diff --git a/lib/RateLimiterPostgres.js b/lib/RateLimiterPostgres.js
index 82b5555..48cdd74 100644
--- a/lib/RateLimiterPostgres.js
+++ b/lib/RateLimiterPostgres.js
@@ -54,11 +54,15 @@ class RateLimiterPostgres extends RateLimiterStoreAbstract {
     }
   }
 
+  _getTableIdentifier() {
+    return this.schemaName ? `"${this.schemaName}"."${this.tableName}"` : `"${this.tableName}"`;
+  }
+
   clearExpired(expire) {
     return new Promise((resolve) => {
       const q = {
         name: 'rlflx-clear-expired',
-        text: `DELETE FROM "${this.schemaName}"."${this.tableName}" WHERE expire < $1`,
+        text: `DELETE FROM ${this._getTableIdentifier()} WHERE expire < $1`,
         values: [expire],
       };
       this._query(q)
@@ -152,7 +156,7 @@ class RateLimiterPostgres extends RateLimiterStoreAbstract {
   }
 
   _getCreateTableStmt() {
-    return `CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS "${this.schemaName}"."${this.tableName}" (
+    return `CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS ${this._getTableIdentifier()} (
       key varchar(255) PRIMARY KEY,
       points integer NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
       expire bigint
@@ -197,7 +201,7 @@ class RateLimiterPostgres extends RateLimiterStoreAbstract {
   }
 
   set schemaName(value) {
-    this._schemaName = typeof value === 'undefined' ? 'public' : value;
+    this._schemaName = value;
   }
 
   get tableCreated() {
@@ -262,18 +266,18 @@ class RateLimiterPostgres extends RateLimiterStoreAbstract {
     const expireQ = forceExpire
       ? ' $3 '
       : ` CASE
-             WHEN "${this.schemaName}"."${this.tableName}".expire <= $4 THEN $3
-             ELSE "${this.schemaName}"."${this.tableName}".expire
+             WHEN ${this._getTableIdentifier()}.expire <= $4 THEN $3
+             ELSE ${this._getTableIdentifier()}.expire
             END `;
 
     return this._query({
       name: forceExpire ? 'rlflx-upsert-force' : 'rlflx-upsert',
       text: `
-            INSERT INTO "${this.schemaName}"."${this.tableName}" VALUES ($1, $2, $3)
+            INSERT INTO ${this._getTableIdentifier()} VALUES ($1, $2, $3)
               ON CONFLICT(key) DO UPDATE SET
                 points = CASE
-                          WHEN ("${this.schemaName}"."${this.tableName}".expire <= $4 OR 1=${forceExpire ? 1 : 0}) THEN $2
-                          ELSE "${this.schemaName}"."${this.tableName}".points + ($2)
+                          WHEN (${this._getTableIdentifier()}.expire <= $4 OR 1=${forceExpire ? 1 : 0}) THEN $2
+                          ELSE ${this._getTableIdentifier()}.points + ($2)
                          END,
                 expire = ${expireQ}
             RETURNING points, expire;`,
@@ -290,7 +294,7 @@ class RateLimiterPostgres extends RateLimiterStoreAbstract {
       this._query({
         name: 'rlflx-get',
         text: `
-            SELECT points, expire FROM "${this.schemaName}"."${this.tableName}" WHERE key = $1 AND (expire > $2 OR expire IS NULL);`,
+            SELECT points, expire FROM ${this._getTableIdentifier()} WHERE key = $1 AND (expire > $2 OR expire IS NULL);`,
         values: [rlKey, Date.now()],
       })
         .then((res) => {
@@ -312,7 +316,7 @@ class RateLimiterPostgres extends RateLimiterStoreAbstract {
 
     return this._query({
       name: 'rlflx-delete',
-      text: `DELETE FROM "${this.schemaName}"."${this.tableName}" WHERE key = $1`,
+      text: `DELETE FROM ${this._getTableIdentifier()} WHERE key = $1`,
       values: [rlKey],
     })
       .then(res => res.rowCount > 0);