diff --git a/hc/settings.py b/hc/settings.py
index fe435b60..feeec279 100644
--- a/hc/settings.py
+++ b/hc/settings.py
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ DATABASES = {
 if os.environ.get("DB") == "postgres":
     DATABASES = {
         'default': {
-            'ENGINE':   'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2',
+            'ENGINE':   'django.db.backends.postgresql',
             'NAME':     'hc',
             'USER':     'postgres',
             'TEST': {'CHARSET': 'UTF8'}