diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dc275c0cadba..6f2d30056251 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 ### Added
 - Linkify top pages [plausible/analytics#91](https://github.com/plausible/analytics/issues/91)
 
+### Fixed
+- Fix issue with creating a PostgreSQL database when `?ssl=true` [plausible/analytics#347](https://github.com/plausible/analytics/issues/347)
+
 ## [1.0.0] - 2020-10-06
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/lib/plausible_release.ex b/lib/plausible_release.ex
index fbde8dfb3169..24e23759fd13 100644
--- a/lib/plausible_release.ex
+++ b/lib/plausible_release.ex
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ defmodule Plausible.Release do
   end
 
   def createdb do
-    :ok = Application.load(@app)
+    prepare()
 
     for repo <- repos() do
       :ok = ensure_repo_created(repo)