diff --git a/backend/src/database.ts b/backend/src/database.ts
index 4f73a1b7d..b106c6ec9 100644
--- a/backend/src/database.ts
+++ b/backend/src/database.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export class DB {
       timezone: '+00:00',
     }
 
-    if (config.DATABASE.SOCKET)
+    if (config.DATABASE.SOCKET && config.DATABASE.SOCKET != "")
       poolConfig.socketPath = config.DATABASE.SOCKET
     else    
       poolConfig.host = config.DATABASE.HOST
diff --git a/contributors/dsbaars.txt b/contributors/dsbaars.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8e4dcbb9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contributors/dsbaars.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+I hereby accept the terms of the Contributor License Agreement in the CONTRIBUTING.md file of the mempool/mempool git repository as of January 25, 2022.
+
+Signed: dsbaars
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker/backend/start.sh b/docker/backend/start.sh
index db610a362..1d8c0d1fc 100644
--- a/docker/backend/start.sh
+++ b/docker/backend/start.sh
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ sed -i "s/__SECOND_CORE_RPC_PASSWORD__/${__SECOND_CORE_RPC_PASSWORD__}/g" mempoo
 
 sed -i "s/__DATABASE_ENABLED__/${__DATABASE_ENABLED__}/g" mempool-config.json
 sed -i "s/__DATABASE_HOST__/${__DATABASE_HOST__}/g" mempool-config.json
-sed -i "s/__DATABASE_SOCKET__/${__DATABASE_SOCKET__}/g" mempool-config.json
+sed -i "s!__DATABASE_SOCKET__!${__DATABASE_SOCKET__}!g" mempool-config.json
 
 sed -i "s/__DATABASE_PORT__/${__DATABASE_PORT__}/g" mempool-config.json
 sed -i "s/__DATABASE_DATABASE__/${__DATABASE_DATABASE__}/g" mempool-config.json