diff --git a/cmd/stdiscosrv/database.go b/cmd/stdiscosrv/database.go
index a206d281b..51aa0f64c 100644
--- a/cmd/stdiscosrv/database.go
+++ b/cmd/stdiscosrv/database.go
@@ -74,16 +74,16 @@ func newInMemoryStore(dir string, flushInterval time.Duration, s3sess *s3.Sessio
 		// Try to read from AWS
 		latestKey, cerr := s3sess.LatestKey()
 		if cerr != nil {
-			log.Println("Error reading database from S3:", err)
+			log.Println("Error finding database from S3:", cerr)
 			return s
 		}
 		fd, cerr := os.Create(path.Join(s.dir, "records.db"))
 		if cerr != nil {
-			log.Println("Error creating database file:", err)
+			log.Println("Error creating database file:", cerr)
 			return s
 		}
 		if cerr := s3sess.Download(fd, latestKey); cerr != nil {
-			log.Printf("Error reading database from S3: %v", err)
+			log.Printf("Error downloading database from S3: %v", cerr)
 		}
 		_ = fd.Close()
 		nr, err = s.read()
diff --git a/lib/s3/s3.go b/lib/s3/s3.go
index ea76ff07d..e74dfbd0e 100644
--- a/lib/s3/s3.go
+++ b/lib/s3/s3.go
@@ -26,9 +26,10 @@ type Object = s3.Object
 
 func NewSession(endpoint, region, bucket, accessKeyID, secretKey string) (*Session, error) {
 	sess, err := session.NewSession(&aws.Config{
-		Region:      aws.String(region),
-		Endpoint:    aws.String(endpoint),
-		Credentials: credentials.NewStaticCredentials(accessKeyID, secretKey, ""),
+		Region:           aws.String(region),
+		Endpoint:         aws.String(endpoint),
+		Credentials:      credentials.NewStaticCredentials(accessKeyID, secretKey, ""),
+		S3ForcePathStyle: aws.Bool(true),
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err