diff --git a/roles/tagger/templates/fedoratagger.cfg.j2 b/roles/tagger/templates/fedoratagger.cfg.j2
index 6f5f74e5c8..788eac9dc9 100644
--- a/roles/tagger/templates/fedoratagger.cfg.j2
+++ b/roles/tagger/templates/fedoratagger.cfg.j2
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 SECRET_KEY = 'wat {{taggerCookieSecret}}'
 
 ### url to the database server:
-DB_URL = 'postgres://fedoratagger:{{taggerDBPassword}}@tagger_db/fedoratagger'
+DB_URL = 'postgresql://fedoratagger:{{taggerDBPassword}}@tagger_db/fedoratagger'
 {% if env == "staging" %}
 FAS_OPENID_ENDPOINT = 'http://id.stg.fedoraproject.org'
 {% else %}