diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/invidious.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/invidious.nix
index fc9c1ec06f65..e4fbc6fd9368 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/invidious.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/invidious.nix
@@ -109,8 +109,16 @@ let
     # Default to using the local database if we create it
     services.invidious.database.host = lib.mkDefault null;
 
+
+    # TODO(raitobezarius to maintainers of invidious): I strongly advise to clean up the kemal specific
+    # thing for 24.05 and use `ensureDBOwnership`.
+    # See https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/216989
+    systemd.services.postgresql.postStart = lib.mkAfter ''
+      $PSQL -tAc 'ALTER DATABASE "${cfg.settings.db.dbname}" OWNER TO "${cfg.settings.db.user}";'
+    '';
     services.postgresql = {
       enable = true;
+      ensureUsers = lib.singleton { name = cfg.settings.db.user; ensureDBOwnership = false; };
       ensureDatabases = lib.singleton cfg.settings.db.dbname;
       # This is only needed because the unix user invidious isn't the same as
       # the database user. This tells postgres to map one to the other.
@@ -130,6 +138,7 @@ let
       documentation = [ "https://docs.invidious.io/Database-Information-and-Maintenance.md" ];
       startAt = lib.mkDefault "weekly";
       path = [ config.services.postgresql.package ];
+      after = [ "postgresql.service" ];
       script = ''
         psql ${cfg.settings.db.dbname} ${cfg.settings.db.user} -c "DELETE FROM nonces * WHERE expire < current_timestamp"
         psql ${cfg.settings.db.dbname} ${cfg.settings.db.user} -c "TRUNCATE TABLE videos"
diff --git a/nixos/tests/invidious.nix b/nixos/tests/invidious.nix
index 582d1550fff1..701e8e5e7a3f 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/invidious.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/invidious.nix
@@ -44,8 +44,7 @@ import ./make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, ... }: {
             enable = true;
             initialScript = pkgs.writeText "init-postgres-with-password" ''
               CREATE USER kemal WITH PASSWORD 'correct horse battery staple';
-              CREATE DATABASE invidious;
-              GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE invidious TO kemal;
+              CREATE DATABASE invidious OWNER kemal;
             '';
           };
       };