diff --git a/group_vars/matrix_servers b/group_vars/matrix_servers
index f7f9d6bd5..fe727616d 100755
--- a/group_vars/matrix_servers
+++ b/group_vars/matrix_servers
@@ -703,6 +703,7 @@ matrix_appservice_irc_homeserver_token: "{{ '%s' | format(matrix_homeserver_gene
 matrix_appservice_irc_database_engine: "{{ 'postgres' if devture_postgres_enabled else 'nedb' }}"
 matrix_appservice_irc_database_hostname: "{{ devture_postgres_connection_hostname if devture_postgres_enabled else '' }}"
 matrix_appservice_irc_database_password: "{{ '%s' | format(matrix_homeserver_generic_secret_key) | password_hash('sha512', 'as.irc.db', rounds=655555) | to_uuid }}"
+matrix_appservice_irc_database_container_network: "{{ devture_postgres_container_network if devture_postgres_enabled else '' }}"
 
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 #
diff --git a/roles/custom/matrix-bridge-appservice-irc/defaults/main.yml b/roles/custom/matrix-bridge-appservice-irc/defaults/main.yml
index f021252c9..3155ebd76 100644
--- a/roles/custom/matrix-bridge-appservice-irc/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/custom/matrix-bridge-appservice-irc/defaults/main.yml
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ matrix_appservice_irc_database_port: 5432
 matrix_appservice_irc_database_name: matrix_appservice_irc
 matrix_appservice_irc_database_sslmode: disable
 
+# The name of the container network to use when importing a NeDB database into Postgres.
+# For Postgres not working in a container, this can be left empty.
+matrix_appservice_irc_database_container_network: ''
+
 # This is just the Postgres connection string, if Postgres is used.
 # Naming clashes with `matrix_appservice_irc_database_connectionString` somewhat.
 matrix_appservice_irc_database_connection_string: 'postgresql://{{ matrix_appservice_irc_database_username }}:{{ matrix_appservice_irc_database_password }}@{{ matrix_appservice_irc_database_hostname }}:{{ matrix_appservice_irc_database_port }}/{{ matrix_appservice_irc_database_name }}?sslmode={{ matrix_appservice_irc_database_sslmode }}'
diff --git a/roles/custom/matrix-bridge-appservice-irc/tasks/migrate_nedb_to_postgres.yml b/roles/custom/matrix-bridge-appservice-irc/tasks/migrate_nedb_to_postgres.yml
index 79978ecd3..6a3edb895 100644
--- a/roles/custom/matrix-bridge-appservice-irc/tasks/migrate_nedb_to_postgres.yml
+++ b/roles/custom/matrix-bridge-appservice-irc/tasks/migrate_nedb_to_postgres.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,9 @@
       --rm
       --user={{ matrix_user_uid }}:{{ matrix_user_gid }}
       --cap-drop=ALL
-      --network={{ matrix_docker_network }}
+      {% if matrix_appservice_irc_database_container_network %}
+      --network={{ matrix_appservice_irc_database_container_network }}
+      {% endif %}
       --mount type=bind,src={{ matrix_appservice_irc_data_path }},dst=/data
       --entrypoint=/bin/sh
       {{ matrix_appservice_irc_docker_image }}