diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index e647089b..410498a1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ jobs:
       CF_ORGANIZATION_NAME: ${{ vars.CF_ORGANIZATION_NAME }}
       CF_SPACE_NAME: ${{ vars.CF_SPACE_NAME_DEV }}
       DB_SERVICE_NAME: ${{ vars.DB_SERVICE_NAME_DEV }}
-      MESSAGE_QUEUE_DATABASE_NAME: ${{ vars.MESSAGE_QUEUE_DATABASE_NAME }}
       MESSAGE_QUEUE_NAME: ${{ vars.MESSAGE_QUEUE_NAME }}
       NEW_RELIC_APP_NAME: ${{ vars.NEW_RELIC_APP_NAME_DEV }}
       PROXY_FQDN: ${{ vars.PROXY_FQDN_DEV }}
@@ -111,7 +110,6 @@ jobs:
       CF_ORGANIZATION_NAME: ${{ vars.CF_ORGANIZATION_NAME }}
       CF_SPACE_NAME: ${{ vars.CF_SPACE_NAME_STG }}
       DB_SERVICE_NAME: ${{ vars.DB_SERVICE_NAME_STG }}
-      MESSAGE_QUEUE_DATABASE_NAME: ${{ vars.MESSAGE_QUEUE_DATABASE_NAME }}
       MESSAGE_QUEUE_NAME: ${{ vars.MESSAGE_QUEUE_NAME }}
       NEW_RELIC_APP_NAME: ${{ vars.NEW_RELIC_APP_NAME_STG }}
       PROXY_FQDN: ${{ vars.PROXY_FQDN_STG }}
@@ -141,7 +139,6 @@ jobs:
       CF_ORGANIZATION_NAME: ${{ vars.CF_ORGANIZATION_NAME }}
       CF_SPACE_NAME: ${{ vars.CF_SPACE_NAME_PRD }}
       DB_SERVICE_NAME: ${{ vars.DB_SERVICE_NAME_PRD }}
-      MESSAGE_QUEUE_DATABASE_NAME: ${{ vars.MESSAGE_QUEUE_DATABASE_NAME }}
       MESSAGE_QUEUE_NAME: ${{ vars.MESSAGE_QUEUE_NAME }}
       NEW_RELIC_APP_NAME: ${{ vars.NEW_RELIC_APP_NAME_PRD }}
       PROXY_FQDN: ${{ vars.PROXY_FQDN_PRD }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
index d9d5d0b3..fe03029c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ on:
       DB_SERVICE_NAME:
         required: true
         type: string
-      MESSAGE_QUEUE_DATABASE_NAME:
-        required: true
-        type: string
       MESSAGE_QUEUE_NAME:
         required: true
         type: string
@@ -72,7 +69,6 @@ env:
   CF_SPACE_NAME: ${{ inputs.CF_SPACE_NAME }}
   DB_SERVICE_NAME: ${{ inputs.DB_SERVICE_NAME }}
   GA4_CREDS: ${{ secrets.GA4_CREDS }}
-  MESSAGE_QUEUE_DATABASE_NAME: ${{ inputs.MESSAGE_QUEUE_DATABASE_NAME }}
   MESSAGE_QUEUE_NAME: ${{ inputs.MESSAGE_QUEUE_NAME }}
   NEW_RELIC_APP_NAME: ${{ inputs.NEW_RELIC_APP_NAME }}
   NEW_RELIC_LICENSE_KEY: ${{ secrets.NEW_RELIC_LICENSE_KEY }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/manual_deploy_to_dev.yml b/.github/workflows/manual_deploy_to_dev.yml
index b86b7205..04647fc9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/manual_deploy_to_dev.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/manual_deploy_to_dev.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ jobs:
       CF_ORGANIZATION_NAME: ${{ vars.CF_ORGANIZATION_NAME }}
       CF_SPACE_NAME: ${{ vars.CF_SPACE_NAME_DEV }}
       DB_SERVICE_NAME: ${{ vars.DB_SERVICE_NAME_DEV }}
-      MESSAGE_QUEUE_DATABASE_NAME: ${{ vars.MESSAGE_QUEUE_DATABASE_NAME }}
       MESSAGE_QUEUE_NAME: ${{ vars.MESSAGE_QUEUE_NAME }}
       NEW_RELIC_APP_NAME: ${{ vars.NEW_RELIC_APP_NAME_DEV }}
       PROXY_FQDN: ${{ vars.PROXY_FQDN_DEV }}
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 9bd8097b..05cf3ce7 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ async function _processReport(appConfig, context, reportConfig, processor) {
       await processor.processChain(context);
       logger.info("Processing complete");
     } catch (e) {
-      logger.error("Encountered an error");
+      logger.error("Encountered an error during report processing");
       logger.error(util.inspect(e));
     }
   });
diff --git a/manifest.consumer.yml b/manifest.consumer.yml
index 16ad4b8b..40900320 100644
--- a/manifest.consumer.yml
+++ b/manifest.consumer.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ applications:
     ANALYTICS_REPORT_EMAIL: ${ANALYTICS_REPORT_EMAIL}
     AWS_CACHE_TIME: '0'
     GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS: /home/vcap/app/${ANALYTICS_KEY_FILE_NAME}
-    MESSAGE_QUEUE_DATABASE_NAME: ${MESSAGE_QUEUE_DATABASE_NAME}
     MESSAGE_QUEUE_NAME: ${MESSAGE_QUEUE_NAME}
     NEW_RELIC_APP_NAME: ${NEW_RELIC_APP_NAME}
     NEW_RELIC_LICENSE_KEY: ${NEW_RELIC_LICENSE_KEY}
diff --git a/manifest.publisher.yml b/manifest.publisher.yml
index 12a2ed8d..f916a61a 100644
--- a/manifest.publisher.yml
+++ b/manifest.publisher.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ applications:
     # The default path for reports (used for gov-wide reports)
     AWS_BUCKET_PATH: data/live
     AWS_CACHE_TIME: '0'
-    MESSAGE_QUEUE_DATABASE_NAME: ${MESSAGE_QUEUE_DATABASE_NAME}
     MESSAGE_QUEUE_NAME: ${MESSAGE_QUEUE_NAME}
     NEW_RELIC_APP_NAME: ${NEW_RELIC_APP_NAME}
     NEW_RELIC_LICENSE_KEY: ${NEW_RELIC_LICENSE_KEY}
diff --git a/src/app_config.js b/src/app_config.js
index 776f811a..b212e407 100644
--- a/src/app_config.js
+++ b/src/app_config.js
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ class AppConfig {
   }
 
   get messageQueueName() {
-    return process.env.MESSAGE_QUEUE_NAME;
+    return process.env.MESSAGE_QUEUE_NAME || "analytics_reporter_job_queue";
   }
 
   get postgres() {
diff --git a/src/pg_boss_client.js b/src/pg_boss_client.js
index cb719fa3..58c47030 100644
--- a/src/pg_boss_client.js
+++ b/src/pg_boss_client.js
@@ -15,12 +15,24 @@ class PgBossClient {
   /**
    * Execute PgBoss SQL using the knex library interface
    *
-   * @param {string} text the SQL string to execute.
-   * @param {string[]} values the values to insert into the SQL string.
+   * @param {string} sql the SQL string to execute.
+   * @param {string[]} parameters the parameters to insert into the SQL string.
    * @returns {Promise} which resolves with the result of the SQL query.
    */
-  async executeSql(text, values) {
-    return this.#knex.raw(text, values);
+  executeSql(sql, parameters = []) {
+    // This is needed to replace pg-boss' $1, $2 arguments
+    // into knex's :val, :val2 style.
+    const replacedSql = sql.replace(
+      /\$(\d+)\b/g,
+      (_, number) => `:param_${number}`,
+    );
+
+    const parametersObject = {};
+    parameters.forEach(
+      (value, index) => (parametersObject[`param_${index + 1}`] = value),
+    );
+
+    return this.#knex.raw(replacedSql, parametersObject);
   }
 }