diff --git a/Bot/GuildEnvironment.fs b/Bot/GuildEnvironment.fs
index 74ca022..df3c973 100644
--- a/Bot/GuildEnvironment.fs
+++ b/Bot/GuildEnvironment.fs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ DotEnv.Load(DotEnvOptions(envFilePaths = [ "../../../../.dev.env" ], overwriteEx
 let getVar str = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable(str)
 let getId str = getVar str |> uint64
 
-let pgDb = (getVar "DATABASE_URL").Replace("postgresql://", "postgres://")
+let pgDb = (getVar "DATABASE_URL").Replace("postgresql://", "postgres://").Replace("?sslmode=require", "")
 
 let guildId = getId "DISCORD_GUILD"
 let tokenPlayerInteractions = getVar "TOKEN_PLAYER_INTERACTIONS"