diff --git a/dspace_statistics_api/database.py b/dspace_statistics_api/database.py
index 73ee022..ddcd9b0 100644
--- a/dspace_statistics_api/database.py
+++ b/dspace_statistics_api/database.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from .config import DATABASE_PORT
 import psycopg2, psycopg2.extras
 
 def database_connection():
-    connection = psycopg2.connect("dbname={} user={} password={} host='{}' port={}".format(DATABASE_NAME, DATABASE_USER, DATABASE_PASS, DATABASE_HOST, DATABASE_PORT), cursor_factory=psycopg2.extras.DictCursor)
+    connection = psycopg2.connect("dbname={} user={} password={} host={} port={}".format(DATABASE_NAME, DATABASE_USER, DATABASE_PASS, DATABASE_HOST, DATABASE_PORT), cursor_factory=psycopg2.extras.DictCursor)
 
     return connection