diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 3caa0a1..1efa86a 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ services:
         image: postgres:alpine3.20
         environment:
             - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=zess
-            - POSTGRES_USER=postgres
+            - POSTGRES_USER=zess
             - POSTGRES_DB=zess
         volumes:
             - db-data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
diff --git a/vingo/dev.env b/vingo/dev.env
index d78b9bd..6c6c3b9 100644
--- a/vingo/dev.env
+++ b/vingo/dev.env
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 DEBUG_LOGIN="FALSE"
 DEVELOPMENT="TRUE"
 
-POSTGRES_CONNECTION_STRING="postgres://postgres:zess@host.docker.internal/zess?sslmode=disable"
+POSTGRES_CONNECTION_STRING="postgres://zess:zess@host.docker.internal/zess?sslmode=disable"
 ZAUTH_URL="https://zauth.zeus.gent"
 ZAUTH_CALLBACK_PATH="http://localhost:4000/api/auth/callback"
 FRONTEND_URL="http://localhost:5173/"