diff --git a/nextcloud/lib/common b/nextcloud/lib/common
index 334b7dd..6b10366 100644
--- a/nextcloud/lib/common
+++ b/nextcloud/lib/common
@@ -93,9 +93,16 @@ create_occ_if_not_exists() {
         ## NEXTCLOUD_ADMIN_{USER,PASSWORD} that is required to trigger
         ## a full installation
 
-        export COMPOSE_IGNORE_ORPHANS=true
-        compose --debug --without-relation="$SERVICE_NAME":web-proxy run \
-                --rm --entrypoint /entrypoint.sh "$SERVICE_NAME" apache >&2 || true
+        if ! out=$(
+                export COMPOSE_IGNORE_ORPHANS=true
+                compose --debug --without-relation="$SERVICE_NAME":web-proxy run \
+                        -v "$CHARM_PATH"/src/fake-apache:/usr/bin/apache \
+                        --rm --entrypoint /entrypoint.sh "$SERVICE_NAME" apache 2>&1
+             ); then
+            err "Initialization of code or database failed unexpectedly"
+            e "$out" | prefix "  | "
+            return 1
+        fi
         if ! [ -e "$SERVICE_DATASTORE/var/www/html/occ" ]; then
             err "Expected last command to create /var/www/html/occ"
             return 1
diff --git a/nextcloud/src/fake-apache b/nextcloud/src/fake-apache
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..3395065
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nextcloud/src/fake-apache
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+true