diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 62e6033..1c4de5b 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ services:
       - POSTGRES_DB=postgres
     healthcheck:
       #CHANGE 1: this command checks if the database is ready, right on the source db server
-      test: [ "CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready" ]
+      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready -d postgres -U postgres"]
       interval: 1s
       timeout: 1s
       retries: 5