diff --git a/docker_db.sh b/docker_db.sh
index 5ddb6906d4..8575ae89fa 100755
--- a/docker_db.sh
+++ b/docker_db.sh
@@ -957,17 +957,19 @@ informix_14_10() {
     # Give the container some time to start
     OUTPUT=
     n=0
-    until [ "$n" -ge 10 ]
+    until [ "$n" -ge 5 ]
     do
-        OUTPUT=$($CONTAINER_CLI logs informix 2>&1)
+        OUTPUT=$($PRIVILEGED_CLI $CONTAINER_CLI logs informix 2>&1)
         if [[ $OUTPUT == *"Server Started"* ]]; then
+          sleep 15
+          $PRIVILEGED_CLI $CONTAINER_CLI exec informix bash -l -c "echo \"execute function task('create dbspace from storagepool', 'datadbs', '100 MB', '4');execute function task('create sbspace from storagepool', 'sbspace', '20 M', '0');create database dev in datadbs with log nlscase sensitive;\" > post_init.sql;dbaccess sysadmin post_init.sql"
           break;
         fi
         n=$((n+1))
         echo "Waiting for Informix to start..."
         sleep 30
     done
-    if [ "$n" -ge 10 ]; then
+    if [ "$n" -ge 5 ]; then
       echo "Informix failed to start and configure after 5 minutes"
     else
       echo "Informix successfully started"
@@ -981,17 +983,19 @@ informix_12_10() {
     # Give the container some time to start
     OUTPUT=
     n=0
-    until [ "$n" -ge 10 ]
+    until [ "$n" -ge 5 ]
     do
-        OUTPUT=$($CONTAINER_CLI logs informix 2>&1)
+        OUTPUT=$($PRIVILEGED_CLI $CONTAINER_CLI logs informix 2>&1)
         if [[ $OUTPUT == *"login Information"* ]]; then
+          sleep 15
+          $PRIVILEGED_CLI $CONTAINER_CLI exec informix bash -l -c "echo \"execute function task('create dbspace from storagepool', 'datadbs', '100 MB', '4');execute function task('create sbspace from storagepool', 'sbspace', '20 M', '0');create database dev in datadbs with log nlscase sensitive;\" > post_init.sql;dbaccess sysadmin post_init.sql"
           break;
         fi
         n=$((n+1))
         echo "Waiting for Informix to start..."
         sleep 30
     done
-    if [ "$n" -ge 10 ]; then
+    if [ "$n" -ge 5 ]; then
       echo "Informix failed to start and configure after 5 minutes"
     else
       echo "Informix successfully started"
@@ -1038,6 +1042,9 @@ if [ -z ${1} ]; then
     echo -e "\tsybase"
     echo -e "\ttidb"
     echo -e "\ttidb_5_4"
+    echo -e "\informix"
+    echo -e "\informix_14_10"
+    echo -e "\informix_12_10"
 else
     ${1}
 fi
diff --git a/gradle/databases.gradle b/gradle/databases.gradle
index 7a5dd18047..dac9c38a21 100644
--- a/gradle/databases.gradle
+++ b/gradle/databases.gradle
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ ext {
                         'jdbc.driver': 'com.informix.jdbc.IfxDriver',
                         'jdbc.user'  : 'informix',
                         'jdbc.pass'  : 'in4mix',
-                        'jdbc.url'   : 'jdbc:informix-sqli://' + dbHost + ':9088/sysuser:INFORMIXSERVER=informix;user=informix;password=in4mix;DELIMIDENT=Y',
+                        'jdbc.url'   : 'jdbc:informix-sqli://' + dbHost + ':9088/dev:INFORMIXSERVER=informix;user=informix;password=in4mix;DELIMIDENT=Y',
                         'jdbc.datasource' : 'com.informix.jdbc.IfxDriver',
 //                        'jdbc.datasource' : 'com.informix.jdbcx.IfxDataSource',
                         'connection.init_sql' : ''