diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 7b07056..32d81a8 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,28 +1,26 @@
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+      "engines": {
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+      "engines": {
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       }
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+        }
+      }
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+        "postgres-date": "~1.0.4",
+        "postgres-interval": "^1.1.0"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=4"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/pgpass": {
+      "version": "1.0.5",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/pgpass/-/pgpass-1.0.5.tgz",
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+    },
     "node_modules/picomatch": {
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/picomatch/-/picomatch-2.3.1.tgz",
@@ -884,6 +1054,51 @@
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       }
     },
+    "node_modules/postgres-array": {
+      "version": "2.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/postgres-array/-/postgres-array-2.0.0.tgz",
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+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=4"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/postgres-bytea": {
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/postgres-bytea/-/postgres-bytea-1.0.0.tgz",
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+      "dev": true,
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=0.10.0"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/postgres-date": {
+      "version": "1.0.7",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/postgres-date/-/postgres-date-1.0.7.tgz",
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+      "dev": true,
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=0.10.0"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/postgres-interval": {
+      "version": "1.2.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/postgres-interval/-/postgres-interval-1.2.0.tgz",
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+      },
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+        "node": ">=0.10.0"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/postgres-range": {
+      "version": "1.1.4",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/postgres-range/-/postgres-range-1.1.4.tgz",
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+      "dev": true
+    },
     "node_modules/readdirp": {
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/readdirp/-/readdirp-3.6.0.tgz",
@@ -929,6 +1144,15 @@
         "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/isaacs"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/split2": {
+      "version": "4.2.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/split2/-/split2-4.2.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-UcjcJOWknrNkF6PLX83qcHM6KHgVKNkV62Y8a5uYDVv9ydGQVwAHMKqHdJje1VTWpljG0WYpCDhrCdAOYH4TWg==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">= 10.x"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/strip-final-newline": {
       "version": "3.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/strip-final-newline/-/strip-final-newline-3.0.0.tgz",
@@ -1006,6 +1230,15 @@
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         }
       }
+    },
+    "node_modules/xtend": {
+      "version": "4.0.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/xtend/-/xtend-4.0.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-LKYU1iAXJXUgAXn9URjiu+MWhyUXHsvfp7mcuYm9dSUKK0/CjtrUwFAxD82/mCWbtLsGjFIad0wIsod4zrTAEQ==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=0.4"
+      }
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index df3bcda..2ec4d0a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -27,8 +27,10 @@
     "@playwright/test": "^1.48.2",
     "@types/ms": "^0.7.34",
     "@types/node": "^22.8.5",
+    "@types/pg": "^8.11.10",
     "@types/ws": "^8.5.12",
     "esbuild": "^0.24.0",
+    "pg": "^8.13.1",
     "typescript": "^5.6.3"
   },
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/src/postgres.ts b/src/postgres.ts
index 3c8d332..18577ed 100644
--- a/src/postgres.ts
+++ b/src/postgres.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export class Postgres {
       imageName: 'postgres:latest',
       ports: [POSTGRES_PORT],
       healthcheck: {
-        test: ['CMD-SHELL', 'pg_isready'],
+        test: ['CMD-SHELL', 'pg_isready', `--username=${user}`, `--host=localhost`, `--port=${POSTGRES_PORT}`, `--dbname=${db}`],
         intervalMs: ms('1s'),
         retries: 10,
         startPeriodMs: 0,
diff --git a/tests/postgres.spec.ts b/tests/postgres.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..478c56b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/postgres.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { test } from '@playwright/test';
+import pg from 'pg';
+import { Postgres } from '../src/postgres.js';
+
+test('should work', async ({}) => {
+  const s = await Postgres.start({
+    user: 'foo',
+    password: 'bar',
+    db: 'postgres',
+  });
+  const client = new pg.Client(s.connectOptions());
+  await client.connect();
+  await client.query('SELECT 1');
+  await client.end();
+  await s.stop();
+})
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