diff --git a/modules/server/database/default.nix b/modules/server/database/default.nix
index 2337aa0..1d5a758 100644
--- a/modules/server/database/default.nix
+++ b/modules/server/database/default.nix
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ in {
     };
 
     systemd.services.postgresql.postStart = lib.mkAfter ''
+        ${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/sleep 2
         PSQL="${pkgs.postgresql}/bin/psql"
         ${lib.concatMapStringsSep "\n" (name: ''
           until $PSQL -tAc "SELECT 1 FROM pg_roles WHERE rolname = '${name}_user'" | grep -q 1; do
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ in {
           $PSQL -tAc "ALTER DATABASE ${name}_db OWNER TO ${name}_user;"
           
           if [ -f "${config.sops.secrets."${lib.toUpper name}".path}" ]; then
-            PASS=$(grep "^DB_PASSWORD=" ... | cut -d'=' -f2- | tr -d '"' | tr -d "'")
+            PASS=$(grep "^DB_PASSWORD=" "${config.sops.secrets."${lib.toUpper name}".path}" | cut -d'=' -f2- | tr -d '"' | tr -d "'")
             $PSQL -tAc "ALTER USER ${name}_user WITH PASSWORD '$PASS';"
           fi
         '') allApps}