diff --git a/tembo-operator/Cargo.lock b/tembo-operator/Cargo.lock
index 3ce23d2c5..6b729a99b 100644
--- a/tembo-operator/Cargo.lock
+++ b/tembo-operator/Cargo.lock
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "controller"
-version = "0.28.0"
+version = "0.28.1"
 dependencies = [
  "actix-web",
  "anyhow",
diff --git a/tembo-operator/Cargo.toml b/tembo-operator/Cargo.toml
index 708a5b637..46ae9cc13 100644
--- a/tembo-operator/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tembo-operator/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "controller"
 description = "Tembo Operator for Postgres"
-version = "0.28.0"
+version = "0.28.1"
 edition = "2021"
 default-run = "controller"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/tembo-operator/src/psql.rs b/tembo-operator/src/psql.rs
index 9c769f10b..95832ab03 100644
--- a/tembo-operator/src/psql.rs
+++ b/tembo-operator/src/psql.rs
@@ -52,7 +52,10 @@ impl PsqlCommand {
     pub async fn execute(&self) -> Result<PsqlOutput, Action> {
         let psql_command = vec![
             String::from("psql"),
-            self.database.clone(),
+            format!(
+                "postgres://?dbname={}&application_name=tembo-system",
+                self.database.clone()
+            ),
             String::from("-c"),
             self.command.clone(),
         ];