diff --git a/src/hanabi/database/database.py b/src/hanabi/database/database.py
index b3921da..fe8d0dd 100644
--- a/src/hanabi/database/database.py
+++ b/src/hanabi/database/database.py
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ class DBConnectionManager:
         logger.info("Initialised default config file {}".format(self.config_file))
 
     def connect(self):
-        conn = psycopg2.connect("dbname='{}' user='{}' password='{}' host='localhost'".format(
-            self.db_name, self.db_user, self.db_pass)
+        conn = psycopg2.connect("dbname='{}' user='{}' password='{}' host='localhost' sslmode='disable'".format(
+            self.db_name, self.db_user, self.db_pass),
         )
         cur = conn.cursor()
         self.lazy_conn.set_conn(conn)
diff --git a/src/hanabi/live/download_data.py b/src/hanabi/live/download_data.py
index ebe0a24..9a7ff12 100644
--- a/src/hanabi/live/download_data.py
+++ b/src/hanabi/live/download_data.py
@@ -250,12 +250,12 @@ def _process_game_row(game: Dict, var_id, export_all_games: bool = False):
             "ON CONFLICT (id) DO NOTHING",
             (game_id, seed, num_players, score, var_id)
         )
+        database.cur.execute("RELEASE seed_insert")
     except psycopg2.errors.ForeignKeyViolation:
         # Sometimes, seed is not present in the database yet, then we will have to query the full game details
         # (including the seed) to export it accordingly
         database.cur.execute("ROLLBACK TO seed_insert")
         detailed_export_game(game_id, score=score, var_id=var_id)
-    database.cur.execute("RELEASE seed_insert")
 
     # Insert participants into database
     ids = ensure_users_in_db_and_get_ids(users)