diff --git a/roles/trade_hub/README.md b/roles/trade_hub/README.md
index d1b4b16..4919854 100644
--- a/roles/trade_hub/README.md
+++ b/roles/trade_hub/README.md
@@ -40,8 +40,11 @@ node):
 trade_hub_postgres_password: "choose-something-strong"
 ```
 
-If it is omitted, the role falls back to `POSTGRES_PASSWORD` from the control
-node environment, then to the development default `sc_inventory_dev`.
+If it is omitted, the role falls back to the play variable `POSTGRES_PASSWORD`,
+then to `POSTGRES_PASSWORD` from the control node environment, then to the
+development default `sc_inventory_dev`. If the password contains characters
+that are significant in a URL (`@`, `:`, `/`, …), set `trade_hub_database_url`
+explicitly as well.
 
 ## Common variables
 
@@ -57,7 +60,7 @@ node environment, then to the development default `sc_inventory_dev`.
 | `trade_hub_postgres_image` | `docker.io/library/postgres:16-alpine` | Database image |
 | `trade_hub_postgres_user` | `sc_inventory` | Database user |
 | `trade_hub_postgres_db` | `sc_inventory` | Database name |
-| `trade_hub_postgres_password` | env `POSTGRES_PASSWORD` or `sc_inventory_dev` | Database password |
+| `trade_hub_postgres_password` | play var/env `POSTGRES_PASSWORD` or `sc_inventory_dev` | Database password |
 | `trade_hub_network` | `sc-inventory` | Podman network name |
 | `trade_hub_volume` | `sc-inventory-data` | PostgreSQL data volume |
 | `trade_hub_frontend_bind` | `0.0.0.0` | Address the frontend publishes on |
diff --git a/roles/trade_hub/defaults/main.yml b/roles/trade_hub/defaults/main.yml
index 3dc7ce9..7ac3a7b 100644
--- a/roles/trade_hub/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/trade_hub/defaults/main.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ trade_hub_frontend_container: sc-inventory-frontend
 # Database.
 trade_hub_postgres_user: sc_inventory
 trade_hub_postgres_db: sc_inventory
-trade_hub_postgres_password: "{{ lookup('env', 'POSTGRES_PASSWORD') | default('sc_inventory_dev', true) }}"
+trade_hub_postgres_password: "{{ POSTGRES_PASSWORD | default(lookup('env', 'POSTGRES_PASSWORD'), true) | default('sc_inventory_dev', true) }}"
 trade_hub_database_url: "postgresql+psycopg://{{ trade_hub_postgres_user }}:{{ trade_hub_postgres_password }}@db:5432/{{ trade_hub_postgres_db }}"
 trade_hub_db_wait_seconds: 60
 
diff --git a/roles/trade_hub/tasks/main.yml b/roles/trade_hub/tasks/main.yml
index e8e7752..b374964 100644
--- a/roles/trade_hub/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/trade_hub/tasks/main.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
       podman is not installed on {{ inventory_hostname }}. Install it first
       (for example with the "packages" role) or run this role with
       -e trade_hub_install_podman=true.
-    quiet: true
 
 - name: Remove the legacy Apache container when requested
   containers.podman.podman_container:
@@ -122,7 +121,6 @@
       trade_hub_build_images is false but {{ trade_hub_backend_image }}:{{
       trade_hub_image_tag }} and/or {{ trade_hub_frontend_image }}:{{
       trade_hub_image_tag }} are missing on {{ inventory_hostname }}.
-    quiet: true
   when: not trade_hub_build_images | bool
 
 - name: Record whether the application containers need to be recreated