diff --git a/start b/start
index 08e1956e..c6c8c161 100644
--- a/start
+++ b/start
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ function main() {
 	init_horizon
 	copy_pgpass
 
+    stop_postgres
 	# run migrations if enabled (postgres is still running here)
 	run_migrations