diff --git a/geoBoundaryBuilder/A_sourceIngest.py b/geoBoundaryBuilder/A_sourceIngest.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/geoBoundaryBuilder/images/geoBoundariesBase.Dockerfile b/geoBoundaryBuilder/images/geoBoundariesBase.Dockerfile
index e719b6e..84d5d49 100644
--- a/geoBoundaryBuilder/images/geoBoundariesBase.Dockerfile
+++ b/geoBoundaryBuilder/images/geoBoundariesBase.Dockerfile
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
     make \
     git \
     git-lfs \
+    openssh-client \
     gdal-bin \
     libgdal-dev \
     libgeos-dev \
@@ -48,5 +49,6 @@ RUN pip install geopandas==0.13.2 kubernetes==31.0.0
 # Install additional Python packages
 RUN pip install jsonschema==4.19.0 zipfile36==0.1.3
 
-# Set up git-lfs
-RUN git lfs install
+# Set up git-lfs and SSH
+RUN git lfs install --system && \
+    ssh-keygen -A  # Ensures SSH host keys are generated if needed
diff --git a/geoBoundaryBuilder/scripts/A_sourceIngest.py b/geoBoundaryBuilder/scripts/A_sourceIngest.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..49282f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/geoBoundaryBuilder/scripts/A_sourceIngest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import psycopg2
+from psycopg2 import sql
+
+# Connection parameters
+DB_HOST = "geoboundaries-postgres-service"  # Service name resolves to the ClusterIP
+DB_PORT = "5432"                           # Default PostgreSQL port
+DB_NAME = "geoboundaries"                  # Database name
+DB_USER = "geoboundaries"                  # Username
+DB_PASSWORD = ""                           # Empty password since host auth is trust
+
+def test_postgis_connection():
+    try:
+        # Establish connection
+        print("Connecting to the PostGIS database...")
+        conn = psycopg2.connect(
+            dbname=DB_NAME,
+            user=DB_USER,
+            password=DB_PASSWORD,
+            host=DB_HOST,
+            port=DB_PORT
+        )
+        print("Connection successful!")
+
+        # Create a cursor object
+        cursor = conn.cursor()
+
+        # Test if PostGIS extension is enabled
+        cursor.execute("SELECT PostGIS_Version();")
+        postgis_version = cursor.fetchone()
+        if postgis_version:
+            print(f"PostGIS Version: {postgis_version[0]}")
+        else:
+            print("Failed to fetch PostGIS version. Is PostGIS enabled?")
+
+        # Test a basic query
+        cursor.execute("SELECT current_database();")
+        db_name = cursor.fetchone()[0]
+        print(f"Connected to database: {db_name}")
+
+        # Close the cursor and connection
+        cursor.close()
+        conn.close()
+        print("Connection closed successfully.")
+
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"Error: {e}")
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    test_postgis_connection()