diff --git a/bin/status b/bin/status
index 6aa9b84..8a3105f 100755
--- a/bin/status
+++ b/bin/status
@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 # Copyright (C) 2015  Stefano Zacchiroli <zack@upsilon.cc>
 # License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
 # See top-level LICENSE file for more information
 
 # intended usage: watch -n 60 bin/status
 
 DBNAME="github"
+DBCONN="-p 5433"
 
-echo "SELECT COUNT(*), MAX(id) FROM repos" | psql "$DBNAME"
-echo "\\l+ ${DBNAME}" | psql "$DBNAME"
+psql="psql $DBCONN --no-psqlrc"
+
+ps auxw | grep bin/batch
+echo "SELECT COUNT(*), MAX(id) FROM repos" | $psql "$DBNAME"
+echo "\\l+ ${DBNAME}" | $psql "$DBNAME"
 du -sh cache/
 zgrep -i --color=auto "'X-RateLimit-Remaining'" cache/$(ls -t cache/ | head -n 4 | tail -n 1)