diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fa9e332..937c521 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Environment:
 ```
 "GAIA_URL" = "http://gaia-node1:26657" # gaia URL
 "DB_HOST" = "postgres-chain:5432" # Postgres host:port
+"DB_NAME" = "postgres" # DB name
 "DB_USER" = "postgres" # DB username
 "DB_PW"= "mypwd" # DB password
 "LCD_URL" = "https://gaia-lcd:1317" # gaia lcd URL
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ Environment:
 ```
 "GAIA_URLs" = "http://gaia-node0:26657,http://gaia-node1:26657" # gaia URLs (comma-separated)
 "DB_HOST" = "postgres-chain:5432" # Postgres host:port
+"DB_NAME" = "postgres" # DB name
 "DB_USER" = "postgres" # DB username
 "DB_PW"= "mypwd" # DB password
 "PERIOD" = "10" # Period to save data in seconds
@@ -39,6 +41,7 @@ Environment:
 ```
 "DB_HOST" = "postgres-chain:5432" # Postgres host:port
 "DB_USER" = "postgres" # DB username
+"DB_NAME" = "postgres" # DB name
 "DB_PW"= "mypwd" # DB password
 "RAVEN_DSN" = "http://xxxxxxx" # DSN_URL from Sentry (hosted or self-hosted)
 "ADDRESS" = "ABCDDED" # Address of the validator to alert on
diff --git a/alerter/main.go b/alerter/main.go
index 35143fe..b0abfe1 100644
--- a/alerter/main.go
+++ b/alerter/main.go
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ func main() {
 	if os.Getenv("DB_HOST") == "" {
 		panic(errors.New("DB_HOST needs to be set"))
 	}
+	if os.Getenv("DB_NAME") == "" {
+		panic(errors.New("DB_NAME needs to be set"))
+	}
 	if os.Getenv("DB_USER") == "" {
 		panic(errors.New("DB_USER needs to be set"))
 	}
@@ -42,6 +45,7 @@ func main() {
 	// Connect to the postgres datastore
 	db := pg.Connect(&pg.Options{
 		Addr:     os.Getenv("DB_HOST"),
+		Database: os.Getenv("DB_NAME"),
 		User:     os.Getenv("DB_USER"),
 		Password: os.Getenv("DB_PW"),
 	})
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index c5d203d..0eda65a 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ func main() {
 	if os.Getenv("DB_HOST") == "" {
 		panic(errors.New("DB_HOST needs to be set"))
 	}
+	if os.Getenv("DB_NAME") == "" {
+		panic(errors.New("DB_NAME needs to be set"))
+	}
 	if os.Getenv("DB_USER") == "" {
 		panic(errors.New("DB_USER needs to be set"))
 	}
@@ -43,6 +46,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	db := pg.Connect(&pg.Options{
 		Addr:     os.Getenv("DB_HOST"),
+		Database: os.Getenv("DB_NAME"),
 		User:     os.Getenv("DB_USER"),
 		Password: os.Getenv("DB_PW"),
 	})
diff --git a/net_exporter/main.go b/net_exporter/main.go
index e02cc98..bc59524 100644
--- a/net_exporter/main.go
+++ b/net_exporter/main.go
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ func main() {
 	if os.Getenv("DB_HOST") == "" {
 		panic(errors.New("DB_HOST needs to be set"))
 	}
+	if os.Getenv("DB_NAME") == "" {
+		panic(errors.New("DB_NAME needs to be set"))
+	}
 	if os.Getenv("DB_USER") == "" {
 		panic(errors.New("DB_USER needs to be set"))
 	}
@@ -57,6 +60,7 @@ func main() {
 	// Connect to the postgres datastore
 	db := pg.Connect(&pg.Options{
 		Addr:     os.Getenv("DB_HOST"),
+		Database: os.Getenv("DB_NAME"),
 		User:     os.Getenv("DB_USER"),
 		Password: os.Getenv("DB_PW"),
 	})