diff --git a/ansible/roles/postgres/handlers/main.yml b/ansible/roles/postgres/handlers/main.yml
index c201266d9..bd8210f9c 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/postgres/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/postgres/handlers/main.yml
@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@
 
 - name: reload postgres config
   become: yes
-  command: docker exec postgres pg_ctl reload
+  command: docker exec -u postgres postgres pg_ctl reload
   listen: reload postgres
diff --git a/docker/postgres/backup_postgres.sh b/docker/postgres/backup_postgres.sh
index b4e3e4ca6..0293a0b19 100755
--- a/docker/postgres/backup_postgres.sh
+++ b/docker/postgres/backup_postgres.sh
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ BACKUP_FILENAME="backup_postgresql_${now}.sql"
 BACKUP_FILE="${BACKUP_PATH}${BACKUP_FILENAME}"
 UPLOAD_FILE="${UPLOAD_PATH}${BACKUP_FILENAME}"
 echo "---> PG dumping - ${now}: ${BACKUP_FILE}"
-sudo docker exec -it postgres sh -c "mkdir -p $BACKUP_PATH"
-sudo docker exec -it postgres sh -c "/usr/lib/postgresql/13/bin/pg_dump -U newsblur -h 127.0.0.1 -Fc newsblur > $BACKUP_FILE"
+sudo docker exec postgres sh -c "mkdir -p $BACKUP_PATH"
+sudo docker exec postgres sh -c "/usr/lib/postgresql/13/bin/pg_dump -U newsblur -h 127.0.0.1 -Fc newsblur > $BACKUP_FILE"
 
 
 echo " ---> Uploading postgres backup to S3"
diff --git a/docker/postgres/postgresql-13.conf.j2 b/docker/postgres/postgresql-13.conf.j2
index ae09de08f..60309c088 100644
--- a/docker/postgres/postgresql-13.conf.j2
+++ b/docker/postgres/postgresql-13.conf.j2
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 # The default values of these variables are driven from the -D command-line
 # option or PGDATA environment variable, represented here as ConfigDir.
 
-data_directory = '/var/lib/postgresql/data'		# use data in another directory
+data_directory = '/var/lib/postgresql/main'		# use data in another directory
 					# (change requires restart)
 hba_file = '/etc/postgresql/pg_hba.conf'	# host-based authentication file
 					# (change requires restart)