diff --git a/mealie/core/settings/db_providers.py b/mealie/core/settings/db_providers.py
index 7de9a63c03e4..9cd1a5aea101 100644
--- a/mealie/core/settings/db_providers.py
+++ b/mealie/core/settings/db_providers.py
@@ -45,28 +45,15 @@ class PostgresProvider(AbstractDBProvider, BaseSettings):
     @property
     def db_url(self) -> str:
         host = f"{self.POSTGRES_SERVER}:{self.POSTGRES_PORT}"
-        try:
-            url = PostgresDsn.build(
+        return str(
+            PostgresDsn.build(
                 scheme="postgresql",
                 username=self.POSTGRES_USER,
-                password=self.POSTGRES_PASSWORD,
+                password=urlparse.quote_plus(self.POSTGRES_PASSWORD),
                 host=host,
                 path=f"{self.POSTGRES_DB or ''}",
             )
-        except ValueError as outer_error:
-            try:
-                # if the password contains special characters, it needs to be URL encoded
-                url = PostgresDsn.build(
-                    scheme="postgresql",
-                    username=self.POSTGRES_USER,
-                    password=urlparse.quote_plus(self.POSTGRES_PASSWORD),
-                    host=host,
-                    path=f"{self.POSTGRES_DB or ''}",
-                )
-            except Exception:
-                raise outer_error
-
-        return str(url)
+        )
 
     @property
     def db_url_public(self) -> str: