diff --git a/parse_db_url.sh b/parse_db_url.sh
index bdd4c1e..112912f 100644
--- a/parse_db_url.sh
+++ b/parse_db_url.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+export GITEA__database__DB_TYPE=postgres
 export GITEA__database__DB_TYPE=${DATABASE_URL%%:*}
 export GITEA__database__USER=$(echo ${DATABASE_URL} | sed -r "s|.*://([^:]+):.*|\1|")
 export GITEA__database__PASSWD=$(echo ${DATABASE_URL} | sed -r "s|.*://[^:]+:([^@]+)@.*|\1|")