diff --git a/charts/minio/1.7.0/templates/_logsearchapi.tpl b/charts/minio/1.7.0/templates/_logsearchapi.tpl
index daa060ebd5..3bcf4e38f9 100644
--- a/charts/minio/1.7.0/templates/_logsearchapi.tpl
+++ b/charts/minio/1.7.0/templates/_logsearchapi.tpl
@@ -20,7 +20,15 @@
 {{- $postgresSecretName := (include "postgres.secretName" .) -}}
 {{- $envList = mustAppend $envList (dict "name" "MINIO_LOG_QUERY_AUTH_TOKEN" "valueFromSecret" true "secretName" $secretName "secretKey" "queryToken") -}}
 {{- $envList = mustAppend $envList (dict "name" "LOGSEARCH_AUDIT_AUTH_TOKEN" "valueFromSecret" true "secretName" $secretName "secretKey" "auditToken") -}}
-{{- $envList = mustAppend $envList (dict "name" "LOGSEARCH_PG_CONN_STR" "valueFromSecret" true "secretName" $secretName "secretKey" "postgresURL") -}}
+{{- $envList = mustAppend $envList (dict "name" "LOGSEARCH_PG_CONN_STR" "valueFromSecret" true "secretName" $postgresSecretName "secretKey" "postgresURL") -}}
 {{- $envList = mustAppend $envList (dict "name" "LOGSEARCH_DISK_CAPACITY_GB" "value" .Values.logsearchapi.diskCapacityGB) -}}
 {{- include "common.containers.environmentVariables" (dict "environmentVariables" $envList) -}}
 {{- end -}}
+
+{{/* Used in the minio init container (checks that logsearchapi is available) */}}
+{{- define "logsearchapiInit.envVariableConfiguration" -}}
+{{- $envList := list -}}
+{{- $secretName := (include "logsearchapi.secretName" .) -}}
+{{- $envList = mustAppend $envList (dict "name" "apiURL" "valueFromSecret" true "secretName" $secretName "secretKey" "logQueryURL") -}}
+{{- include "common.containers.environmentVariables" (dict "environmentVariables" $envList) -}}
+{{- end -}}
diff --git a/charts/minio/1.7.0/templates/_postgres.tpl b/charts/minio/1.7.0/templates/_postgres.tpl
index e90c3a83a3..63b577ee1c 100644
--- a/charts/minio/1.7.0/templates/_postgres.tpl
+++ b/charts/minio/1.7.0/templates/_postgres.tpl
@@ -36,6 +36,26 @@ This will return a unique name based on revision and chart numbers specified.
 {{- include "common.containers.environmentVariables" (dict "environmentVariables" $envList) -}}
 {{- end -}}
 
+{{- define "postgresBackup.envVariableConfiguration" -}}
+{{- $envList := list -}}
+{{- $secretName := (include "postgres.secretName" .) -}}
+{{- $envList = mustAppend $envList (dict "name" "POSTGRES_USER" "valueFromSecret" true "secretName" $secretName "secretKey" "db_user") -}}
+{{- $envList = mustAppend $envList (dict "name" "POSTGRES_DB" "valueFromSecret" true "secretName" $secretName "secretKey" "db_name") -}}
+{{/* PGPASSWORD is used by pg_dump */}}
+{{- $envList = mustAppend $envList (dict "name" "PGPASSWORD" "valueFromSecret" true "secretName" $secretName "secretKey" "db_password") -}}
+{{- $envList = mustAppend $envList (dict "name" "pgHost" "valueFromSecret" true "secretName" $secretName "secretKey" "postgresHost") -}}
+{{- include "common.containers.environmentVariables" (dict "environmentVariables" $envList) -}}
+{{- end -}}
+
+{{/* Used in the logsearchapi init container (checks that postgres is available) */}}
+{{- define "postgresInit.envVariableConfiguration" -}}
+{{- $envList := list -}}
+{{- $secretName := (include "postgres.secretName" .) -}}
+{{- $envList = mustAppend $envList (dict "name" "pgHost" "valueFromSecret" true "secretName" $secretName "secretKey" "postgresHost") -}}
+{{- $envList = mustAppend $envList (dict "name" "pguser" "valueFromSecret" true "secretName" $secretName "secretKey" "db_user") -}}
+{{- include "common.containers.environmentVariables" (dict "environmentVariables" $envList) -}}
+{{- end -}}
+
 {{/*
 Retrieve postgres volume configuration
 */}}
@@ -47,5 +67,5 @@ Retrieve postgres volume configuration
 Retrieve postgres volume mounts configuration
 */}}
 {{- define "postgres.volumeMountsConfiguration" -}}
-{{ include "common.storage.configureAppVolumeMountsInContainer" (dict "appVolumeMounts" .Values.postgresql ) | nindent 0 }}
+{{ include "common.storage.configureAppVolumeMountsInContainer" (dict "appVolumeMounts" .Values.postgresAppVolumeMounts ) | nindent 0 }}
 {{- end -}}
diff --git a/charts/minio/1.7.0/templates/backup-postgres-config.yaml b/charts/minio/1.7.0/templates/backup-postgres-config.yaml
index d3ddec6294..ec42d3f8f7 100644
--- a/charts/minio/1.7.0/templates/backup-postgres-config.yaml
+++ b/charts/minio/1.7.0/templates/backup-postgres-config.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ data:
     #!/bin/sh
     cmd="/docker-entrypoint.sh postgres"
     eval "${cmd}" & disown;
-    until pg_isready; do
+    until pg_isready -U "$POSTGRES_USER" -h "$pgHost"; do
       sleep 5;
     done;
-    pg_dump -U $POSTGRES_USER -d {{ include "postgres.dbName" . }} > /postgres_backups/$BACKUP_NAME;
+    pg_dump -U "$POSTGRES_USER" -d "$POSTGRES_DB" -h "$pgHost" -Fc -f /postgres_backups/$BACKUP_NAME.dump;
diff --git a/charts/minio/1.7.0/templates/backup-postgres-hook.yaml b/charts/minio/1.7.0/templates/backup-postgres-hook.yaml
index 46ef35d8af..5a576900b3 100644
--- a/charts/minio/1.7.0/templates/backup-postgres-hook.yaml
+++ b/charts/minio/1.7.0/templates/backup-postgres-hook.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ spec:
       - name: {{ .Chart.Name }}-postgres-backup
         image: {{ include "postgres.imageName" . }}
         imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.image.pullPolicy }}
-        env: {{ include "postgres.envVariableConfiguration" $values | nindent 10 }}
+        env: {{ include "postgresBackup.envVariableConfiguration" $values | nindent 10 }}
           - name: BACKUP_NAME
             value: {{ include "postgres.backupName" . }}
         volumeMounts: {{ include "postgres.volumeMountsConfiguration" $values | nindent 10 }}
diff --git a/charts/minio/1.7.0/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/minio/1.7.0/templates/deployment.yaml
index b60d9faff9..31215c78c4 100644
--- a/charts/minio/1.7.0/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/minio/1.7.0/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 {{ include "common.storage.hostPathValidate" .Values }}
+{{ $logsearchValues := (. | mustDeepCopy) }}
+{{ $_ := set $logsearchValues "common" (dict "nameSuffix" (include "logsearchapi.nameSuffix" .)) }}
 apiVersion: {{ template "common.capabilities.deployment.apiVersion" . }}
 kind: Deployment
 metadata:
@@ -32,6 +34,17 @@ spec:
         runAsGroup: {{ .Values.runAsGroup }}
       serviceAccountName: {{ include "common.names.serviceAccountName" . | quote }}
       hostNetwork: {{ include "minio.hostNetworking" . }}
+      {{ if .Values.logsearchapi.enabled }}
+      initContainers:
+        - name: {{ .Chart.Name }}-waitapi
+          image: alpine/curl
+          imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.image.pullPolicy }}
+          env: {{ include "logsearchapiInit.envVariableConfiguration" $logsearchValues | nindent 10 }}
+          command:
+            - sh
+            - -c
+            - "until curl $apiURL/status; do sleep 2; done"
+      {{ end }}
       containers:
         - name: {{ .Chart.Name }}
           {{ include "common.resources.limitation" . | nindent 10 }}
diff --git a/charts/minio/1.7.0/templates/logsearchapi-deployment.yaml b/charts/minio/1.7.0/templates/logsearchapi-deployment.yaml
index 543089881d..71b54705d3 100644
--- a/charts/minio/1.7.0/templates/logsearchapi-deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/minio/1.7.0/templates/logsearchapi-deployment.yaml
@@ -1,40 +1,51 @@
 {{ if .Values.logsearchapi.enabled }}
 {{ $values := (. | mustDeepCopy) }}
 {{ $_ := set $values "common" (dict "nameSuffix" (include "logsearchapi.nameSuffix" .)) }}
+{{ $pg_values := (. | mustDeepCopy) }}
+{{ $_ := set $pg_values "common" (dict "nameSuffix" (include "postgres.nameSuffix" .)) }}
 {{ include "common.deployment.common_config" $values | nindent 0 }}
 spec: {{ include "common.deployment.common_spec" $values | nindent 2 }}
   template: {{ include "common.deployment.pod.metadata" $values | nindent 4 }}
     spec:
+      initContainers:
+        - name: {{ .Chart.Name }}-{{ include "logsearchapi.nameSuffix" . }}-waitdb
+          image: {{ include "postgres.imageName" . }}
+          imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.image.pullPolicy }}
+          env: {{ include "postgresInit.envVariableConfiguration" $pg_values | nindent 10 }}
+          command:
+            - sh
+            - -c
+            - 'until pg_isready -U "$pgUser" -h "$pgHost"; do sleep 2; done'
       containers:
-      - name: {{ .Chart.Name }}-{{ include "logsearchapi.nameSuffix" . }}
-        image: {{ include "logsearchapi.imageName" . }}
-        imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.image.pullPolicy }}
-        env: {{ include "logsearchapi.envVariableConfiguration" $values | nindent 10 }}
-        command:
-          - {{ include "logsearchapi.command" . }}
-        ports:
-        - name: logsearchapi
-          containerPort: 8080
-          protocol: TCP
-        readinessProbe:
-          httpGet:
-            path: /status
-            port: 8080
-          failureThreshold: 5
-          periodSeconds: 15
-          initialDelaySeconds: 15
-        livenessProbe:
-          httpGet:
-            path: /status
-            port: 8080
-          failureThreshold: 5
-          periodSeconds: 15
-          initialDelaySeconds: 15
-        startupProbe:
-          httpGet:
-            path: /status
-            port: 8080
-          failureThreshold: 5
-          periodSeconds: 15
-          initialDelaySeconds: 15
+        - name: {{ .Chart.Name }}-{{ include "logsearchapi.nameSuffix" . }}
+          image: {{ include "logsearchapi.imageName" . }}
+          imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.image.pullPolicy }}
+          env: {{ include "logsearchapi.envVariableConfiguration" $values | nindent 10 }}
+          command:
+            - {{ include "logsearchapi.command" . }}
+          ports:
+            - name: logsearchapi
+              containerPort: 8080
+              protocol: TCP
+          readinessProbe:
+            httpGet:
+              path: /status
+              port: 8080
+            failureThreshold: 5
+            periodSeconds: 15
+            initialDelaySeconds: 15
+          livenessProbe:
+            httpGet:
+              path: /status
+              port: 8080
+            failureThreshold: 5
+            periodSeconds: 15
+            initialDelaySeconds: 15
+          startupProbe:
+            httpGet:
+              path: /status
+              port: 8080
+            failureThreshold: 5
+            periodSeconds: 15
+            initialDelaySeconds: 15
 {{ end }}
diff --git a/charts/minio/1.7.0/templates/postgres-secret.yaml b/charts/minio/1.7.0/templates/postgres-secret.yaml
index 27ad246778..ea149e2197 100644
--- a/charts/minio/1.7.0/templates/postgres-secret.yaml
+++ b/charts/minio/1.7.0/templates/postgres-secret.yaml
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ kind: Secret
 metadata:
   name: {{ include "postgres.secretName" . }}
 data:
-  db_user: {{ include "postgres.dbUser" . }}
-  db_name: {{ include "postgres.dbName" . }}
+  db_user: {{ include "postgres.dbUser" . | b64enc }}
+  db_name: {{ include "postgres.dbName" . | b64enc }}
   {{ with (lookup "v1" "Secret" .Release.Namespace (include "postgres.secretName" .)) }}
   {{ $dbPass = (index .data "db_password") }}
   db_password: {{ $dbPass }}
@@ -16,4 +16,5 @@ data:
   db_password: {{ $dbPass }}
   {{ end }}
   postgresURL: {{ printf "postgres://%v:%v@%v:5432/%v?sslmode=disable" (include "postgres.dbUser" .) ($dbPass | b64dec) (include "common.names.fullname" $pgValues) (include "postgres.dbName" .) | b64enc }}
+  postgresHost: {{ printf "%v" (include "common.names.fullname" $pgValues) | b64enc }}
 {{ end }}