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 ### Using PostgreSQL (recommended)
 Install PostgreSQL (Debian: `apt install postgresql`) and create a database named `lndmanagej` and a user `bitcoin`.
 You can tweak these settings in `application/src/main/resources/application.properties`.
-Configure the database so that the user `bitcoin` can access `lndmanagej` without a password at `jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/lndmanagej` (`pg_hba.conf`: `local lndmanagej bitcoin trust`).
+Configure the database so that the user `bitcoin` can access `lndmanagej` without a password at `jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/lndmanagej` (`pg_hba.conf`: `host lndmanagej bitcoin 127.0.0.1/32 trust`).
 
 Install Java 21 and run `./start.sh`.