diff --git a/src/database/mongo.js b/src/database/mongo.js
index bedd26f0f5..0374bb0967 100644
--- a/src/database/mongo.js
+++ b/src/database/mongo.js
@@ -77,9 +77,9 @@ mongoModule.getConnectionString = function () {
 	if (!nconf.get('mongo:port')) {
 		nconf.set('mongo:port', 27017);
 	}
-	console.log(nconf.get('mongo:database'), typeof nconf.get('mongo:database'));
-	if (!nconf.get('mongo:database')) {
-		console.log('switching to nodebb database');
+	const dbName = nconf.get('mongo:database');
+	if (dbName === undefined || dbName === '') {
+		winston.warn('You have no database name, using "nodebb"');
 		nconf.set('mongo:database', 'nodebb');
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/database/postgres.js b/src/database/postgres.js
index f06c962c22..463a493ab5 100644
--- a/src/database/postgres.js
+++ b/src/database/postgres.js
@@ -52,7 +52,9 @@ postgresModule.getConnectionOptions = function () {
 	if (!nconf.get('postgres:port')) {
 		nconf.set('postgres:port', 5432);
 	}
-	if (!nconf.get('postgres:database')) {
+	const dbName = nconf.get('postgres:database');
+	if (dbName === undefined || dbName === '') {
+		winston.warn('You have no database name, using "nodebb"');
 		nconf.set('postgres:database', 'nodebb');
 	}