diff --git a/nix/modules/default/default.nix b/nix/modules/default/default.nix
index d39919c32..093087fa2 100644
--- a/nix/modules/default/default.nix
+++ b/nix/modules/default/default.nix
@@ -223,7 +223,8 @@ in
 
       systemd.services.spacebar-apply-migrations = makeServerTsService {
         description = "Spacebar Server - Apply DB migrations";
-        after = [ "network-online.target" "postgresql.service" ];
+        after = [ "network-online.target" ] ++ lib.optional config.services.postgresql.enable "postgresql.service";
+        requires = lib.optional config.services.postgresql.enable "postgresql.service";
         environment = builtins.mapAttrs (_: val: builtins.toString val) (
           cfg.extraEnvironment
           // {