diff --git a/services/web/docker/mongodb-init-replica-set.js b/bin/shared/mongodb-init-replica-set.js
similarity index 100%
rename from services/web/docker/mongodb-init-replica-set.js
rename to bin/shared/mongodb-init-replica-set.js
diff --git a/develop/README.md b/develop/README.md
index 49f7d63350..568259c4e3 100644
--- a/develop/README.md
+++ b/develop/README.md
@@ -11,12 +11,6 @@ bin/build
 > [!NOTE]
 > If Docker is running out of RAM while building the services in parallel, create a `.env` file in this directory containing `COMPOSE_PARALLEL_LIMIT=1`.
 
-Next, initialize the database:
-
-```shell
-bin/init
-```
-
 Then start the services:
 
 ```shell
diff --git a/develop/bin/init b/develop/bin/init
deleted file mode 100755
index 4cb2a4eae1..0000000000
--- a/develop/bin/init
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-docker compose up --detach mongo
-curl --max-time 10 --retry 5 --retry-delay 5 --retry-all-errors --silent --output /dev/null localhost:27017
-docker compose exec mongo mongosh --eval "rs.initiate({ _id: 'overleaf', members: [{ _id: 0, host: 'mongo:27017' }] })"
-docker compose down mongo
diff --git a/develop/docker-compose.yml b/develop/docker-compose.yml
index 075583cb1a..d0dc8ec6da 100644
--- a/develop/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/develop/docker-compose.yml
@@ -94,6 +94,14 @@ services:
       - "127.0.0.1:27017:27017" # for debugging
     volumes:
       - mongo-data:/data/db
+      - ../bin/shared/mongodb-init-replica-set.js:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/mongodb-init-replica-set.js
+    environment:
+      MONGO_INITDB_DATABASE: sharelatex
+    extra_hosts:
+      # Required when using the automatic database setup for initializing the
+      # replica set. This override is not needed when running the setup after
+      # starting up mongo.
+      - mongo:127.0.0.1
 
   notifications:
     build:
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index a762bf73e1..08d6db6fe7 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ services:
         command: '--replSet overleaf'
         volumes:
             - ~/mongo_data:/data/db
-            - ./server-ce/mongodb-init-replica-set.js:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/mongodb-init-replica-set.js
+            - ./bin/shared/mongodb-init-replica-set.js:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/mongodb-init-replica-set.js
         environment:
           MONGO_INITDB_DATABASE: sharelatex
         extra_hosts:
diff --git a/server-ce/bin/shared b/server-ce/bin/shared
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..418b1bc599
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server-ce/bin/shared
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../bin/shared/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server-ce/mongodb-init-replica-set.js b/server-ce/mongodb-init-replica-set.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 8d993774c7..0000000000
--- a/server-ce/mongodb-init-replica-set.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-rs.initiate({ _id: "overleaf", members: [ { _id: 0, host: "mongo:27017" } ] })
diff --git a/server-ce/server-ce b/server-ce/server-ce
deleted file mode 120000
index 945c9b46d6..0000000000
--- a/server-ce/server-ce
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server-ce/test/docker-compose.yml b/server-ce/test/docker-compose.yml
index 0e5d520fae..43f494a084 100644
--- a/server-ce/test/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/server-ce/test/docker-compose.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ services:
     image: mongo:6.0
     command: '--replSet overleaf'
     volumes:
-      - ../mongodb-init-replica-set.js:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/mongodb-init-replica-set.js
+      - ../bin/shared/mongodb-init-replica-set.js:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/mongodb-init-replica-set.js
     environment:
       MONGO_INITDB_DATABASE: sharelatex
     extra_hosts:
diff --git a/services/chat/Makefile b/services/chat/Makefile
index 0eb3adea63..94f0afb567 100644
--- a/services/chat/Makefile
+++ b/services/chat/Makefile
@@ -116,13 +116,6 @@ test_acceptance_clean:
 	$(DOCKER_COMPOSE_TEST_ACCEPTANCE) down -v -t 0
 
 test_acceptance_pre_run:
-	$(DOCKER_COMPOSE_TEST_ACCEPTANCE) up -d mongo
-	$(DOCKER_COMPOSE_TEST_ACCEPTANCE) exec -T mongo sh -c ' \
-		while ! mongosh --eval "db.version()" > /dev/null; do \
-			echo "Waiting for Mongo..."; \
-			sleep 1; \
-		done; \
-		mongosh --eval "rs.initiate({ _id: \"overleaf\", members: [ { _id: 0, host: \"mongo:27017\" } ] })"'
 ifneq (,$(wildcard test/acceptance/js/scripts/pre-run))
 	$(DOCKER_COMPOSE_TEST_ACCEPTANCE) run --rm test_acceptance test/acceptance/js/scripts/pre-run
 endif
diff --git a/services/chat/docker-compose.ci.yml b/services/chat/docker-compose.ci.yml
index 6f1a608534..51eb64d126 100644
--- a/services/chat/docker-compose.ci.yml
+++ b/services/chat/docker-compose.ci.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ services:
       NODE_OPTIONS: "--unhandled-rejections=strict"
     depends_on:
       mongo:
-        condition: service_healthy
+        condition: service_started
     user: node
     command: npm run test:acceptance
 
@@ -41,7 +41,12 @@ services:
   mongo:
     image: mongo:6.0.13
     command: --replSet overleaf
-    healthcheck:
-      test: "mongosh --quiet localhost/test --eval 'quit(db.runCommand({ ping: 1 }).ok ? 0 : 1)'"
-      interval: 1s
-      retries: 20
+    volumes:
+      - ../../bin/shared/mongodb-init-replica-set.js:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/mongodb-init-replica-set.js
+    environment:
+      MONGO_INITDB_DATABASE: sharelatex
+    extra_hosts:
+      # Required when using the automatic database setup for initializing the
+      # replica set. This override is not needed when running the setup after
+      # starting up mongo.
+      - mongo:127.0.0.1
diff --git a/services/chat/docker-compose.yml b/services/chat/docker-compose.yml
index 8fec13cbb2..b830d25453 100644
--- a/services/chat/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/services/chat/docker-compose.yml
@@ -38,14 +38,19 @@ services:
     user: node
     depends_on:
       mongo:
-        condition: service_healthy
+        condition: service_started
     command: npm run --silent test:acceptance
 
   mongo:
     image: mongo:6.0.13
     command: --replSet overleaf
-    healthcheck:
-      test: "mongosh --quiet localhost/test --eval 'quit(db.runCommand({ ping: 1 }).ok ? 0 : 1)'"
-      interval: 1s
-      retries: 20
+    volumes:
+      - ../../bin/shared/mongodb-init-replica-set.js:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/mongodb-init-replica-set.js
+    environment:
+      MONGO_INITDB_DATABASE: sharelatex
+    extra_hosts:
+      # Required when using the automatic database setup for initializing the
+      # replica set. This override is not needed when running the setup after
+      # starting up mongo.
+      - mongo:127.0.0.1
 
diff --git a/services/contacts/Makefile b/services/contacts/Makefile
index 351070e0b7..97a348d219 100644
--- a/services/contacts/Makefile
+++ b/services/contacts/Makefile
@@ -116,13 +116,6 @@ test_acceptance_clean:
 	$(DOCKER_COMPOSE_TEST_ACCEPTANCE) down -v -t 0
 
 test_acceptance_pre_run:
-	$(DOCKER_COMPOSE_TEST_ACCEPTANCE) up -d mongo
-	$(DOCKER_COMPOSE_TEST_ACCEPTANCE) exec -T mongo sh -c ' \
-		while ! mongosh --eval "db.version()" > /dev/null; do \
-			echo "Waiting for Mongo..."; \
-			sleep 1; \
-		done; \
-		mongosh --eval "rs.initiate({ _id: \"overleaf\", members: [ { _id: 0, host: \"mongo:27017\" } ] })"'
 ifneq (,$(wildcard test/acceptance/js/scripts/pre-run))
 	$(DOCKER_COMPOSE_TEST_ACCEPTANCE) run --rm test_acceptance test/acceptance/js/scripts/pre-run
 endif
diff --git a/services/contacts/docker-compose.ci.yml b/services/contacts/docker-compose.ci.yml
index 6f1a608534..51eb64d126 100644
--- a/services/contacts/docker-compose.ci.yml
+++ b/services/contacts/docker-compose.ci.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ services:
       NODE_OPTIONS: "--unhandled-rejections=strict"
     depends_on:
       mongo:
-        condition: service_healthy
+        condition: service_started
     user: node
     command: npm run test:acceptance
 
@@ -41,7 +41,12 @@ services:
   mongo:
     image: mongo:6.0.13
     command: --replSet overleaf
-    healthcheck:
-      test: "mongosh --quiet localhost/test --eval 'quit(db.runCommand({ ping: 1 }).ok ? 0 : 1)'"
-      interval: 1s
-      retries: 20
+    volumes:
+      - ../../bin/shared/mongodb-init-replica-set.js:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/mongodb-init-replica-set.js
+    environment:
+      MONGO_INITDB_DATABASE: sharelatex
+    extra_hosts:
+      # Required when using the automatic database setup for initializing the
+      # replica set. This override is not needed when running the setup after
+      # starting up mongo.
+      - mongo:127.0.0.1
diff --git a/services/contacts/docker-compose.yml b/services/contacts/docker-compose.yml
index 8cdedbe1ef..310220bd20 100644
--- a/services/contacts/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/services/contacts/docker-compose.yml
@@ -38,14 +38,19 @@ services:
     user: node
     depends_on:
       mongo:
-        condition: service_healthy
+        condition: service_started
     command: npm run --silent test:acceptance
 
   mongo:
     image: mongo:6.0.13
     command: --replSet overleaf
-    healthcheck:
-      test: "mongosh --quiet localhost/test --eval 'quit(db.runCommand({ ping: 1 }).ok ? 0 : 1)'"
-      interval: 1s
-      retries: 20
+    volumes:
+      - ../../bin/shared/mongodb-init-replica-set.js:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/mongodb-init-replica-set.js
+    environment:
+      MONGO_INITDB_DATABASE: sharelatex
+    extra_hosts:
+      # Required when using the automatic database setup for initializing the
+      # replica set. This override is not needed when running the setup after
+      # starting up mongo.
+      - mongo:127.0.0.1
 
diff --git a/services/docstore/Makefile b/services/docstore/Makefile
index f06ad3c14c..6efd053025 100644
--- a/services/docstore/Makefile
+++ b/services/docstore/Makefile
@@ -116,13 +116,6 @@ test_acceptance_clean:
 	$(DOCKER_COMPOSE_TEST_ACCEPTANCE) down -v -t 0
 
 test_acceptance_pre_run:
-	$(DOCKER_COMPOSE_TEST_ACCEPTANCE) up -d mongo
-	$(DOCKER_COMPOSE_TEST_ACCEPTANCE) exec -T mongo sh -c ' \
-		while ! mongosh --eval "db.version()" > /dev/null; do \
-			echo "Waiting for Mongo..."; \
-			sleep 1; \
-		done; \
-		mongosh --eval "rs.initiate({ _id: \"overleaf\", members: [ { _id: 0, host: \"mongo:27017\" } ] })"'
 ifneq (,$(wildcard test/acceptance/js/scripts/pre-run))
 	$(DOCKER_COMPOSE_TEST_ACCEPTANCE) run --rm test_acceptance test/acceptance/js/scripts/pre-run
 endif
diff --git a/services/docstore/docker-compose.ci.yml b/services/docstore/docker-compose.ci.yml
index a8847e8996..a1a9995f60 100644
--- a/services/docstore/docker-compose.ci.yml
+++ b/services/docstore/docker-compose.ci.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ services:
       NODE_OPTIONS: "--unhandled-rejections=strict"
     depends_on:
       mongo:
-        condition: service_healthy
+        condition: service_started
       gcs:
         condition: service_healthy
     user: node
@@ -46,10 +46,15 @@ services:
   mongo:
     image: mongo:6.0.13
     command: --replSet overleaf
-    healthcheck:
-      test: "mongosh --quiet localhost/test --eval 'quit(db.runCommand({ ping: 1 }).ok ? 0 : 1)'"
-      interval: 1s
-      retries: 20
+    volumes:
+      - ../../bin/shared/mongodb-init-replica-set.js:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/mongodb-init-replica-set.js
+    environment:
+      MONGO_INITDB_DATABASE: sharelatex
+    extra_hosts:
+      # Required when using the automatic database setup for initializing the
+      # replica set. This override is not needed when running the setup after
+      # starting up mongo.
+      - mongo:127.0.0.1
   gcs:
     image: fsouza/fake-gcs-server:1.45.2
     command: ["--port=9090", "--scheme=http"]
diff --git a/services/docstore/docker-compose.yml b/services/docstore/docker-compose.yml
index b170934f48..93a029b00a 100644
--- a/services/docstore/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/services/docstore/docker-compose.yml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ services:
     user: node
     depends_on:
       mongo:
-        condition: service_healthy
+        condition: service_started
       gcs:
         condition: service_healthy
     command: npm run --silent test:acceptance
@@ -49,10 +49,15 @@ services:
   mongo:
     image: mongo:6.0.13
     command: --replSet overleaf
-    healthcheck:
-      test: "mongosh --quiet localhost/test --eval 'quit(db.runCommand({ ping: 1 }).ok ? 0 : 1)'"
-      interval: 1s
-      retries: 20
+    volumes:
+      - ../../bin/shared/mongodb-init-replica-set.js:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/mongodb-init-replica-set.js
+    environment:
+      MONGO_INITDB_DATABASE: sharelatex
+    extra_hosts:
+      # Required when using the automatic database setup for initializing the
+      # replica set. This override is not needed when running the setup after
+      # starting up mongo.
+      - mongo:127.0.0.1
 
   gcs:
     image: fsouza/fake-gcs-server:1.45.2
diff --git a/services/document-updater/Makefile b/services/document-updater/Makefile
index b8a3e1a02e..55f483fc89 100644
--- a/services/document-updater/Makefile
+++ b/services/document-updater/Makefile
@@ -116,13 +116,6 @@ test_acceptance_clean:
 	$(DOCKER_COMPOSE_TEST_ACCEPTANCE) down -v -t 0
 
 test_acceptance_pre_run:
-	$(DOCKER_COMPOSE_TEST_ACCEPTANCE) up -d mongo
-	$(DOCKER_COMPOSE_TEST_ACCEPTANCE) exec -T mongo sh -c ' \
-		while ! mongosh --eval "db.version()" > /dev/null; do \
-			echo "Waiting for Mongo..."; \
-			sleep 1; \
-		done; \
-		mongosh --eval "rs.initiate({ _id: \"overleaf\", members: [ { _id: 0, host: \"mongo:27017\" } ] })"'
 ifneq (,$(wildcard test/acceptance/js/scripts/pre-run))
 	$(DOCKER_COMPOSE_TEST_ACCEPTANCE) run --rm test_acceptance test/acceptance/js/scripts/pre-run
 endif
diff --git a/services/document-updater/docker-compose.ci.yml b/services/document-updater/docker-compose.ci.yml
index 332a9710ca..bdf10c9732 100644
--- a/services/document-updater/docker-compose.ci.yml
+++ b/services/document-updater/docker-compose.ci.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ services:
       NODE_OPTIONS: "--unhandled-rejections=strict"
     depends_on:
       mongo:
-        condition: service_healthy
+        condition: service_started
       redis:
         condition: service_healthy
     user: node
@@ -53,7 +53,12 @@ services:
   mongo:
     image: mongo:6.0.13
     command: --replSet overleaf
-    healthcheck:
-      test: "mongosh --quiet localhost/test --eval 'quit(db.runCommand({ ping: 1 }).ok ? 0 : 1)'"
-      interval: 1s
-      retries: 20
+    volumes:
+      - ../../bin/shared/mongodb-init-replica-set.js:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/mongodb-init-replica-set.js
+    environment:
+      MONGO_INITDB_DATABASE: sharelatex
+    extra_hosts:
+      # Required when using the automatic database setup for initializing the
+      # replica set. This override is not needed when running the setup after
+      # starting up mongo.
+      - mongo:127.0.0.1
diff --git a/services/document-updater/docker-compose.yml b/services/document-updater/docker-compose.yml
index 7770e52d26..7dd27c9a39 100644
--- a/services/document-updater/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/services/document-updater/docker-compose.yml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ services:
     user: node
     depends_on:
       mongo:
-        condition: service_healthy
+        condition: service_started
       redis:
         condition: service_healthy
     command: npm run --silent test:acceptance
@@ -56,8 +56,13 @@ services:
   mongo:
     image: mongo:6.0.13
     command: --replSet overleaf
-    healthcheck:
-      test: "mongosh --quiet localhost/test --eval 'quit(db.runCommand({ ping: 1 }).ok ? 0 : 1)'"
-      interval: 1s
-      retries: 20
+    volumes:
+      - ../../bin/shared/mongodb-init-replica-set.js:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/mongodb-init-replica-set.js
+    environment:
+      MONGO_INITDB_DATABASE: sharelatex
+    extra_hosts:
+      # Required when using the automatic database setup for initializing the
+      # replica set. This override is not needed when running the setup after
+      # starting up mongo.
+      - mongo:127.0.0.1
 
diff --git a/services/history-v1/Makefile b/services/history-v1/Makefile
index b9ab568b48..1f03a21f18 100644
--- a/services/history-v1/Makefile
+++ b/services/history-v1/Makefile
@@ -116,13 +116,6 @@ test_acceptance_clean:
 	$(DOCKER_COMPOSE_TEST_ACCEPTANCE) down -v -t 0
 
 test_acceptance_pre_run:
-	$(DOCKER_COMPOSE_TEST_ACCEPTANCE) up -d mongo
-	$(DOCKER_COMPOSE_TEST_ACCEPTANCE) exec -T mongo sh -c ' \
-		while ! mongosh --eval "db.version()" > /dev/null; do \
-			echo "Waiting for Mongo..."; \
-			sleep 1; \
-		done; \
-		mongosh --eval "rs.initiate({ _id: \"overleaf\", members: [ { _id: 0, host: \"mongo:27017\" } ] })"'
 ifneq (,$(wildcard test/acceptance/js/scripts/pre-run))
 	$(DOCKER_COMPOSE_TEST_ACCEPTANCE) run --rm test_acceptance test/acceptance/js/scripts/pre-run
 endif
diff --git a/services/history-v1/buildscript.txt b/services/history-v1/buildscript.txt
index 3b1c7d83de..f8c895901b 100644
--- a/services/history-v1/buildscript.txt
+++ b/services/history-v1/buildscript.txt
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ history-v1
 --node-version=20.18.2
 --public-repo=False
 --script-version=4.5.0
---tsconfig-extra-includes=backup-deletion-app.mjs,backup-verifier-app.mjs,api/**/*,migrations/**/*,storage/**/*
+--tsconfig-extra-includes=backup-deletion-app.mjs,backup-verifier-app.mjs,backup-worker-app.mjs,api/**/*,migrations/**/*,storage/**/*
diff --git a/services/history-v1/docker-compose.ci.yml b/services/history-v1/docker-compose.ci.yml
index 35c40bb7bb..7245ef14e2 100644
--- a/services/history-v1/docker-compose.ci.yml
+++ b/services/history-v1/docker-compose.ci.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ services:
       - ./test/acceptance/certs:/certs
     depends_on:
       mongo:
-        condition: service_healthy
+        condition: service_started
       redis:
         condition: service_healthy
       postgres:
@@ -74,10 +74,15 @@ services:
   mongo:
     image: mongo:6.0.13
     command: --replSet overleaf
-    healthcheck:
-      test: "mongosh --quiet localhost/test --eval 'quit(db.runCommand({ ping: 1 }).ok ? 0 : 1)'"
-      interval: 1s
-      retries: 20
+    volumes:
+      - ../../bin/shared/mongodb-init-replica-set.js:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/mongodb-init-replica-set.js
+    environment:
+      MONGO_INITDB_DATABASE: sharelatex
+    extra_hosts:
+      # Required when using the automatic database setup for initializing the
+      # replica set. This override is not needed when running the setup after
+      # starting up mongo.
+      - mongo:127.0.0.1
   postgres:
     image: postgres:10
     environment:
diff --git a/services/history-v1/docker-compose.yml b/services/history-v1/docker-compose.yml
index 17dad0cb99..608dd1d325 100644
--- a/services/history-v1/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/services/history-v1/docker-compose.yml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ services:
     user: node
     depends_on:
       mongo:
-        condition: service_healthy
+        condition: service_started
       redis:
         condition: service_healthy
       postgres:
@@ -82,10 +82,15 @@ services:
   mongo:
     image: mongo:6.0.13
     command: --replSet overleaf
-    healthcheck:
-      test: "mongosh --quiet localhost/test --eval 'quit(db.runCommand({ ping: 1 }).ok ? 0 : 1)'"
-      interval: 1s
-      retries: 20
+    volumes:
+      - ../../bin/shared/mongodb-init-replica-set.js:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/mongodb-init-replica-set.js
+    environment:
+      MONGO_INITDB_DATABASE: sharelatex
+    extra_hosts:
+      # Required when using the automatic database setup for initializing the
+      # replica set. This override is not needed when running the setup after
+      # starting up mongo.
+      - mongo:127.0.0.1
 
   postgres:
     image: postgres:10
diff --git a/services/history-v1/tsconfig.json b/services/history-v1/tsconfig.json
index f130ebba8f..0e20309d3d 100644
--- a/services/history-v1/tsconfig.json
+++ b/services/history-v1/tsconfig.json
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@
     "test/**/*",
     "types"
   ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/services/notifications/Makefile b/services/notifications/Makefile
index 82b5a3839a..8ca3f983ff 100644
--- a/services/notifications/Makefile
+++ b/services/notifications/Makefile
@@ -116,13 +116,6 @@ test_acceptance_clean:
 	$(DOCKER_COMPOSE_TEST_ACCEPTANCE) down -v -t 0
 
 test_acceptance_pre_run:
-	$(DOCKER_COMPOSE_TEST_ACCEPTANCE) up -d mongo
-	$(DOCKER_COMPOSE_TEST_ACCEPTANCE) exec -T mongo sh -c ' \
-		while ! mongosh --eval "db.version()" > /dev/null; do \
-			echo "Waiting for Mongo..."; \
-			sleep 1; \
-		done; \
-		mongosh --eval "rs.initiate({ _id: \"overleaf\", members: [ { _id: 0, host: \"mongo:27017\" } ] })"'
 ifneq (,$(wildcard test/acceptance/js/scripts/pre-run))
 	$(DOCKER_COMPOSE_TEST_ACCEPTANCE) run --rm test_acceptance test/acceptance/js/scripts/pre-run
 endif
diff --git a/services/notifications/docker-compose.ci.yml b/services/notifications/docker-compose.ci.yml
index 6f1a608534..51eb64d126 100644
--- a/services/notifications/docker-compose.ci.yml
+++ b/services/notifications/docker-compose.ci.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ services:
       NODE_OPTIONS: "--unhandled-rejections=strict"
     depends_on:
       mongo:
-        condition: service_healthy
+        condition: service_started
     user: node
     command: npm run test:acceptance
 
@@ -41,7 +41,12 @@ services:
   mongo:
     image: mongo:6.0.13
     command: --replSet overleaf
-    healthcheck:
-      test: "mongosh --quiet localhost/test --eval 'quit(db.runCommand({ ping: 1 }).ok ? 0 : 1)'"
-      interval: 1s
-      retries: 20
+    volumes:
+      - ../../bin/shared/mongodb-init-replica-set.js:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/mongodb-init-replica-set.js
+    environment:
+      MONGO_INITDB_DATABASE: sharelatex
+    extra_hosts:
+      # Required when using the automatic database setup for initializing the
+      # replica set. This override is not needed when running the setup after
+      # starting up mongo.
+      - mongo:127.0.0.1
diff --git a/services/notifications/docker-compose.yml b/services/notifications/docker-compose.yml
index ba54a3d38e..c0902fee2d 100644
--- a/services/notifications/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/services/notifications/docker-compose.yml
@@ -38,14 +38,19 @@ services:
     user: node
     depends_on:
       mongo:
-        condition: service_healthy
+        condition: service_started
     command: npm run --silent test:acceptance
 
   mongo:
     image: mongo:6.0.13
     command: --replSet overleaf
-    healthcheck:
-      test: "mongosh --quiet localhost/test --eval 'quit(db.runCommand({ ping: 1 }).ok ? 0 : 1)'"
-      interval: 1s
-      retries: 20
+    volumes:
+      - ../../bin/shared/mongodb-init-replica-set.js:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/mongodb-init-replica-set.js
+    environment:
+      MONGO_INITDB_DATABASE: sharelatex
+    extra_hosts:
+      # Required when using the automatic database setup for initializing the
+      # replica set. This override is not needed when running the setup after
+      # starting up mongo.
+      - mongo:127.0.0.1
 
diff --git a/services/project-history/Makefile b/services/project-history/Makefile
index 746c03fc86..5cde05ea46 100644
--- a/services/project-history/Makefile
+++ b/services/project-history/Makefile
@@ -116,13 +116,6 @@ test_acceptance_clean:
 	$(DOCKER_COMPOSE_TEST_ACCEPTANCE) down -v -t 0
 
 test_acceptance_pre_run:
-	$(DOCKER_COMPOSE_TEST_ACCEPTANCE) up -d mongo
-	$(DOCKER_COMPOSE_TEST_ACCEPTANCE) exec -T mongo sh -c ' \
-		while ! mongosh --eval "db.version()" > /dev/null; do \
-			echo "Waiting for Mongo..."; \
-			sleep 1; \
-		done; \
-		mongosh --eval "rs.initiate({ _id: \"overleaf\", members: [ { _id: 0, host: \"mongo:27017\" } ] })"'
 ifneq (,$(wildcard test/acceptance/js/scripts/pre-run))
 	$(DOCKER_COMPOSE_TEST_ACCEPTANCE) run --rm test_acceptance test/acceptance/js/scripts/pre-run
 endif
diff --git a/services/project-history/docker-compose.ci.yml b/services/project-history/docker-compose.ci.yml
index 332a9710ca..bdf10c9732 100644
--- a/services/project-history/docker-compose.ci.yml
+++ b/services/project-history/docker-compose.ci.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ services:
       NODE_OPTIONS: "--unhandled-rejections=strict"
     depends_on:
       mongo:
-        condition: service_healthy
+        condition: service_started
       redis:
         condition: service_healthy
     user: node
@@ -53,7 +53,12 @@ services:
   mongo:
     image: mongo:6.0.13
     command: --replSet overleaf
-    healthcheck:
-      test: "mongosh --quiet localhost/test --eval 'quit(db.runCommand({ ping: 1 }).ok ? 0 : 1)'"
-      interval: 1s
-      retries: 20
+    volumes:
+      - ../../bin/shared/mongodb-init-replica-set.js:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/mongodb-init-replica-set.js
+    environment:
+      MONGO_INITDB_DATABASE: sharelatex
+    extra_hosts:
+      # Required when using the automatic database setup for initializing the
+      # replica set. This override is not needed when running the setup after
+      # starting up mongo.
+      - mongo:127.0.0.1
diff --git a/services/project-history/docker-compose.yml b/services/project-history/docker-compose.yml
index c5b410b4fd..39c7ed9009 100644
--- a/services/project-history/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/services/project-history/docker-compose.yml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ services:
     user: node
     depends_on:
       mongo:
-        condition: service_healthy
+        condition: service_started
       redis:
         condition: service_healthy
     command: npm run --silent test:acceptance
@@ -56,8 +56,13 @@ services:
   mongo:
     image: mongo:6.0.13
     command: --replSet overleaf
-    healthcheck:
-      test: "mongosh --quiet localhost/test --eval 'quit(db.runCommand({ ping: 1 }).ok ? 0 : 1)'"
-      interval: 1s
-      retries: 20
+    volumes:
+      - ../../bin/shared/mongodb-init-replica-set.js:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/mongodb-init-replica-set.js
+    environment:
+      MONGO_INITDB_DATABASE: sharelatex
+    extra_hosts:
+      # Required when using the automatic database setup for initializing the
+      # replica set. This override is not needed when running the setup after
+      # starting up mongo.
+      - mongo:127.0.0.1
 
diff --git a/services/web/docker-compose.ci.yml b/services/web/docker-compose.ci.yml
index 4d020d80dd..c277cc0e97 100644
--- a/services/web/docker-compose.ci.yml
+++ b/services/web/docker-compose.ci.yml
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ services:
       driver: none
     command: --replSet overleaf
     volumes:
-      - ./docker/mongodb-init-replica-set.js:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/mongodb-init-replica-set.js
+      - ../../bin/shared/mongodb-init-replica-set.js:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/mongodb-init-replica-set.js
     environment:
       MONGO_INITDB_DATABASE: sharelatex
     extra_hosts:
diff --git a/services/web/docker-compose.yml b/services/web/docker-compose.yml
index 8594d9442a..c6a5aa7482 100644
--- a/services/web/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/services/web/docker-compose.yml
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ services:
     image: mongo:6.0.13
     command: --replSet overleaf
     volumes:
-      - ./docker/mongodb-init-replica-set.js:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/mongodb-init-replica-set.js
+      - ../../bin/shared/mongodb-init-replica-set.js:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/mongodb-init-replica-set.js
     environment:
       MONGO_INITDB_DATABASE: sharelatex
     extra_hosts: