diff --git a/model/config.go b/model/config.go
index f52e8f6c13..04dfa4f5a2 100644
--- a/model/config.go
+++ b/model/config.go
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ const (
 	TeamSettingsDefaultCustomDescriptionText = ""
 	TeamSettingsDefaultUserStatusAwayTimeout = 300
 
-	SqlSettingsDefaultDataSource = "postgres://mmuser:mostest@localhost/mattermost_test?sslmode=disable&connect_timeout=10"
+	SqlSettingsDefaultDataSource = "postgres://mmuser:mostest@localhost/mattermost_test?sslmode=disable&connect_timeout=10&binary_parameters=yes"
 
 	FileSettingsDefaultDirectory = "./data/"