diff --git a/roles/copr/frontend/tasks/psql_setup.yml b/roles/copr/frontend/tasks/psql_setup.yml
index cc341c5a57..80752e3b5c 100644
--- a/roles/copr/frontend/tasks/psql_setup.yml
+++ b/roles/copr/frontend/tasks/psql_setup.yml
@@ -39,3 +39,10 @@
   when: dbs_to_backup != []
   tags:
   - config
+
+- name: Create db
+  postgresql_db: name="coprdb" encoding='UTF-8'
+
+- name: Create db user
+  postgresql_user: db="coprdb" name="copr-fe" password="{{ copr_database_password }}" role_attr_flags=SUPERUSER,NOCREATEDB,NOCREATEROLE
+  
diff --git a/roles/copr/frontend/templates/copr.conf b/roles/copr/frontend/templates/copr.conf
index c9f0e1e742..9f440d1c61 100644
--- a/roles/copr/frontend/templates/copr.conf
+++ b/roles/copr/frontend/templates/copr.conf
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ BACKEND_PASSWORD = '{{ copr_backend_password  }}'
 #USE_ALLOWED_USERS = False
 #ALLOWED_USERS = ['bonnie', 'clyde']
 
-SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = '{{ copr_database_uri }}'
+SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = 'postgresql+psycopg2://copr-fe:{{ copr_database_password }}@/coprdb'
 
 # Token length, defaults to 30 (max 255)
 #API_TOKEN_LENGTH = 30