diff --git a/docker-compose-dev.yml b/docker-compose-dev.yml
index 1ecc8a2..e22b7dc 100644
--- a/docker-compose-dev.yml
+++ b/docker-compose-dev.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ services:
       PROJECT_NAME: ${PROJECT_NAME}
       VERSION: ${VERSION}
       API_V1_PREFIX: ${API_V1_PREFIX}
-      DB_HOST: ${DB_HOST:-postgres}
+      DB_HOST: postgres
       DB_PORT: ${DB_PORT}
       DB_NAME: ${DB_NAME}
       DB_USER: ${DB_USER}