diff --git a/letta/server/startup.sh b/letta/server/startup.sh
index 2e9d7c30..d4523cce 100755
--- a/letta/server/startup.sh
+++ b/letta/server/startup.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ wait_for_postgres() {
 
 # Check if we're configured for external Postgres
 if [ -n "$LETTA_PG_URI" ]; then
-    echo "External Postgres configuration detected, using $LETTA_PG_URI"
+    echo "External Postgres configuration detected, using env var LETTA_PG_URI"
 else
     echo "No external Postgres configuration detected, starting internal PostgreSQL..."
     # Start PostgreSQL using the base image's entrypoint script