diff --git a/devstack/lib/magnum b/devstack/lib/magnum
index cc517c1f..4d3065e5 100644
--- a/devstack/lib/magnum
+++ b/devstack/lib/magnum
@@ -261,11 +261,6 @@ function init_magnum {
     if is_service_enabled $DATABASE_BACKENDS; then
         # (Re)create magnum database
         recreate_database magnum
-
-        # Migrate magnum database
-        time_start "dbsync"
-		sudo docker run -v $MAGNUM_CONF_DIR:$MAGNUM_CONF_DIR vexxhost/magnum-conductor:latest magnum-db-manage upgrade
-		time_stop "dbsync"
     fi
 }
 
diff --git a/images/magnum/Dockerfile b/images/magnum/Dockerfile
index 74d4de6d..ab3fbea7 100644
--- a/images/magnum/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/magnum/Dockerfile
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ FROM docker.io/opendevorg/python-builder as builder
 COPY bindep.txt /tmp/src/bindep.txt
 ADD https://releases.openstack.org/constraints/upper/ussuri /tmp/src/upper-constraints.txt
 RUN assemble magnum==10.0.0 \
-    python-memcached \
-    PyMySQL
+             python-memcached \
+             PyMySQL
 
 FROM docker.io/opendevorg/uwsgi-base AS magnum-api-base
 COPY --from=builder /output/ /output
diff --git a/openstack_operator/templates/magnum/deployment.yml.j2 b/openstack_operator/templates/magnum/deployment.yml.j2
index 0d80589d..17e798fd 100644
--- a/openstack_operator/templates/magnum/deployment.yml.j2
+++ b/openstack_operator/templates/magnum/deployment.yml.j2
@@ -21,7 +21,12 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     {{ labels("magnum", name, component) | indent(4) }}
 spec:
-  replicas: 3
+  replicas: 1
+  strategy:
+    type: RollingUpdate
+    rollingUpdate:
+      maxSurge: 1
+      maxUnavailable: 0
   selector:
     matchLabels:
       {{ labels("magnum", name, component) | indent(6) }}
@@ -32,6 +37,18 @@ spec:
       annotations:
         checksum/config: "{{ config_hash }}"
     spec:
+      {% if 'conductor' in component %}
+      initContainers:
+      - name: db-sync
+        image: vexxhost/magnum-{{ component }}:latest
+        imagePullPolicy: Always
+        command:
+        - magnum-db-manage
+        - upgrade
+        volumeMounts:
+        - mountPath: /etc/magnum
+          name: config
+      {% endif %}
       containers:
       - name: magnum-{{ component }}
         image: vexxhost/magnum-{{ component }}:latest
diff --git a/openstack_operator/templates/magnum/horizontalpodautoscaler.yml.j2 b/openstack_operator/templates/magnum/horizontalpodautoscaler.yml.j2
index 696af2b6..1239fc67 100644
--- a/openstack_operator/templates/magnum/horizontalpodautoscaler.yml.j2
+++ b/openstack_operator/templates/magnum/horizontalpodautoscaler.yml.j2
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@ spec:
     apiVersion: apps/v1
     kind: Deployment
     name: magnum-{{ component }}
-  minReplicas: 2
+  minReplicas: 1
   maxReplicas: 10
   targetCPUUtilizationPercentage: 90