diff --git a/templates/docker-service-postgres.yml.j2 b/templates/docker-service-postgres.yml.j2
index 92b50760..f7a24ae4 100644
--- a/templates/docker-service-postgres.yml.j2
+++ b/templates/docker-service-postgres.yml.j2
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
       - POSTGRES_PASSWORD={{database_password}}
       - POSTGRES_USER={{database_username}}
       - POSTGRES_DB={{database_name}}
-      - POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS="--encoding=UTF8 --locale=C"
+      - POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS=--encoding=UTF8 --locale=C
     restart: always
     healthcheck:
       test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready -U {{database_name}}"]