diff --git a/src/lib/database/databases.ts b/src/lib/database/databases.ts
index 2179b5479..9132fc2b2 100644
--- a/src/lib/database/databases.ts
+++ b/src/lib/database/databases.ts
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ export async function stopDatabase(database) {
 	return everStarted;
 }
 
-export async function updatePasswordInDb(database, user, newPassword) {
+export async function updatePasswordInDb(database, user, newPassword, isRoot) {
 	const {
 		id,
 		type,
@@ -157,9 +157,15 @@ export async function updatePasswordInDb(database, user, newPassword) {
 				`DOCKER_HOST=${host} docker exec ${id} mysql -u ${rootUser} -p${rootUserPassword} -e \"ALTER USER '${user}'@'%' IDENTIFIED WITH caching_sha2_password BY '${newPassword}';\"`
 			);
 		} else if (type === 'postgresql') {
-			await asyncExecShell(
-				`DOCKER_HOST=${host} docker exec ${id} psql postgresql://${dbUser}:${dbUserPassword}@${id}:5432/${defaultDatabase} -c "ALTER role ${user} WITH PASSWORD '${newPassword}'"`
-			);
+			if (isRoot) {
+				await asyncExecShell(
+					`DOCKER_HOST=${host} docker exec ${id} psql postgresql://postgres:${rootUserPassword}@${id}:5432/${defaultDatabase} -c "ALTER role postgres WITH PASSWORD '${newPassword}'"`
+				);
+			} else {
+				await asyncExecShell(
+					`DOCKER_HOST=${host} docker exec ${id} psql postgresql://${dbUser}:${dbUserPassword}@${id}:5432/${defaultDatabase} -c "ALTER role ${user} WITH PASSWORD '${newPassword}'"`
+				);
+			}
 		} else if (type === 'mongodb') {
 			await asyncExecShell(
 				`DOCKER_HOST=${host} docker exec ${id} mongo 'mongodb://${rootUser}:${rootUserPassword}@${id}:27017/admin?readPreference=primary&ssl=false' --eval "db.changeUserPassword('${user}','${newPassword}')"`
diff --git a/src/routes/databases/[id]/_Databases/_PostgreSQL.svelte b/src/routes/databases/[id]/_Databases/_PostgreSQL.svelte
index 72b01bcea..343ad74d6 100644
--- a/src/routes/databases/[id]/_Databases/_PostgreSQL.svelte
+++ b/src/routes/databases/[id]/_Databases/_PostgreSQL.svelte
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@
 			>Root (postgres) User Password</label
 		>
 		<CopyPasswordField
-			readonly
-			disabled
+			disabled={!isRunning}
+			readonly={!isRunning}
 			placeholder="Generated automatically after start"
 			id="rootUserPassword"
 			name="rootUserPassword"
-			value={database.rootUserPassword}
+			bind:value={database.rootUserPassword}
 		/>
 	</div>
 	<div class="grid grid-cols-2 items-center">
diff --git a/src/routes/databases/[id]/index.json.ts b/src/routes/databases/[id]/index.json.ts
index cdfb33d21..830deee10 100644
--- a/src/routes/databases/[id]/index.json.ts
+++ b/src/routes/databases/[id]/index.json.ts
@@ -68,9 +68,9 @@ export const post: RequestHandler = async (event) => {
 		const database = await db.getDatabase({ id, teamId });
 		if (isRunning) {
 			if (database.dbUserPassword !== dbUserPassword) {
-				await updatePasswordInDb(database, dbUser, dbUserPassword);
+				await updatePasswordInDb(database, dbUser, dbUserPassword, false);
 			} else if (database.rootUserPassword !== rootUserPassword) {
-				await updatePasswordInDb(database, rootUser, rootUserPassword);
+				await updatePasswordInDb(database, rootUser, rootUserPassword, true);
 			}
 		}
 		await db.updateDatabase({