diff --git a/website/site/content/download/personal-edition/ubuntu.md b/website/site/content/download/personal-edition/ubuntu.md
index 6881bcf44..356fb0cad 100644
--- a/website/site/content/download/personal-edition/ubuntu.md
+++ b/website/site/content/download/personal-edition/ubuntu.md
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ nano /opt/focalboard/config.json
 
 Change the dbconfig setting to use the postgres database you created:
 ```
+"dbtype": "postgres",
 "dbconfig": "postgres://boardsuser:boardsuser-password@localhost/boards?sslmode=disable&connect_timeout=10",
 ```