diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 5a6561a..ab81996 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ install:
   - export PATH=$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH
   - travis_retry curl -L https://www.stackage.org/stack/linux-x86_64 | tar xz --wildcards --strip-components=1 -C ~/.local/bin '*/stack'
   - stack --version
-  - echo "CREATE USER esqutest WITH PASSWORD 'esqutest';" | psql
+  - echo "CREATE USER esqutest WITH PASSWORD 'esqutest';" | psql postgres
   - createdb -O esqutest esqutest
 
 script: