diff --git a/.env.template b/.env.template
index d3038270..66c9d982 100644
--- a/.env.template
+++ b/.env.template
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SECRET_KEY=
 TIMEZONE=Europe/Berlin
 
 # add only a database password if you want to run with the default postgres, otherwise change settings accordingly
-DB_ENGINE=django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2
+DB_ENGINE=django.db.backends.postgresql
 POSTGRES_HOST=db_recipes
 POSTGRES_PORT=5432
 POSTGRES_USER=djangodb
diff --git a/cookbook/views/views.py b/cookbook/views/views.py
index 4be75c4b..c07b77b9 100644
--- a/cookbook/views/views.py
+++ b/cookbook/views/views.py
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ def history(request):
 
 @group_required('admin')
 def system(request):
-    postgres = False if settings.DATABASES['default']['ENGINE'] == 'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2' else True
+    postgres = False if (settings.DATABASES['default']['ENGINE'] == 'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2' or settings.DATABASES['default']['ENGINE'] == 'django.db.backends.postgresql') else True
 
     secret_key = False if os.getenv('SECRET_KEY') else True
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 14d06c01..f2dc6bde 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ gunicorn==20.0.4
 lxml==4.6.2
 Markdown==3.3.3
 Pillow==8.0.1
-psycopg2-binary==2.8.6
 python-dotenv==0.15.0
 requests==2.25.0
 simplejson==3.17.2