diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c68f9b83..61969b08 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -334,4 +334,5 @@ pepfar_mle/media/
 !.envs/.local/
 
 secrets/*
+cloud_sql_proxy
 
diff --git a/entrypoint b/entrypoint
index e5a8a327..616655f6 100644
--- a/entrypoint
+++ b/entrypoint
@@ -8,9 +8,10 @@ set -o nounset
 if [ -z "${CLOUD_SQL_PROXY_VERSION}" ]; then
     export CLOUD_SQL_PROXY_VERSION=v1.23.0 # see https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cloudsql-proxy/releases
 fi
-wget "https://storage.googleapis.com/cloudsql-proxy/$VERSION/cloud_sql_proxy.linux.amd64" -O cloud_sql_proxy
+wget "https://storage.googleapis.com/cloudsql-proxy/$CLOUD_SQL_PROXY_VERSION/cloud_sql_proxy.linux.amd64" -O cloud_sql_proxy
 chmod +x cloud_sql_proxy
-cloud_sql_proxy -dir=/cloudsql -instances=$INSTANCE_CONNECTION_NAME & # run in the background!
+cloud_sql_proxy -verbose -structured_logs -dir=/cloudsql -instances=$INSTANCE_CONNECTION_NAME & # run in the background!
+sleep 10 # allow time for the proxy to start
 echo "Created Cloud SQL Proxy at $INSTANCE_CONNECTION_NAME, running in the background"
 
 if [ -z "${POSTGRES_USER}" ]; then