diff --git a/core/compose.yaml b/core/compose.yaml
index e13c12e..646a196 100644
--- a/core/compose.yaml
+++ b/core/compose.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ services:
       # Performance tuning
       POSTGRES_MAX_CONNECTIONS: ${CORE_POSTGRES_MAX_CONNECTIONS:-100}
       POSTGRES_SHARED_BUFFERS: ${CORE_POSTGRES_SHARED_BUFFERS:-256MB}
+      # Preventing password authentication failed for user $USER error
+      POSTGRES_HOST_AUTH_METHOD: scram-sha-256
+      POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS: --auth-host=scram-sha-256
     ports:
       - 5432:5432
     volumes: