diff --git a/roles/external-postgres/defaults/main.yml b/roles/external-postgres/defaults/main.yml
index 4a1cafb..47c958a 100644
--- a/roles/external-postgres/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/external-postgres/defaults/main.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use_jdbc: True
 postgres_host: "postgresql-srv.d4science.org"
 conductor_db: "postgres" 
 postgres_jdbc_user: "conductor_u"
+postgres_jdbc_pass: '{{ jdbc_pass }}'
 jdbc_db: "conductor"
 postgres_jdbc_url: "jdbc:postgresql://{{ postgres_host }}:5432/{{ jdbc_db }}"