diff --git a/access_node/__main__.py b/access_node/__main__.py
index 6bbe0b5a29353fa6f26626634e5773a583cf08b7..39dfd78630800656f150cabfcd7b98e173cd13b2 100644
--- a/access_node/__main__.py
+++ b/access_node/__main__.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def main():
 	time.sleep(5)
 
 	# get simulation nodes
-	con = ConnectToDatabase('postgres', 'docker', 5432)
+	con = ConnectToDatabase('postgres', 'postgres', 5432)
 	cur = con.cursor()
 	# NEST
 	cur.execute("SELECT address FROM nest_simulation_node")
diff --git a/access_node/controllers/arbor_controller.py b/access_node/controllers/arbor_controller.py
index 4b8115a2c70cbc7f269f31510a1b33ee4e1086e1..00a4ac4273c0d12a9f829bac53b3cb61d930e19a 100644
--- a/access_node/controllers/arbor_controller.py
+++ b/access_node/controllers/arbor_controller.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import numpy as np
 
 def connect_to_database():
     return psycopg2.connect(database="postgres", user="postgres",
-                       password="docker", host="database", port="5432")
+                       password="postgres", host="database", port="5432")
 
 
 def arbor_get_attributes():  # noqa: E501
diff --git a/access_node/controllers/nest_controller.py b/access_node/controllers/nest_controller.py
index c183e09d07f6a4e42f0b3015895ce44fec5ea9c6..a9436f6547222291c6814ddcb0f17ffe14e59bd1 100644
--- a/access_node/controllers/nest_controller.py
+++ b/access_node/controllers/nest_controller.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import numpy as np
 
 def connect_to_database():
     return psycopg2.connect(database="postgres", user="postgres",
-                       password="docker", host="database", port="5432")
+                       password="postgres", host="database", port="5432")
 
 
 def nest_get_gids():  # noqa: E501