From b664fae51766d9feb497e09d3e4efe286319337b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Piotr Stachyra <piotr.stachyra@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2024 10:16:50 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix initial connection in create-database script

---
 tasks.py | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tasks.py b/tasks.py
index 80844fa..3d82555 100644
--- a/tasks.py
+++ b/tasks.py
@@ -14,8 +14,13 @@ def create_database(ctx):
     db_password = os.environ.get("POSTGRES_PASSWORD")
 
     # Establishing connection to PostgreSQL server
+    # (connect to initial database 'postgres' to create a new database)
     conn = psycopg2.connect(
-        host=db_host, port=db_port, user=db_user, password=db_password
+        host=db_host,
+        port=db_port,
+        dbname="postgres",
+        user=db_user,
+        password=db_password,
     )
     conn.autocommit = True
     cursor = conn.cursor()