diff --git a/src/app.py b/src/app.py
index fa89528..0ae3052 100644
--- a/src/app.py
+++ b/src/app.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ if SENTRY_DSN:
 
 app = Flask(__name__)
 app.config[
-    'SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI'] = f"postgresql://{POSTGRES_USERNAME}:{POSTGRES_PASSWORD}@{POSTGRES_HOSTNAME}:5432/{POSTGRES_DB}?sslmode=require"
+    'SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI'] = f"postgresql://{POSTGRES_USERNAME}:{POSTGRES_PASSWORD}@{POSTGRES_HOSTNAME}:5432/{POSTGRES_DB}{POSTGRES_OPTS}"
 app.config['EXCHANGE_NAME'] = RABBITMQ_EXCHANGE
 app.config['FLASK_PIKA_PARAMS'] = {'host': RABBITMQ_HOST,
                                    'username': RABBITMQ_USERNAME,