diff --git a/pkg/cluster/cluster.go b/pkg/cluster/cluster.go
index 8c902afb5..94ca8e864 100644
--- a/pkg/cluster/cluster.go
+++ b/pkg/cluster/cluster.go
@@ -1262,7 +1262,7 @@ func syncResources(a, b *v1.ResourceRequirements) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
-// Check if we need to synchronize connection pool deploymend due to new
+// Check if we need to synchronize connection pool deployment due to new
 // defaults, that are different from what we see in the DeploymentSpec
 func (c *Cluster) needSyncConnPoolDefaults(
 	spec *acidv1.ConnectionPool,
@@ -1283,7 +1283,7 @@ func (c *Cluster) needSyncConnPoolDefaults(
 		*deployment.Spec.Replicas != *config.NumberOfInstances {
 
 		sync = true
-		msg := fmt.Sprintf("NumberOfInstances is different (%d vs %d)",
+		msg := fmt.Sprintf("NumberOfInstances is different (having %d, required %d)",
 			*deployment.Spec.Replicas, *config.NumberOfInstances)
 		reasons = append(reasons, msg)
 	}
@@ -1292,7 +1292,7 @@ func (c *Cluster) needSyncConnPoolDefaults(
 		poolContainer.Image != config.Image {
 
 		sync = true
-		msg := fmt.Sprintf("DockerImage is different (%s vs %s)",
+		msg := fmt.Sprintf("DockerImage is different (having %s, required %s)",
 			poolContainer.Image, config.Image)
 		reasons = append(reasons, msg)
 	}
@@ -1306,7 +1306,7 @@ func (c *Cluster) needSyncConnPoolDefaults(
 	// updates for new resource values).
 	if err == nil && syncResources(&poolContainer.Resources, expectedResources) {
 		sync = true
-		msg := fmt.Sprintf("Resources are different (%+v vs %+v)",
+		msg := fmt.Sprintf("Resources are different (having %+v, required %+v)",
 			poolContainer.Resources, expectedResources)
 		reasons = append(reasons, msg)
 	}
@@ -1321,7 +1321,7 @@ func (c *Cluster) needSyncConnPoolDefaults(
 
 			if ref.Name != c.credentialSecretName(config.User) {
 				sync = true
-				msg := fmt.Sprintf("Pool user is different (%s vs %s)",
+				msg := fmt.Sprintf("Pool user is different (having %s, required %s)",
 					ref.Name, config.User)
 				reasons = append(reasons, msg)
 			}
@@ -1329,7 +1329,7 @@ func (c *Cluster) needSyncConnPoolDefaults(
 
 		if env.Name == "PGSCHEMA" && env.Value != config.Schema {
 			sync = true
-			msg := fmt.Sprintf("Pool schema is different (%s vs %s)",
+			msg := fmt.Sprintf("Pool schema is different (having %s, required %s)",
 				env.Value, config.Schema)
 			reasons = append(reasons, msg)
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/cluster/database.go b/pkg/cluster/database.go
index 064094680..4ad6374a8 100644
--- a/pkg/cluster/database.go
+++ b/pkg/cluster/database.go
@@ -51,11 +51,16 @@ const (
 	`
 )
 
-func (c *Cluster) pgConnectionString() string {
+func (c *Cluster) pgConnectionString(dbname string) string {
 	password := c.systemUsers[constants.SuperuserKeyName].Password
 
-	return fmt.Sprintf("host='%s' dbname=postgres sslmode=require user='%s' password='%s' connect_timeout='%d'",
+	if dbname == "" {
+		dbname = "postgres"
+	}
+
+	return fmt.Sprintf("host='%s' dbname='%s' sslmode=require user='%s' password='%s' connect_timeout='%d'",
 		fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s.svc.%s", c.Name, c.Namespace, c.OpConfig.ClusterDomain),
+		dbname,
 		c.systemUsers[constants.SuperuserKeyName].Name,
 		strings.Replace(password, "$", "\\$", -1),
 		constants.PostgresConnectTimeout/time.Second)
@@ -70,13 +75,17 @@ func (c *Cluster) databaseAccessDisabled() bool {
 }
 
 func (c *Cluster) initDbConn() error {
+	return c.initDbConnWithName("")
+}
+
+func (c *Cluster) initDbConnWithName(dbname string) error {
 	c.setProcessName("initializing db connection")
 	if c.pgDb != nil {
 		return nil
 	}
 
 	var conn *sql.DB
-	connstring := c.pgConnectionString()
+	connstring := c.pgConnectionString(dbname)
 
 	finalerr := retryutil.Retry(constants.PostgresConnectTimeout, constants.PostgresConnectRetryTimeout,
 		func() (bool, error) {
@@ -275,6 +284,8 @@ func (c *Cluster) installLookupFunction(poolSchema, poolUser string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("could not init database connection")
 	}
 	defer func() {
+		// in case if everything went fine this can generate a warning about
+		// trying to close an empty connection.
 		if err := c.closeDbConn(); err != nil {
 			c.logger.Errorf("could not close database connection: %v", err)
 		}
@@ -289,6 +300,10 @@ func (c *Cluster) installLookupFunction(poolSchema, poolUser string) error {
 	templater := template.Must(template.New("sql").Parse(connectionPoolLookup))
 
 	for dbname, _ := range currentDatabases {
+		if err := c.initDbConnWithName(dbname); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("could not init database connection")
+		}
+
 		c.logger.Infof("Install pool lookup function into %s", dbname)
 
 		params := TemplateParams{
@@ -325,6 +340,9 @@ func (c *Cluster) installLookupFunction(poolSchema, poolUser string) error {
 		}
 
 		c.logger.Infof("Pool lookup function installed into %s", dbname)
+		if err := c.closeDbConn(); err != nil {
+			c.logger.Errorf("could not close database connection: %v", err)
+		}
 	}
 
 	c.ConnectionPool.LookupFunction = true