diff --git a/services/solr-names-updater/config.py b/services/solr-names-updater/config.py
index 68c816b23..752cd1430 100644
--- a/services/solr-names-updater/config.py
+++ b/services/solr-names-updater/config.py
@@ -74,13 +74,10 @@ class Config():  # pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods
     DB_NAME = os.getenv('DATABASE_NAME', '')
     DB_HOST = os.getenv('DATABASE_HOST', '')
     DB_PORT = os.getenv('DATABASE_PORT', '5432')
-    SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = 'postgresql://{user}:{password}@{host}:{port}/{name}'.format(
-        user=DB_USER,
-        password=DB_PASSWORD,
-        host=DB_HOST,
-        port=int(DB_PORT),
-        name=DB_NAME,
-    )
+    if DB_UNIX_SOCKET := os.getenv('DATABASE_UNIX_SOCKET', None):
+        SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = f'postgresql+psycopg2://{DB_USER}:{DB_PASSWORD}@/{DB_NAME}?host={DB_UNIX_SOCKET}'
+    else:
+        SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = f'postgresql://{DB_USER}:{DB_PASSWORD}@{DB_HOST}:{int(DB_PORT)}/{DB_NAME}'
 
     GCP_AUTH_KEY = os.getenv('BUSINESS_GCP_AUTH_KEY', None)
     EMAILER_TOPIC = os.getenv('NAMEX_MAILER_TOPIC', '')