diff --git a/Execute-MySQLScript.ps1 b/Execute-MySQLScript.ps1
index 408c36e..ce41a7d 100644
--- a/Execute-MySQLScript.ps1
+++ b/Execute-MySQLScript.ps1
@@ -23,9 +23,16 @@ param
 
 #Wake the site up, thereby starting MySQL.  (MySQLInApp is started as a subprocess by IIS).
 $ProgressPreference = "SilentlyContinue"
-Invoke-WebRequest -URI "https://$ENV:WEBSITE_HOSTNAME" -UseBasicParsing -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+
 #Wake the site up, thereby starting MySQL.  (MySQLInApp is started as a subprocess by IIS).
-&"D:\Program Files (x86)\Git\usr\bin\curl.exe" "https://$ENV:WEBSITE_HOSTNAME"
+$curlPath = Invoke-Expression -Command 'cmd /c "where curl"'
+$siteUrl = "https://$ENV:WEBSITE_HOSTNAME"
+if (-not ([String]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($curlPath))) {
+    Invoke-Expression -Command "& $curlPath $siteUrl" -Verbose 
+}
+else {
+    Write-Debug "curl not in path."
+}
 
 #Open the MysqlConnection 
 [System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("MySql.Data")
diff --git a/InitializeDatabase.cmd b/InitializeDatabase.cmd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8614cb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/InitializeDatabase.cmd
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+powershell -ExecutionPolicy bypass -File d:\home\site\repository\Execute-MySQLScript.ps1 -ScriptPath D:\home\site\wwwroot\schema\ttrss_schema_mysql.sql
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config.php b/config.php
index ec60ab8..0bebbb8 100644
--- a/config.php
+++ b/config.php
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     // *** Basic settings (important!) ***
     // ***********************************
     define('_SKIP_SELF_URL_PATH_CHECKS', true);
-    define('SELF_URL_PATH', $_SERVER["HTTP_HOST"]);
+    define('SELF_URL_PATH', 'https://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']);
     // Full URL of your tt-rss installation. This should be set to the
     // location of tt-rss directory, e.g. http://example.org/tt-rss/
     // You need to set this option correctly otherwise several features
diff --git a/deploy.cmd b/deploy.cmd
index 2ee567b..618fdd3 100644
--- a/deploy.cmd
+++ b/deploy.cmd
@@ -10,12 +10,10 @@ REM copy config.php to app
 copy d:\home\site\repository\config.php d:\home\site\wwwroot
 
 REM deploy database
-powershell -ExecutionPolicy bypass -File d:\home\site\repository\Execute-MySQLScript.ps1 -ScriptPath D:\home\site\wwwroot\schema\ttrss_schema_mysql.sql
+mkdir d:\home\site\deployments\tools\PostDeploymentActions
+copy InitializeDatabase.cmd d:\home\site\deployments\tools\PostDeploymentActions
 
 REM d:\home\site\wwwroot\app_data\jobs\triggered\updateFeeds
-mkdir d:\home\site\wwwroot\app_data
-mkdir d:\home\site\wwwroot\app_data\jobs\
-mkdir d:\home\site\wwwroot\app_data\jobs\triggered
 mkdir d:\home\site\wwwroot\app_data\jobs\triggered\updateFeeds
 copy d:\home\site\repository\updateFeeds.cmd d:\home\site\wwwroot\app_data\jobs\triggered\updateFeeds\updateFeeds.cmd 
 copy d:\home\site\repository\settings.job d:\home\site\wwwroot\app_data\jobs\triggered\updateFeeds\settings.job