diff --git a/include/dba/dba_pdo.php b/include/dba/dba_pdo.php
index cc2503020..16c1e84e2 100755
--- a/include/dba/dba_pdo.php
+++ b/include/dba/dba_pdo.php
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class dba_pdo extends dba_driver
             $dsn .= ';charset=utf8mb4';
         }
 
-        if ($this->driver_type === 'pgsql' && !strpos($dsn,'client_encoding')) {
+        if ($this->driver_dbtype === 'pgsql' && !strpos($dsn,'client_encoding')) {
             $dsn .= ";options='--client_encoding=UTF8'";
         }