diff --git a/docker/backend-docker-entrypoint.sh b/docker/backend-docker-entrypoint.sh
index 3a09881996a98c6382e19ca00ca672f7fc738cf2..5c8b56cfb8ba148040f40aabffc136481606cbb9 100755
--- a/docker/backend-docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker/backend-docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export GNUPGHOME=/srv/obs/gnupg
 if [ ! -d "$GNUPGHOME" ] || [ ! -f "$GNUPGHOME/trustdb.gpg" ]
 then
     echo "GnuPG homedir is missing!"
-    mkdir -m 0700 "$GNUPGHOME"
+    mkdir -p -m 0700 "$GNUPGHOME"
     chown obsrun:obsrun "$GNUPGHOME"
     runuser -u obsrun -- gpg --list-keys
 fi
diff --git a/src/api/config/puma.rb b/src/api/config/puma.rb
index 37bdd58f83f0ed5af64c6d4cf8b5866568ff9ec3..f5bc0a276999b951a59a09acd7df5fe1a5103287 100644
--- a/src/api/config/puma.rb
+++ b/src/api/config/puma.rb
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ environment ENV.fetch('RAILS_ENV') { 'development' }
 # you need to make sure to reconnect any threads in the `on_worker_boot`
 # block.
 #
-# preload_app!
+preload_app!
 
 # The code in the `on_worker_boot` will be called if you are using
 # clustered mode by specifying a number of `workers`. After each worker