diff --git a/src/lib/server/database/db.ts b/src/lib/server/database/db.ts
index f1df3119ae0f640f9d3f276fc10498f2be90325d..72665a5be7a582547b28fc12c2ef4d37e893a4e1 100644
--- a/src/lib/server/database/db.ts
+++ b/src/lib/server/database/db.ts
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ export const sql = building ? null as unknown as Sql : await init(postgres({
 	password: env.POSTGRES_PASSWORD,
 	port: parseInt(env.POSTGRES_PORT || "5432"),
 	transform: postgres.camel,
-	ssl: {
-		rejectUnauthorized: false
-	}
+	ssl: dev ? false : {
+		rejectUnauthorized: true,
+	},
 }));
 
 async function init(sql: Sql) {