diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index b3c8991..bf1c30f 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -21,6 +21,16 @@ RUN wget -q -O - https://github.com/pgbackrest/pgbackrest/archive/release/2.45.t
 
 RUN cd /build/pgbackrest-release-2.45/src && ./configure && make
 
+FROM postgres:15-bullseye as patch
+
+# https://github.com/docker-library/postgres/issues/159
+RUN apt-get update
+RUN apt-get install -y \
+    patch
+
+COPY safe-initdb.docker-entrypoint.sh.diff .
+RUN patch /usr/local/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh < safe-initdb.docker-entrypoint.sh.diff
+
 FROM postgres:15-bullseye as install
 
 # https://pgbackrest.org/user-guide.html#installation
@@ -65,6 +75,8 @@ COPY pgbackrest-init.sh /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/
 COPY pg_cron.sql /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/
 COPY plpython3u.sql /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/
 
+COPY --from=patch /usr/local/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh /usr/local/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh
+
 FROM setup as run
 
 CMD ["postgres", "--config_file=/etc/postgresql/postgresql.conf"]
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index afaf360..1cc5f65 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.0.0
\ No newline at end of file
+1.1.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/safe-initdb.docker-entrypoint.sh.diff b/safe-initdb.docker-entrypoint.sh.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3fbf176
--- /dev/null
+++ b/safe-initdb.docker-entrypoint.sh.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+@@ -308,8 +308,19 @@ _main() {
+ 			exec gosu postgres "$BASH_SOURCE" "$@"
+ 		fi
+ 
++		local initFailed="$PGDATA/INITFAILED"
++
++		if [ -s "$initFailed" ]; then
++			cat >&2 <<-'EOE'
++				Error: Previous database initialization failed.
++			EOE
++			exit 1
++		fi
++
+ 		# only run initialization on an empty data directory
+ 		if [ -z "$DATABASE_ALREADY_EXISTS" ]; then
++			trap "mkdir $initFailed" EXIT
++
+ 			docker_verify_minimum_env
+ 
+ 			# check dir permissions to reduce likelihood of half-initialized database
+@@ -329,6 +340,8 @@ _main() {
+ 			docker_temp_server_stop
+ 			unset PGPASSWORD
+ 
++			trap - EXIT
++
+ 			cat <<-'EOM'
+ 
+ 				PostgreSQL init process complete; ready for start up.