diff --git a/readme-vars.yml b/readme-vars.yml
index 4dca489..7a29ecf 100644
--- a/readme-vars.yml
+++ b/readme-vars.yml
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ app_setup_block: |
 
 # changelog
 changelogs:
+  - { date: "07.08.21:", desc: "Fixing incorrect database password variable operator." }
   - { date: "19.12.19:", desc: "Rebasing to alpine 3.11." }
   - { date: "28.06.19:", desc: "Rebasing to alpine 3.10." }
   - { date: "23.03.19:", desc: "Switching to new Base images, shift to arm32v7 tag." }
diff --git a/root/etc/cont-init.d/40-config b/root/etc/cont-init.d/40-config
index dafc28b..ad817b2 100644
--- a/root/etc/cont-init.d/40-config
+++ b/root/etc/cont-init.d/40-config
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ AUTH_LDAP_UID_ATTRIBUTE=${AUTH_LDAP_UID_ATTRIBUTE:=uid}
 DB_BACKEND=${DB_BACKEND:=SQLite}
 DB_PGSQL_DATABASE=${DB_PGSQL_DATABASE:=quassel}
 DB_PGSQL_HOSTNAME=${DB_PGSQL_HOSTNAME:=localhost}
-DB_PGSQL_PASSWORD=""
+DB_PGSQL_PASSWORD=${DB_PGSQL_PASSWORD:=password}
 DB_PGSQL_PORT=${DB_PGSQL_PORT:=5432}
 DB_PGSQL_USERNAME=${DB_PGSQL_USERNAME:=quassel}