diff --git a/doc/user_guide.md b/doc/user_guide.md
index b72181515..54d6b3fa9 100644
--- a/doc/user_guide.md
+++ b/doc/user_guide.md
@@ -292,6 +292,7 @@ Once you have the postgres server running on your machine and access to the psql
 ```bash
 psql postgres://username:password@localhost:5432/ -c "CREATE DATABASE assetdb"
 psql postgres://username:password@localhost:5432/ -c "ALTER DATABASE assetdb SET TIMEZONE to 'UTC'"
+psql postgres://username:password@localhost:5432/assetdb -c "CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS pg_trgm;"
 ```
 
 Now you can add the following setting into your Amass `config.yaml` file for storing and analyzing attack surface discoveries using PostgreSQL:
diff --git a/examples/config.yaml b/examples/config.yaml
index ae60a5c5e..4e44ad16a 100644
--- a/examples/config.yaml
+++ b/examples/config.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ options:
   wordlist: # global wordlist(s) to uses 
     - "./wordlists/deepmagic.com_top50kprefixes.txt"
     - "./wordlists/deepmagic.com_top500prefixes.txt"
-  database: "postgres://username:password@localhost:5432/database?testing=works" # databases URI to be used when adding entries
+  database: "postgres://username:password@localhost:5432/assetdb?testing=works" # databases URI to be used when adding entries
   bruteforce: # specific option to use when brute forcing is needed
     enabled: true
     wordlists: # wordlist(s) to use that are specific to brute forcing