diff --git a/charts/nebulous-overlay-network-manager/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/nebulous-overlay-network-manager/templates/deployment.yaml
index 2a0ea3f..d02a584 100644
--- a/charts/nebulous-overlay-network-manager/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/nebulous-overlay-network-manager/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ spec:
       initContainers:
         - name: wait-for-postgresql
           image: docker.io/bitnami/postgresql:16.2.0-debian-12-r8
-          command: ['sh', '-c', 'until pg_isready -h nebulous-overlay-network-manager-postgresql -p 5432; do echo waiting for database; sleep 2; done;']
+          command: ['sh', '-c', 'until pg_isready -U postgresql -d dbname=postgres -h nebulous-overlay-network-manager-postgresql -p 5432; do echo waiting for database; sleep 2; done;']
       containers:
         - name: {{ .Chart.Name }}
           securityContext: