diff --git a/db/postgres.go b/db/postgres.go
index b56673f6..f24a4e12 100644
--- a/db/postgres.go
+++ b/db/postgres.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package db
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/gravitl/netmaker/servercfg"
 	"os"
 	"strconv"
 
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ type postgresConnector struct{}
 // postgresConnector.connect connects and
 // initializes a connection to postgres.
 func (pg *postgresConnector) connect() (*gorm.DB, error) {
-	pgConf := GetSQLConf()
+	pgConf := servercfg.GetSQLConf()
 	dsn := fmt.Sprintf(
 		"host=%s port=%d user=%s password=%s dbname=%s sslmode=%s connect_timeout=5",
 		pgConf.Host,
@@ -29,27 +30,11 @@ func (pg *postgresConnector) connect() (*gorm.DB, error) {
 		pgConf.SSLMode,
 	)
 
-	db, err := gorm.Open(postgres.Open(dsn), &gorm.Config{
+	return gorm.Open(postgres.Open(dsn), &gorm.Config{
 		Logger: logger.Default.LogMode(logger.Silent),
 	})
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	// ensure netmaker_v1 schema exists.
-	err = db.Exec("CREATE SCHEMA IF NOT EXISTS netmaker_v1").Error
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	// set the netmaker_v1 schema as the default schema.
-	err = db.Exec("SET search_path TO netmaker_v1").Error
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	return db, nil
 }
+
 func GetSQLConf() config.SQLConfig {
 	var cfg config.SQLConfig
 	cfg.Host = GetSQLHost()