diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ea879ce..cf361d5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Queue Handlers are simple Go functions that accept a `Context` parameter.
 **Example**: Add a listener on the `hello_world` queue
 
 ```go
-nq, _ := neoq.New(neoq.ConnectionString("postgres://postgres:postgres@localhost:5432/neoq?sslmode=disable"))
+nq, _ := neoq.New(neoq.ConnectionString("postgres://postgres:postgres@localhost:5432/neoq"))
 nq.Listen("hello_world", neoq.NewHandler(func(ctx context.Context) (err error) {
   j, err := neoq.JobFromContext(ctx)
   log.Println("got job id:", j.ID, "messsage:", j.Payload["message"])
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ nq.Listen("hello_world", neoq.NewHandler(func(ctx context.Context) (err error) {
 **Example**: Add a "Hello World" job to the `hello_world` queue
 
 ```go
-nq, _ := neoq.New(neoq.ConnectionString("postgres://postgres:postgres@localhost:5432/neoq?sslmode=disable"))
+nq, _ := neoq.New(neoq.ConnectionString("postgres://postgres:postgres@localhost:5432/neoq"))
 jid, _ := nq.Enqueue(neoq.Job{
   Queue: "hello_world",
   Payload: map[string]interface{}{
diff --git a/examples/listen_for_jobs/main.go b/examples/listen_for_jobs/main.go
index 92808a9..6aad8f8 100644
--- a/examples/listen_for_jobs/main.go
+++ b/examples/listen_for_jobs/main.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ func main() {
 	var err error
 	const queue = "foobar"
 	//
-	nq, _ := neoq.New("postgres://postgres:postgres@127.0.0.1:5432/neoq?sslmode=disable")
+	nq, _ := neoq.New(neoq.ConnectionString("postgres://postgres:postgres@127.0.0.1:5432/neoq"))
 
 	handler := neoq.NewHandler(func(ctx context.Context) (err error) {
 		var j *neoq.Job
diff --git a/neoq.go b/neoq.go
index f81df89..f01707f 100644
--- a/neoq.go
+++ b/neoq.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ const (
 	JobStatusNew              = "new"
 	JobStatusProcessed        = "processed"
 	JobStatusFailed           = "failed"
-	DefaultPgConnectionString = "postgres://postgres:postgres@127.0.0.1:5432/neoq?sslmode=disable"
+	DefaultPgConnectionString = "postgres://postgres:postgres@127.0.0.1:5432/neoq"
 	DefaultTransactionTimeout = 60000 //ms
 	DefaultHandlerDeadline    = 30000 //ms
 	DuplicateJobID            = -1
diff --git a/neoq_test.go b/neoq_test.go
index 772885b..4930941 100644
--- a/neoq_test.go
+++ b/neoq_test.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 
 func TestWorkerListenConn(t *testing.T) {
 	const queue = "foobar"
-	pgBackend, err := NewPgBackend("postgres://postgres:postgres@127.0.0.1:5432/neoq?sslmode=disable")
+	pgBackend, err := NewPgBackend("postgres://postgres:postgres@127.0.0.1:5432/neoq")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}