diff --git a/scripts/remove b/scripts/remove
index 4acf266..af11b31 100644
--- a/scripts/remove
+++ b/scripts/remove
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ ynh_remove_systemd_config "$app-streaming"
 #=================================================
 ynh_print_info "Removing the PostgreSQL database"
 
+ynh_psql_execute_as_root "\connect $db_name 
+SELECT pg_terminate_backend (pg_stat_activity.pid) FROM pg_stat_activity WHERE pg_stat_activity.datname = '$db_name';"
+
 # delete postgresql database & user
 ynh_psql_remove_db $db_name $db_name