diff --git a/UPDATE.md b/UPDATE.md
index 9368bdf..ad2bc33 100644
--- a/UPDATE.md
+++ b/UPDATE.md
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ pgloader mysql://old_user:old_password@127.0.0.1/old_catask pgsql://new_user:new
     ...
 ```
 
+5. modify your .env file to have new database credentials and change database port to 5432 (default for postgres)
+
 ## 1.7.0 -> 1.7.x
 pull the update: `git pull`  
 make the following changes in your config.json file: