diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index c87131806ed11e69728a904bd75b473ccb859dde..5107772bdc2591746f967e60f2c9deb08b7f092c 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ services:
         condition: service_healthy
     environment:
       LOG_LEVEL: "${LOG_LEVEL}"
-      TOPIC: thing_creation
+      TOPIC: configdb_update
       MQTT_BROKER: mqtt-broker:1883
       MQTT_USER: "${MQTT_USER}"
       MQTT_PASSWORD: "${MQTT_PASSWORD}"
@@ -560,6 +560,12 @@ services:
       DB_API_BASE_URL: "${DB_API_BASE_URL}"
       JOURNALING: "${JOURNALING}"
       FERNET_ENCRYPTION_SECRET: "${FERNET_ENCRYPTION_SECRET}"
+      CONFIGDB_DSN: "postgresql://\
+              ${CONFIGDB_USER}:\
+              ${CONFIGDB_PASSWORD}@\
+              ${CONFIGDB_HOST}:\
+              ${CONFIGDB_PORT}/\
+              ${CONFIGDB_DB}"
     entrypoint: ["python3", "setup_minio.py"]
 
 
diff --git a/src/setup_minio.py b/src/setup_minio.py
index f13c338bc1a62fcc408b978890f358c40bd1bbe8..6ef3d565b4804ca28d7b014433aeda9f2d6a78c2 100755
--- a/src/setup_minio.py
+++ b/src/setup_minio.py
@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@ import logging
 from minio_cli_wrapper.mc import Mc
 
 from timeio.mqtt import AbstractHandler, MQTTMessage
-from timeio.thing import Thing
+from timeio.feta import Thing
 from timeio.common import get_envvar, setup_logging
 from timeio.crypto import decrypt, get_crypt_key
+from timeio.typehints import MqttPayload
 
 logger = logging.getLogger("minio-setup")
 
@@ -30,9 +31,10 @@ class CreateThingInMinioHandler(AbstractHandler):
             secret_key=get_envvar("MINIO_SECURE_KEY"),
             secure=get_envvar("MINIO_SECURE", default=True, cast_to=bool),
         )
+        self.configdb_dsn = get_envvar("CONFIGDB_DSN")
 
-    def act(self, content: dict, message: MQTTMessage):
-        thing = Thing.get_instance(content)
+    def act(self, content: MqttPayload.ConfigDBUpdate, message: MQTTMessage):
+        thing = Thing.from_uuid(content["thing"], dsn=self.configdb_dsn)
         user = thing.raw_data_storage.username
         passw = decrypt(thing.raw_data_storage.password, get_crypt_key())
         bucket = thing.raw_data_storage.bucket_name