diff --git a/machines/renge/services/invidious/default.nix b/machines/renge/services/invidious/default.nix
index d2c6578..1242ce6 100644
--- a/machines/renge/services/invidious/default.nix
+++ b/machines/renge/services/invidious/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021-2023 Simon Bruder <simon@sbruder.de>
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021-2024 Simon Bruder <simon@sbruder.de>
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
 
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@
       use_pubsub_feeds = true;
       modified_source_code_url = "https://github.com/sbruder/invidious/tree/patches";
       https_only = lib.mkForce true;
+
+      # this can be removed
+      # when this service is re-deployed on a host with state version ≥ 24.05
+      db.user = "invidious";
     };
     extraSettingsFile = config.sops.secrets.invidious-extra-settings.path;
   };