diff --git a/backend/apps/webui/internal/db.py b/backend/apps/webui/internal/db.py
index 8437ae4fa..aed110254 100644
--- a/backend/apps/webui/internal/db.py
+++ b/backend/apps/webui/internal/db.py
@@ -80,6 +80,13 @@ handle_peewee_migration()
 
 
 SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URL = DATABASE_URL
+
+# Replace the postgres:// with postgresql://
+if "postgres://" in SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URL:
+    SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URL = SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URL.replace(
+        "postgres://", "postgresql://"
+    )
+
 if "sqlite" in SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URL:
     engine = create_engine(
         SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URL, connect_args={"check_same_thread": False}