diff --git a/controller/PostgreSQL.cpp b/controller/PostgreSQL.cpp
index 7b0cfa5f2..473002452 100644
--- a/controller/PostgreSQL.cpp
+++ b/controller/PostgreSQL.cpp
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ using json = nlohmann::json;
 
 namespace {
 
-static const int DB_MINIMUM_VERSION = 38;
+static const int DB_MINIMUM_VERSION = 20;
 
 static const char *_timestr()
 {