diff --git a/src/exchangedb/bench-db-postgres.conf b/src/exchangedb/bench-db-postgres.conf
index af1a29817..a573e6b95 100644
--- a/src/exchangedb/bench-db-postgres.conf
+++ b/src/exchangedb/bench-db-postgres.conf
@@ -3,5 +3,4 @@
 # Database-backend independent specification for the exchangedb module.
 #
 [bench-db-postgres]
-CONFIG = postgres://talercheck
-
+CONFIG = postgres:///talercheck