diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9716743b..5054a734 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## [0.4.1] - 2019-12-11
+### Fixed
+- UnifiedPushDatabaseDown alert always fired if using external database
+
 ## [0.4.0] - 2019-12-03
 ### Added
 - UnifiedpushServer CRs can contain coordinates for an external PostgreSQL database
diff --git a/pkg/controller/unifiedpushserver/unifiedpushserver.go b/pkg/controller/unifiedpushserver/unifiedpushserver.go
index 37080be0..4df6703d 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/unifiedpushserver/unifiedpushserver.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/unifiedpushserver/unifiedpushserver.go
@@ -407,16 +407,6 @@ func reconcilePrometheusRule(prometheusRule *monitoringv1.PrometheusRule, cr *pu
 						Labels:      critical,
 						Annotations: unifiedPushConsoleDownAnnotations,
 					},
-					{
-						Alert: "UnifiedPushDatabaseDown",
-						Expr: intstr.IntOrString{
-							Type:   intstr.String,
-							StrVal: fmt.Sprintf("absent(kube_pod_container_status_running{namespace=\"%s\",container=\"postgresql\"} == 1)", namespace),
-						},
-						For:         "5m",
-						Labels:      critical,
-						Annotations: unifiedPushDatabaseDownAnnotations,
-					},
 					{
 						Alert: "UnifiedPushJavaHeapThresholdExceeded",
 						Expr: intstr.IntOrString{
@@ -471,6 +461,22 @@ func reconcilePrometheusRule(prometheusRule *monitoringv1.PrometheusRule, cr *pu
 			},
 		},
 	}
+
+	// Don't add UnifiedPushDatabaseDown rule if there's no Postgresql
+	if !cr.Spec.ExternalDB {
+		rule := monitoringv1.Rule{
+			Alert: "UnifiedPushDatabaseDown",
+			Expr: intstr.IntOrString{
+				Type:   intstr.String,
+				StrVal: fmt.Sprintf("absent(kube_pod_container_status_running{namespace=\"%s\",container=\"postgresql\"} == 1)", namespace),
+			},
+			For:         "5m",
+			Labels:      critical,
+			Annotations: unifiedPushDatabaseDownAnnotations,
+		}
+
+		prometheusRule.Spec.Groups[0].Rules = append(prometheusRule.Spec.Groups[0].Rules, rule)
+	}
 }
 
 func reconcileServiceMonitor(serviceMonitor *monitoringv1.ServiceMonitor) {
diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
index ea6f0bcf..64c7cd26 100644
--- a/version/version.go
+++ b/version/version.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 package version
 
 var (
-	Version = "0.4.0"
+	Version = "0.4.1"
 )