diff --git a/.gitlab/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 7276b0a45..b2797844c 100644
--- a/.gitlab/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -342,24 +342,12 @@ run go tests dax/test/dax:
     paths:
       - coverage-dax-integration.out
 
-.idk_changed:
-  rules:
-    - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "push" || $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "schedule" || $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "web"'
-      changes:
-        compare_to: refs/heads/master
-        paths:
-          - idk/**
-          - client/**
-          - batch/**
-
 # idk tests
 run go tests idk race:
   variables:
     PROJECT: race_${CI_CONCURRENT_ID}
   stage: nonblocking
   retry: 1
-  rules:
-    - !reference [.idk_changed, rules]
   script:
     - echo "Running test-all-race"
     - cd ./idk/
@@ -385,8 +373,6 @@ run go tests idk shard transactional:
     PROJECT: shardttrans_${CI_CONCURRENT_ID}
   stage: nonblocking
   retry: 1
-  rules:
-    - !reference [.idk_changed, rules]
   script:
     - echo "Running shard transactional tests"
     - cd ./idk/
@@ -423,8 +409,6 @@ run go tests idk 533:
     - cd ./idk/
     - make save-pilosa-logs
     - make shutdown
-  rules:
-    - !reference [.idk_changed, rules]
   tags:
     - shell
     - aws
@@ -449,8 +433,6 @@ run go tests idk sasl:
     - cd ./idk/
     - make save-pilosa-logs
     - make shutdown
-  rules:
-    - !reference [.idk_changed, rules]
   tags:
     - shell
     - aws
diff --git a/idk/Makefile b/idk/Makefile
index 8c520af2d..cf4c9a0bf 100644
--- a/idk/Makefile
+++ b/idk/Makefile
@@ -153,11 +153,11 @@ start-all: testenv build-wait
 	echo "branch name" ${BRANCH_NAME}
 	$(DOCKER_COMPOSE) up -d zookeeper
 	$(DOCKER_COMPOSE) run -T  wait zookeeper 'echo "ruok" | nc -w 2 zookeeper 2181 | grep imok'
-	$(DOCKER_COMPOSE) up -d dax
 	$(DOCKER_COMPOSE) up -d kafka
 	$(DOCKER_COMPOSE) up -d schema-registry
 	$(DOCKER_COMPOSE) up -d postgres
 	$(DOCKER_COMPOSE) run -T  wait postgres pg_isready -h postgres -p 5432 -U postgres
+	$(DOCKER_COMPOSE) up -d dax
 	BRANCH_NAME=${BRANCH_NAME} $(DOCKER_COMPOSE) up -d pilosa
 	BRANCH_NAME=${BRANCH_NAME} $(DOCKER_COMPOSE) up -d pilosa-tls
 	BRANCH_NAME=${BRANCH_NAME} $(DOCKER_COMPOSE) up -d pilosa-auth
diff --git a/idk/docker-compose.yml b/idk/docker-compose.yml
index bc22c7581..388fb3519 100644
--- a/idk/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/idk/docker-compose.yml
@@ -142,8 +142,19 @@ services:
       FEATUREBASE_VERBOSE: "true"
       FEATUREBASE_QUERYER_RUN: "true"
       FEATUREBASE_CONTROLLER_RUN: "true"
-      FEATUREBASE_CONTROLLER_CONFIG_DATA_DIR: /dax-data/controller
+      FEATUREBASE_CONTROLLER_CONFIG_STORAGE_METHOD: "sqldb"
+      FEATUREBASE_CONTROLLER_CONFIG_SQLDB_DATABASE: "postgres"
+      FEATUREBASE_CONTROLLER_CONFIG_SQLDB_USER: "postgres"
+      FEATUREBASE_CONTROLLER_CONFIG_SQLDB_PASSWORD: "password"
+      FEATUREBASE_CONTROLLER_CONFIG_SQLDB_HOST: "postgres"
+      SQLDB_DB: "postgres"
+      SQLDB_USER: "postgres"
+      SQLDB_PASSWORD: "password"
+      SQLDB_HOST: "postgres"
       FEATUREBASE_COMPUTER_RUN: "true"
       FEATUREBASE_COMPUTER_CONFIG_DATA_DIR: /dax-data/computer
       FEATUREBASE_COMPUTER_CONFIG_WRITELOGGER_DIR: /dax-data/wl
       FEATUREBASE_COMPUTER_CONFIG_SNAPSHOTTER_DIR: /dax-data/snaps
+    depends_on:
+      - postgres
+