diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/restya-board.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/restya-board.nix
index 0bfa2368787..1a8199ab3b3 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/restya-board.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/restya-board.nix
@@ -263,8 +263,8 @@ in
       serviceConfig.RemainAfterExit = true;
 
       wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
-      requires = [ "postgresql.service" ];
-      after = [ "network.target" "postgresql.service" ];
+      requires = if cfg.database.host == null then [] else [ "postgresql.service" ];
+      after = [ "network.target" ] ++ (if cfg.database.host == null then [] else [ "postgresql.service" ]);
 
       script = ''
         rm -rf "${runDir}"
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ in
           sed -i "s/^.*'R_DB_PASSWORD'.*$/define('R_DB_PASSWORD', 'restya');/g" "${runDir}/server/php/config.inc.php"
         '' else ''
           sed -i "s/^.*'R_DB_HOST'.*$/define('R_DB_HOST', '${cfg.database.host}');/g" "${runDir}/server/php/config.inc.php"
-          sed -i "s/^.*'R_DB_PASSWORD'.*$/define('R_DB_PASSWORD', ${if cfg.database.passwordFile == null then "''" else "'file_get_contents(${cfg.database.passwordFile})'"});/g" "${runDir}/server/php/config.inc.php
+          sed -i "s/^.*'R_DB_PASSWORD'.*$/define('R_DB_PASSWORD', ${if cfg.database.passwordFile == null then "''" else "'$(cat ${cfg.database.passwordFile})');/g"}" "${runDir}/server/php/config.inc.php"
         ''}
         sed -i "s/^.*'R_DB_PORT'.*$/define('R_DB_PORT', '${toString cfg.database.port}');/g" "${runDir}/server/php/config.inc.php"
         sed -i "s/^.*'R_DB_NAME'.*$/define('R_DB_NAME', '${cfg.database.name}');/g" "${runDir}/server/php/config.inc.php"