diff --git a/database.lisp b/database.lisp
index 575a1c1..912e994 100644
--- a/database.lisp
+++ b/database.lisp
@@ -30,6 +30,20 @@
                          (active :integer)
                          (created-date :integer)
                          (last-login :integer))))
-  
-  (format t "Database collections initialized~%"))
+
+  (unless (db:collection-exists-p "playlist_tracks")
+    (db:create "playlist_tracks" '((track_id :integer)
+                                   (position :ingeger)
+                                   (added_date :timestamp))))
+
+  ;; TODO: the radiance db interface is too basic to contain anything
+  ;; but strings, integers, booleans, and maybe timestamps... we will
+  ;; need to rethink this. currently track/playlist relationships are
+  ;; defined in the SQL file 'init-db.sql' referenced in the docker
+  ;; config for postgresql, but our lisp code doesn't leverage it.
+  
+  ;; (unless (db:collection-exists-p "sessions")
+  ;;   (db:create "sessions" '(())))
+  
+  (l:info "~2&Database collections initialized~%"))
 
diff --git a/docker/radiance-default.conf.lisp b/docker/radiance-default.conf.lisp
index 8c97ebe..1f18116 100644
--- a/docker/radiance-default.conf.lisp
+++ b/docker/radiance-default.conf.lisp
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 ; meta (:version 1.0 :package "RADIANCE-CORE")
 ((:interfaces (:admin . "r-simple-admin") (:auth . "r-simple-auth")
-  (:ban . "r-simple-ban") (:cache . "r-simple-cache")
-  (:data-model . "r-simple-model") (:database . "i-lambdalite")
-  (:relational-database . "i-sqlite") (:logger . "i-verbose")
-  (:mail . "i-smtp") (:profile . "r-simple-profile") (:rate . "r-simple-rate")
-  (:server . "i-hunchentoot") (:session . "r-simple-sessions")
-  (:user . "r-simple-users"))
+              (:ban . "r-simple-ban") (:cache . "r-simple-cache")
+              (:data-model . "r-simple-model") (:database . "i-lambdalite")
+              (:relational-database . "i-sqlite") (:logger . "i-verbose")
+              (:mail . "i-smtp") (:profile . "r-simple-profile") (:rate . "r-simple-rate")
+              (:server . "i-hunchentoot") (:session . "r-simple-sessions")
+              (:user . "r-simple-users"))
  (:versions
   . [hash-table equal ("radiance-core" :|2.2.0|) ("i-hunchentoot" :|1.1.0|)
-     ("asteroid" :|0.0.0|) ("i-log4cl" :|1.0.0|) ("r-clip" :|1.0.0|)
-     ("r-data-model" :|1.0.1|) ("i-lambdalite" :|1.0.0|)
-     ("r-simple-users" :|1.0.1|) 
-     ("r-simple-errors" :|1.0.0|) ("i-verbose" :|1.0.0|)
-     ("r-simple-auth" :|1.0.0|) ("r-simple-sessions" :|1.0.1|)
-     ("r-ratify" :|1.0.0|) ("r-simple-rate" :|1.0.0|)
-     ("r-simple-profile" :|1.0.0|)])
- (:domains "radiance" "localhost")
+  ("asteroid" :|0.0.0|) ("i-log4cl" :|1.0.0|) ("r-clip" :|1.0.0|)
+  ("r-data-model" :|1.0.1|) ("i-lambdalite" :|1.0.0|)
+  ("r-simple-users" :|1.0.1|) 
+  ("r-simple-errors" :|1.0.0|) ("i-verbose" :|1.0.0|)
+  ("r-simple-auth" :|1.0.0|) ("r-simple-sessions" :|1.0.1|)
+  ("r-ratify" :|1.0.0|) ("r-simple-rate" :|1.0.0|)
+  ("r-simple-profile" :|1.0.0|)])
+ (:domains "asteroid" "radiance" "asteroid.radio" "localhost")
  (:startup :r-simple-errors :r-simple-sessions) (:routes)
  (:debugger . :if-swank-connected))