diff --git a/test_runner/batch_others/test_wal_restore.py b/test_runner/batch_others/test_wal_restore.py
index 8cc27a455c..2dbde954fc 100644
--- a/test_runner/batch_others/test_wal_restore.py
+++ b/test_runner/batch_others/test_wal_restore.py
@@ -33,4 +33,4 @@ def test_wal_restore(zenith_env_builder: ZenithEnvBuilder,
             str(port)
         ])
         restored.start()
-        assert restored.safe_psql('select count(*) from t') == [(1000000, )]
+        assert restored.safe_psql('select count(*) from t', user='zenith_admin') == [(1000000, )]
diff --git a/zenith_utils/scripts/restore_from_wal.sh b/zenith_utils/scripts/restore_from_wal.sh
index f05fbc609a..4983449f24 100755
--- a/zenith_utils/scripts/restore_from_wal.sh
+++ b/zenith_utils/scripts/restore_from_wal.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ DATA_DIR=$3
 PORT=$4
 SYSID=`od -A n -j 24 -N 8 -t d8 $WAL_PATH/000000010000000000000002* | cut -c 3-`
 rm -fr $DATA_DIR
-env -i LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$PG_BIN/../lib $PG_BIN/initdb -E utf8 -D $DATA_DIR --sysid=$SYSID
+env -i LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$PG_BIN/../lib $PG_BIN/initdb -E utf8 -U zenith_admin -D $DATA_DIR --sysid=$SYSID
 echo port=$PORT >> $DATA_DIR/postgresql.conf
 REDO_POS=0x`$PG_BIN/pg_controldata -D $DATA_DIR | fgrep "REDO location"| cut -c 42-`
 declare -i WAL_SIZE=$REDO_POS+114