diff --git a/roles/pagure/upstreamfirst-frontend/templates/pagure.cfg b/roles/pagure/upstreamfirst-frontend/templates/pagure.cfg
index 143fd7426b..5377594b42 100644
--- a/roles/pagure/upstreamfirst-frontend/templates/pagure.cfg
+++ b/roles/pagure/upstreamfirst-frontend/templates/pagure.cfg
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ PREFERRED_URL_SCHEME='https'
 ### url to the database server:
 #DB_URL=mysql://user:pass@host/db_name
 #DB_URL=postgres://user:pass@host/db_name
-DB_URL = 'postgresql://{{ new_pagure_db_user }}:{{ new_pagure_db_pass }}@{{ new_pagure_db_host }}/{{ new_pagure_db_name }}'
+# removing host for local postgres connection
+DB_URL = 'postgresql://{{ new_pagure_db_user }}:{{ new_pagure_db_pass }}/{{ new_pagure_db_name }}'
 
 ### The FAS group in which the admin of pagure are
 ADMIN_GROUP = ['sysadmin-main']