diff --git a/CurrencyAPI/Currency.fs b/CurrencyAPI/Currency.fs
index 8f773ff..b08ed56 100644
--- a/CurrencyAPI/Currency.fs
+++ b/CurrencyAPI/Currency.fs
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ open Npgsql.FSharp
 DotEnv.Load(DotEnvOptions(envFilePaths = [ "../.prod.env" ], overwriteExistingVars = false))
 
 let connStr = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("DATABASE_URL")
+                .Replace("postgresql://", "postgres://")
+                .Replace("?sslmode=require", "")
 let apiKey  = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("API_KEY")
 
 let validateApiKey (ctx : HttpContext) =