diff --git a/backend/services/alerts/main.go b/backend/services/alerts/main.go
index 313c7db83..b11d3ae04 100644
--- a/backend/services/alerts/main.go
+++ b/backend/services/alerts/main.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ func main() {
 	pg := postgres.NewConn(POSTGRES_STRING)
 	defer pg.Close()
 
-	pgs, err := sql.Open("postgres", POSTGRES_STRING)
+	pgs, err := sql.Open("postgres", POSTGRES_STRING+ "?sslmode=disable")
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}