposilite.cdn:/reposilite.cdn
-      - ../data:/app/data
-    ports:
-      - "9001:8080"
-    restart: unless-stopped
-
diff --git a/run.sh b/run.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c7963c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Get the owner of the current folder (prevents permission problems when running with sudo)
+user=$(stat -c "%u" .)
+group=$(stat -c "%g" .)
+
+if [ ! -d ./data ]; then
+    mkdir ./data
+    chown "$user:$group" ./data
+fi
+
+USER_ID=$user GROUP_ID=$group docker-compose up --build --exit-code-from maven-sync-job
+
+if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "Creating a tarball of the Releases"
+    tar zcvf ./maven-releases-packages.tar.gz ./data/repositories/releases/* 2>/dev/null
+    chown "$user:$group" ./maven-releases-packages.tar.gz
+    echo "Creating a tarball of the Snapshots"
+    tar zcvf ./maven-snapshots-packages.tar.gz ./data/repositories/snapshots/* 2>/dev/null
+    chown "$user:$group" ./maven-snapshots-packages.tar.gz
+
+    echo "NEXT: mirror *.tar.gz and import into Artifactory."
+else
+    echo "The sync failed, no tarballs created"
+    exit 255
+fi
+
+USER_ID=$user GROUP_ID=$group docker-compose down
diff --git a/sync/.dockerignore b/sync/.dockerignore
index 7c87d60..2b3a6a2 100644
--- a/sync/.dockerignore
+++ b/sync/.dockerignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 **
 !settings.xml
 !resolve-deps-from-poms.sh
+!wait-for-it.sh
diff --git a/sync/Dockerfile b/sync/Dockerfile
index ea74413..c483a41 100644
--- a/sync/Dockerfile
+++ b/sync/Dockerfile
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ FROM maven:alpine
 
 RUN mkdir /poms && mkdir -p /root/.m2
 
-ADD resolve-deps-from-poms.sh /resolve-deps-from-poms.sh
-ADD settings.xml /root/.m2/settings.xml
+COPY wait-for-it.sh /wait-for-it.sh
+COPY resolve-deps-from-poms.sh /resolve-deps-from-poms.sh
+COPY settings.xml /root/.m2/settings.xml
 
 VOLUME [ "/poms" ]
 
diff --git a/sync/build-docker-image.sh b/sync/build-docker-image.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 738fd29..0000000
--- a/sync/build-docker-image.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-COCLI=docker # or podman
-
-docker build -t maven-sync-job .
diff --git a/sync/resolve-deps-from-poms.sh b/sync/resolve-deps-from-poms.sh
index 539a37d..d58d58a 100755
--- a/sync/resolve-deps-from-poms.sh
+++ b/sync/resolve-deps-from-poms.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-for pom in /poms/*; do
-    mvn -P central -f $pom dependency:go-offline;
-done
+/wait-for-it.sh -t 30 repo:80
 
+if [ $? -lt 30 ]; then
+    for pom in /poms/*; do
+        mvn -P central -f $pom dependency:go-offline;
+    done
+else
+    echo "Can't connect to repository"
+    exit 255
+fi
diff --git a/sync/settings.xml b/sync/settings.xml
index 779b50c..a7179ab 100644
--- a/sync/settings.xml
+++ b/sync/settings.xml
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
     <mirror>
       <id>central</id>
       <mirrorOf>central</mirrorOf>
-      <url>http://localhost:9001/releases</url>
+      <url>http://repo/releases</url>
     </mirror>
     <mirror>
       <id>confluent</id>
       <mirrorOf>confluent</mirrorOf>
-      <url>http://localhost:9001/confluent</url>
+      <url>http://repo/confluent</url>
     </mirror>
   </mirrors>
 </settings>
diff --git a/sync/sync.sh b/sync/sync.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 2750dc0..0000000
--- a/sync/sync.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-COCLI=docker # or podman
-
-$COCLI run --network=host -it --rm -v $(pwd)/../examples:/poms maven-sync-job
-cd ../data/repositories/releases/
-echo "Creating a tarball of the Releases"
-tar zcvf ../../maven-releases-packages.tar.gz * 2>/dev/null
-echo "Creating a tarball of the Snapshots"
-cd ../snapshots
-tar zcvf ../../maven-snapshots-packages.tar.gz * 2>/dev/null
-
-echo "NEXT: mirror *.tar.gz and import into Artifactory."
-
diff --git a/sync/wait-for-it.LICENCE b/sync/wait-for-it.LICENCE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..88d64e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sync/wait-for-it.LICENCE
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+The MIT License (MIT)
+Copyright (c) 2016 Giles Hall
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
+this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
+the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to
+use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies
+of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do
+so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sync/wait-for-it.sh b/sync/wait-for-it.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..d990e0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sync/wait-for-it.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,182 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Use this script to test if a given TCP host/port are available
+
+WAITFORIT_cmdname=${0##*/}
+
+echoerr() { if [[ $WAITFORIT_QUIET -ne 1 ]]; then echo "$@" 1>&2; fi }
+
+usage()
+{
+    cat << USAGE >&2
+Usage:
+    $WAITFORIT_cmdname host:port [-s] [-t timeout] [-- command args]
+    -h HOST | --host=HOST       Host or IP under test
+    -p PORT | --port=PORT       TCP port under test
+                                Alternatively, you specify the host and port as host:port
+    -s | --strict               Only execute subcommand if the test succeeds
+    -q | --quiet                Don't output any status messages
+    -t TIMEOUT | --timeout=TIMEOUT
+                                Timeout in seconds, zero for no timeout
+    -- COMMAND ARGS             Execute command with args after the test finishes
+USAGE
+    exit 1
+}
+
+wait_for()
+{
+    if [[ $WAITFORIT_TIMEOUT -gt 0 ]]; then
+        echoerr "$WAITFORIT_cmdname: waiting $WAITFORIT_TIMEOUT seconds for $WAITFORIT_HOST:$WAITFORIT_PORT"
+    else
+        echoerr "$WAITFORIT_cmdname: waiting for $WAITFORIT_HOST:$WAITFORIT_PORT without a timeout"
+    fi
+    WAITFORIT_start_ts=$(date +%s)
+    while :
+    do
+        if [[ $WAITFORIT_ISBUSY -eq 1 ]]; then
+            nc -z $WAITFORIT_HOST $WAITFORIT_PORT
+            WAITFORIT_result=$?
+        else
+            (echo -n > /dev/tcp/$WAITFORIT_HOST/$WAITFORIT_PORT) >/dev/null 2>&1
+            WAITFORIT_result=$?
+        fi
+        if [[ $WAITFORIT_result -eq 0 ]]; then
+            WAITFORIT_end_ts=$(date +%s)
+            echoerr "$WAITFORIT_cmdname: $WAITFORIT_HOST:$WAITFORIT_PORT is available after $((WAITFORIT_end_ts - WAITFORIT_start_ts)) seconds"
+            break
+        fi
+        sleep 1
+    done
+    return $WAITFORIT_result
+}
+
+wait_for_wrapper()
+{
+    # In order to support SIGINT during timeout: http://unix.stackexchange.com/a/57692
+    if [[ $WAITFORIT_QUIET -eq 1 ]]; then
+        timeout $WAITFORIT_BUSYTIMEFLAG $WAITFORIT_TIMEOUT $0 --quiet --child --host=$WAITFORIT_HOST --port=$WAITFORIT_PORT --timeout=$WAITFORIT_TIMEOUT &
+    else
+        timeout $WAITFORIT_BUSYTIMEFLAG $WAITFORIT_TIMEOUT $0 --child --host=$WAITFORIT_HOST --port=$WAITFORIT_PORT --timeout=$WAITFORIT_TIMEOUT &
+    fi
+    WAITFORIT_PID=$!
+    trap "kill -INT -$WAITFORIT_PID" INT
+    wait $WAITFORIT_PID
+    WAITFORIT_RESULT=$?
+    if [[ $WAITFORIT_RESULT -ne 0 ]]; then
+        echoerr "$WAITFORIT_cmdname: timeout occurred after waiting $WAITFORIT_TIMEOUT seconds for $WAITFORIT_HOST:$WAITFORIT_PORT"
+    fi
+    return $WAITFORIT_RESULT
+}
+
+# process arguments
+while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]
+do
+    case "$1" in
+        *:* )
+        WAITFORIT_hostport=(${1//:/ })
+        WAITFORIT_HOST=${WAITFORIT_hostport[0]}
+        WAITFORIT_PORT=${WAITFORIT_hostport[1]}
+        shift 1
+        ;;
+        --child)
+        WAITFORIT_CHILD=1
+        shift 1
+        ;;
+        -q | --quiet)
+        WAITFORIT_QUIET=1
+        shift 1
+        ;;
+        -s | --strict)
+        WAITFORIT_STRICT=1
+        shift 1
+        ;;
+        -h)
+        WAITFORIT_HOST="$2"
+        if [[ $WAITFORIT_HOST == "" ]]; then break; fi
+        shift 2
+        ;;
+        --host=*)
+        WAITFORIT_HOST="${1#*=}"
+        shift 1
+        ;;
+        -p)
+        WAITFORIT_PORT="$2"
+        if [[ $WAITFORIT_PORT == "" ]]; then break; fi
+        shift 2
+        ;;
+        --port=*)
+        WAITFORIT_PORT="${1#*=}"
+        shift 1
+        ;;
+        -t)
+        WAITFORIT_TIMEOUT="$2"
+        if [[ $WAITFORIT_TIMEOUT == "" ]]; then break; fi
+        shift 2
+        ;;
+        --timeout=*)
+        WAITFORIT_TIMEOUT="${1#*=}"
+        shift 1
+        ;;
+        --)
+        shift
+        WAITFORIT_CLI=("$@")
+        break
+        ;;
+        --help)
+        usage
+        ;;
+        *)
+        echoerr "Unknown argument: $1"
+        usage
+        ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+if [[ "$WAITFORIT_HOST" == "" || "$WAITFORIT_PORT" == "" ]]; then
+    echoerr "Error: you need to provide a host and port to test."
+    usage
+fi
+
+WAITFORIT_TIMEOUT=${WAITFORIT_TIMEOUT:-15}
+WAITFORIT_STRICT=${WAITFORIT_STRICT:-0}
+WAITFORIT_CHILD=${WAITFORIT_CHILD:-0}
+WAITFORIT_QUIET=${WAITFORIT_QUIET:-0}
+
+# Check to see if timeout is from busybox?
+WAITFORIT_TIMEOUT_PATH=$(type -p timeout)
+WAITFORIT_TIMEOUT_PATH=$(realpath $WAITFORIT_TIMEOUT_PATH 2>/dev/null || readlink -f $WAITFORIT_TIMEOUT_PATH)
+
+WAITFORIT_BUSYTIMEFLAG=""
+if [[ $WAITFORIT_TIMEOUT_PATH =~ "busybox" ]]; then
+    WAITFORIT_ISBUSY=1
+    # Check if busybox timeout uses -t flag
+    # (recent Alpine versions don't support -t anymore)
+    if timeout &>/dev/stdout | grep -q -e '-t '; then
+        WAITFORIT_BUSYTIMEFLAG="-t"
+    fi
+else
+    WAITFORIT_ISBUSY=0
+fi
+
+if [[ $WAITFORIT_CHILD -gt 0 ]]; then
+    wait_for
+    WAITFORIT_RESULT=$?
+    exit $WAITFORIT_RESULT
+else
+    if [[ $WAITFORIT_TIMEOUT -gt 0 ]]; then
+        wait_for_wrapper
+        WAITFORIT_RESULT=$?
+    else
+        wait_for
+        WAITFORIT_RESULT=$?
+    fi
+fi
+
+if [[ $WAITFORIT_CLI != "" ]]; then
+    if [[ $WAITFORIT_RESULT -ne 0 && $WAITFORIT_STRICT -eq 1 ]]; then
+        echoerr "$WAITFORIT_cmdname: strict mode, refusing to execute subprocess"
+        exit $WAITFORIT_RESULT
+    fi
+    exec "${WAITFORIT_CLI[@]}"
+else
+    exit $WAITFORIT_RESULT
+fi