diff --git a/app/cloudfoundry_config.py b/app/cloudfoundry_config.py
index 9ddc1059d..84af68c74 100644
--- a/app/cloudfoundry_config.py
+++ b/app/cloudfoundry_config.py
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ def extract_cloudfoundry_config():
 
 def set_config_env_vars(vcap_services):
     # Postgres config
-    os.environ['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI'] = vcap_services['postgres'][0]['credentials']['uri']
+    os.environ['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI'] = vcap_services['postgres'][0]['credentials']['uri'].replace('postgres',
+                                                                                                       'postgresql')
 
     vcap_application = json.loads(os.environ['VCAP_APPLICATION'])
     os.environ['NOTIFY_ENVIRONMENT'] = vcap_application['space_name']
diff --git a/tests/app/test_cloudfoundry_config.py b/tests/app/test_cloudfoundry_config.py
index 2c8b5a71a..6a8a128e4 100644
--- a/tests/app/test_cloudfoundry_config.py
+++ b/tests/app/test_cloudfoundry_config.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def cloudfoundry_environ(os_environ, cloudfoundry_config):
 def test_extract_cloudfoundry_config_populates_other_vars(cloudfoundry_environ):
     extract_cloudfoundry_config()
 
-    assert os.environ['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI'] == 'postgres uri'
+    assert os.environ['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI'] == 'postgresql uri'
     assert os.environ['NOTIFY_ENVIRONMENT'] == '🚀🌌'
     assert os.environ['NOTIFY_LOG_PATH'] == '/home/vcap/logs/app.log'