diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.dev.yml b/docker/docker-compose.dev.yml
index 16c4cec521..09fa33c711 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose.dev.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.dev.yml
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ services:
     ports:
       - 5432:5432
     healthcheck:
-      test: pg_isready --dbname='${DB_DATABASE_NAME}' || exit 1; Chksum="$$(psql --dbname='${DB_DATABASE_NAME}' --username='${DB_USERNAME}' --tuples-only --no-align --command='SELECT SUM(checksum_failures) FROM pg_stat_database')"; echo "checksum failure count is $$Chksum"; [ "$$Chksum" = '0' ] || exit 1
+      test: pg_isready --dbname='${DB_DATABASE_NAME}' || exit 1; Chksum="$$(psql --dbname='${DB_DATABASE_NAME}' --username='${DB_USERNAME}' --tuples-only --no-align --command='SELECT COALESCE(SUM(checksum_failures), 0) FROM pg_stat_database')"; echo "checksum failure count is $$Chksum"; [ "$$Chksum" = '0' ] || exit 1
       interval: 5m
       start_interval: 30s
       start_period: 5m
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.prod.yml b/docker/docker-compose.prod.yml
index 6dc1b70bd3..7503fa73dd 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose.prod.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.prod.yml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ services:
     ports:
       - 5432:5432
     healthcheck:
-      test: pg_isready --dbname='${DB_DATABASE_NAME}' || exit 1; Chksum="$$(psql --dbname='${DB_DATABASE_NAME}' --username='${DB_USERNAME}' --tuples-only --no-align --command='SELECT SUM(checksum_failures) FROM pg_stat_database')"; echo "checksum failure count is $$Chksum"; [ "$$Chksum" = '0' ] || exit 1
+      test: pg_isready --dbname='${DB_DATABASE_NAME}' || exit 1; Chksum="$$(psql --dbname='${DB_DATABASE_NAME}' --username='${DB_USERNAME}' --tuples-only --no-align --command='SELECT COALESCE(SUM(checksum_failures), 0) FROM pg_stat_database')"; echo "checksum failure count is $$Chksum"; [ "$$Chksum" = '0' ] || exit 1
       interval: 5m
       start_interval: 30s
       start_period: 5m
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.yml b/docker/docker-compose.yml
index 02cf1c2408..cdba6985ad 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.yml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - ${DB_DATA_LOCATION}:/var/lib/postgresql/data
     healthcheck:
-      test: pg_isready --dbname='${DB_DATABASE_NAME}' || exit 1; Chksum="$$(psql --dbname='${DB_DATABASE_NAME}' --username='${DB_USERNAME}' --tuples-only --no-align --command='SELECT SUM(checksum_failures) FROM pg_stat_database')"; echo "checksum failure count is $$Chksum"; [ "$$Chksum" = '0' ] || exit 1
+      test: pg_isready --dbname='${DB_DATABASE_NAME}' || exit 1; Chksum="$$(psql --dbname='${DB_DATABASE_NAME}' --username='${DB_USERNAME}' --tuples-only --no-align --command='SELECT COALESCE(SUM(checksum_failures), 0) FROM pg_stat_database')"; echo "checksum failure count is $$Chksum"; [ "$$Chksum" = '0' ] || exit 1
       interval: 5m
       start_interval: 30s
       start_period: 5m