diff --git a/Gopkg.lock b/Gopkg.lock
index adc6f867..aa20c4f7 100644
--- a/Gopkg.lock
+++ b/Gopkg.lock
@@ -542,7 +542,6 @@
     "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/ethdb",
     "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/p2p",
     "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/p2p/discv5",
-    "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/params",
     "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rlp",
     "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rpc",
     "github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru",
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f8658e97..a46a8e2b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ build: dep
 HOST_NAME = localhost
 PORT = 5432
 NAME =
-CONNECT_STRING=postgresql://$(HOST_NAME):$(PORT)/$(NAME)?sslmode=disable
+USER = vulcanize
+CONNECT_STRING=postgresql://$(USER)@$(HOST_NAME):$(PORT)/$(NAME)?sslmode=disable
 
 # Parameter checks
 ## Check that DB variables are provided
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ checkdbvars:
 	test -n "$(HOST_NAME)" # $$HOST_NAME
 	test -n "$(PORT)" # $$PORT
 	test -n "$(NAME)" # $$NAME
+	test -n "$(USER)" # $$USER
 	@echo $(CONNECT_STRING)
 
 ## Check that the migration variable (id/timestamp) is provided
diff --git a/environments/composeAndExecuteAccountTransformer.toml b/environments/composeAndExecuteAccountTransformer.toml
index 97a2b21a..6ea2c14a 100644
--- a/environments/composeAndExecuteAccountTransformer.toml
+++ b/environments/composeAndExecuteAccountTransformer.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [database]
     name     = "vulcanize_public"
     hostname = "localhost"
-    port     = 5432
+    port     = 3333
 
 [client]
     ipcPath = ""
diff --git a/pkg/plugin/manager/manager.go b/pkg/plugin/manager/manager.go
index e19fbd0b..74e9c182 100644
--- a/pkg/plugin/manager/manager.go
+++ b/pkg/plugin/manager/manager.go
@@ -128,7 +128,13 @@ func (m *manager) fixAndRun(path string) error {
 		return errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("version fixing for plugin migrations at %s failed: %s", path, err.Error()))
 	}
 	// Run the copied migrations with goose
-	pgStr := fmt.Sprintf("postgres://%s:%d/%s?sslmode=disable", m.DBConfig.Hostname, m.DBConfig.Port, m.DBConfig.Name)
+	var pgStr string
+	if len(m.DBConfig.User) > 0 && len(m.DBConfig.Password) > 0 {
+		pgStr = fmt.Sprintf("postgresql://%s:%s@%s:%d/%s?sslmode=disable",
+			m.DBConfig.User, m.DBConfig.Password, m.DBConfig.Hostname, m.DBConfig.Port, m.DBConfig.Name)
+	} else {
+		pgStr = fmt.Sprintf("postgres://%s:%d/%s?sslmode=disable", m.DBConfig.Hostname, m.DBConfig.Port, m.DBConfig.Name)
+	}
 	cmd = exec.Command("goose", "postgres", pgStr, "up")
 	cmd.Dir = m.tmpMigDir
 	err = cmd.Run()