diff --git a/templates/pg_hba.conf.erb.erb b/templates/pg_hba.conf.erb.erb
index 767bf86..779d83b 100644
--- a/templates/pg_hba.conf.erb.erb
+++ b/templates/pg_hba.conf.erb.erb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # Type database user address method options
 
 # "local" is for Unix domain socket connections only
-local   all             all                                     md5
+local   all             all                                     trust
 # IPv4 local connections:
 host    all             all             127.0.0.1/32            md5
 # IPv6 local connections: