diff --git a/backend/src/auto-start-migrations.ts b/backend/src/auto-start-migrations.ts
index 38c30366d..28f66e20e 100644
--- a/backend/src/auto-start-migrations.ts
+++ b/backend/src/auto-start-migrations.ts
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ export const runMigrations = async ({ applicationDb, auditLogDb, logger, onMigra
     await applicationDb.transaction(async (tx) => {
       await tx.raw("SELECT pg_advisory_xact_lock(?)", [PgSqlLock.BootUpMigration]);
 
-      // Signal that this container is running migrations
+      // Signal that this container is running migrations so that it can be marked as healthy/alive
+      // This is to prevent the container from being killed by the orchestrator
       if (onMigrationLockAcquired) {
         onMigrationLockAcquired();
       }
diff --git a/backend/src/main.ts b/backend/src/main.ts
index d680fc006..9d7812c96 100644
--- a/backend/src/main.ts
+++ b/backend/src/main.ts
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ const run = async () => {
     envConfig
   });
 
-  // Setup signal handlers
   // eslint-disable-next-line
   process.on("SIGINT", async () => {
     await server.close();
@@ -117,7 +116,6 @@ const run = async () => {
     });
   }
 
-  // Start listening BEFORE migrations
   await server.listen({
     port: envConfig.PORT,
     host: envConfig.HOST
@@ -144,7 +142,6 @@ const run = async () => {
 
   logger.info("Migrations complete. Marking server as READY...");
 
-  // Now mark server as ready - it can accept traffic
   markServerReady();
 
   logger.info("Server is ready to accept traffic");
diff --git a/backend/src/server/app.ts b/backend/src/server/app.ts
index 2de20ab46..daf49ed10 100644
--- a/backend/src/server/app.ts
+++ b/backend/src/server/app.ts
@@ -38,11 +38,9 @@ import { registerServeUI } from "./plugins/serve-ui";
 import { fastifySwagger } from "./plugins/swagger";
 import { registerRoutes } from "./routes";
 
-// Monitor event loop for readiness checks
 const histogram = monitorEventLoopDelay({ resolution: 20 });
 histogram.enable();
 
-// Server state tracking
 const serverState = {
   isReady: false,
   isRunningMigrations: false,
@@ -171,7 +169,6 @@ export const main = async ({
     });
 
     // Global preHandler to block requests during migrations
-    // Excludes /api/health and /api/ready endpoints
     server.addHook("preHandler", async (request, reply) => {
       if (request.url === "/api/health" || request.url === "/api/ready") {
         return;
@@ -188,7 +185,6 @@ export const main = async ({
     server.get("/api/ready", async (request, reply) => {
       const cfg = getConfig();
 
-      // Calculate event loop statistics
       const meanLagMs = histogram.mean / 1e6;
       const maxLagMs = histogram.max / 1e6;
       const p99LagMs = histogram.percentile(99) / 1e6;
@@ -252,7 +248,6 @@ export const main = async ({
   }
 };
 
-// Functions to manage server state
 export const markServerReady = () => {
   serverState.isReady = true;
   serverState.isRunningMigrations = false;