diff --git a/synapse/mautrix-telegram/config.yaml b/synapse/mautrix-telegram/config.yaml
index c1f68de..8ccec2c 100644
--- a/synapse/mautrix-telegram/config.yaml
+++ b/synapse/mautrix-telegram/config.yaml
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ appservice:
     # Format examples:
     #   SQLite:   sqlite:filename.db
     #   Postgres: postgres://username:password@hostname/dbname
-    database: postgres://username:password@hostname/dbname
+    uri: postgres://telegram:jgzqnGCq3KY28C@postgres-telegram:5432/telegram?sslmode=disable
+    #database: postgres://username:password@hostname/dbname
     # Additional arguments for asyncpg.create_pool() or sqlite3.connect()
     # https://magicstack.github.io/asyncpg/current/api/index.html#asyncpg.pool.create_pool
     # https://docs.python.org/3/library/sqlite3.html#sqlite3.connect