diff --git a/roles/matrix-postgres/templates/env-postgres-psql.j2 b/roles/matrix-postgres/templates/env-postgres-psql.j2
index c61927a3e..220589874 100644
--- a/roles/matrix-postgres/templates/env-postgres-psql.j2
+++ b/roles/matrix-postgres/templates/env-postgres-psql.j2
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 #jinja2: lstrip_blocks: "True"
 PGUSER={{ matrix_postgres_connection_username }}
 PGPASSWORD={{ matrix_postgres_connection_password }}
-PGDATABASE={{ matrix_postgres_db_name }}
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+PGDATABASE={{ matrix_postgres_db_name }}
+# Prevent errors like this:
+# > could not save history to file "//.psql_history": Permission denied
+# .. due to Postgres not being able to write to the filesystem.
+PSQL_HISTORY=/dev/null