diff --git a/cognitive_architecture/database/database_manager.py b/cognitive_architecture/database/database_manager.py
index ab988ecc7..c4706988b 100644
--- a/cognitive_architecture/database/database_manager.py
+++ b/cognitive_architecture/database/database_manager.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class DatabaseManager:
     """Manages database creation, deletion, and table initialization."""
     def __init__(self):
         """Initialize the Database Url with a given configuration."""
-        self.engine = create_async_engine(get_sqlalchemy_database_url("sqlite"), echo = True)
+        self.engine = create_async_engine(get_sqlalchemy_database_url(globalConfig.db_type), echo = True)
         self.db_type = globalConfig.db_type
 
     @asynccontextmanager
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class DatabaseManager:
             query = text(f"SELECT 1 FROM pg_database WHERE datname='{db_name}'")
             async with self.get_connection() as connection:
                 result = await connection.execute(query)
-                return await result.fetchone() is not None
+                return  result.fetchone() is not None
 
     async def create_database(self, db_name):
         """Create a new database."""
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 927198116..86a67b467 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ services:
       - 80:80
       - 50051:50051
       - 5678:5678
-      - 5432:5432
+#      - 5432:5432
     depends_on:
-    #   - postgres
+      - postgres
       - neo4j
     deploy:
       resources:
@@ -43,18 +43,18 @@ services:
           cpus: "4.0"
           memory: 8GB
 
-  # postgres:
-  #   image: postgres
-  #   container_name: postgres
-  #   environment:
-  #     - POSTGRES_HOST_AUTH_METHOD=trust
-  #     - POSTGRES_USER=bla
-  #     - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=bla
-  #     - POSTGRES_DB=bubu
-  #   networks:
-  #     - cognee_backend
-  #   ports:
-  #     - "5432:5432"
+  postgres:
+     image: postgres
+     container_name: postgres
+     environment:
+       - POSTGRES_HOST_AUTH_METHOD=trust
+       - POSTGRES_USER=bla
+       - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=bla
+       - POSTGRES_DB=bubu
+     networks:
+       - cognee_backend
+     ports:
+       - "5432:5432"
 
 networks:
   cognee_backend: