diff --git a/chart/templates/transcoder/deployment.yaml b/chart/templates/transcoder/deployment.yaml
index acc015c1..530e1151 100644
--- a/chart/templates/transcoder/deployment.yaml
+++ b/chart/templates/transcoder/deployment.yaml
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ spec:
               value: {{ .Values.global.postgres.kyoo_transcoder.host }}
             - name: POSTGRES_PORT
               value: "{{ .Values.global.postgres.kyoo_transcoder.port }}"
+            - name: POSTGRES_SCHEMA
+              value: "{{ .Values.global.postgres.kyoo_transcoder.schema }}"
             {{- with (concat .Values.global.extraEnv .Values.transcoder.kyoo_transcoder.extraEnv) }}
               {{- toYaml . | nindent 12 }}
             {{- end }}
diff --git a/chart/values.yaml b/chart/values.yaml
index 4a29c2b6..56b54c73 100644
--- a/chart/values.yaml
+++ b/chart/values.yaml
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ global:
       host: kyoo-postgresql
       port: 5432
       database: kyoo_transcoder
+      # POSTGRES_SCHEMA disabled means application will not create the schema
+      # and will instead use the user's search path
+      schema: disabled
       kyoo_transcoder:
         userKey: postgres_user
         passwordKey: postgres_password