diff --git a/linkwarden/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/99-run.sh b/linkwarden/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/99-run.sh
index bad624b6e..83c4da809 100755
--- a/linkwarden/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/99-run.sh
+++ b/linkwarden/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/99-run.sh
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ if [[ "$DATABASE_URL" == *"localhost"* ]]; then
     # Create database if does not exist
     echo "CREATE DATABASE linkwarden; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE linkwarden to postgres;
     \q"> setup_postgres.sql
-    sudo -u postgres bash -c 'psql "postgres://postgres:homeassistant@localhost:5432"' < setup_postgres.sql || true
+    sudo -u postgres bash -c 'cat setup_postgres.sql | psql "postgres://postgres:homeassistant@localhost:5432"' || true
 fi
 
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