diff --git a/ui/Dockerfile b/ui/Dockerfile
index 9862658..2536137 100644
--- a/ui/Dockerfile
+++ b/ui/Dockerfile
@@ -22,12 +22,15 @@ COPY --from=build /app/package*.json ./
 COPY --from=build /app/next.config.js ./next.config.js
 COPY --from=build /app/next-i18next.config.js ./next-i18next.config.js
 
-## Add the wait script to the image
+# Add the wait script to the image
 COPY --from=ghcr.io/ufoscout/docker-compose-wait:latest /wait /wait
 
+# Add the ping api script to the image
+COPY ./ping-api-to-load-model.js ./ping-api-to-load-model.js
+
 # Expose the port the app will run on
 EXPOSE 3000
 
 # Start the application after the API is ready
-CMD /wait && npm start
+CMD /wait && node ping-api-to-load-model.js && npm start
 
diff --git a/ui/ping-api-to-load-model.js b/ui/ping-api-to-load-model.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dccbc43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/ping-api-to-load-model.js
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+const http = require('http');
+
+const apiHost = process.env.OPENAI_API_HOST ? process.env.OPENAI_API_HOST.split("//")[1].split(":")[0] : 'localhost';
+const apiPort = process.env.OPENAI_API_HOST ? process.env.OPENAI_API_HOST.split("//")[1].split(":")[1] : 9999;
+const apiKey = process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY || 'sk-XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX';
+const apiPath = '/v1/completions';
+
+const payload = JSON.stringify({
+  prompt: "\n\n### Reply with \"69\"\n\n### Response:\n",
+  stop: ["\n", "###"],
+  temperature: 0,
+});
+
+const options = {
+  hostname: apiHost,
+  port: apiPort,
+  path: apiPath,
+  method: 'POST',
+  headers: {
+    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+    'Content-Length': payload.length,
+    'Authorization': `Bearer ${apiKey}`,
+  },
+};
+
+function handleRequest() {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    const req = http.request(options, (res) => {
+      let data = '';
+
+      // Handle data chunks
+      res.on('data', (chunk) => {
+        data += chunk;
+      });
+
+      // Resolve the promise when the response is complete
+      res.on('end', () => {
+        resolve(JSON.parse(data));
+      });
+    });
+
+    // Handle request errors
+    req.on('error', (error) => {
+      reject(error);
+    });
+
+    // Write the payload to the request
+    req.write(payload);
+
+    // End the request
+    req.end();
+  });
+}
+
+// Call the API and exit on result/error
+handleRequest()
+  .then((result) => {
+    console.log('API response:', result);
+    process.exit(0);
+  })
+  .catch((error) => {
+    console.error('Error:', error);
+    process.exit(1);
+  });
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