diff --git a/databases.json b/databases.json
index 70eface..351c8b0 100644
--- a/databases.json
+++ b/databases.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     {
       "name": "Test database 1 - PostgreSQL",
       "database": "devdb",
-      "type": "postgresql",
+      "type": "postgresql-cluster",
       "username": "devuser",
       "password": "changeme",
       "port": 5432,
diff --git a/src/domain/postgres/cluster/restore.rs b/src/domain/postgres/cluster/restore.rs
index e24efa8..42bdadd 100644
--- a/src/domain/postgres/cluster/restore.rs
+++ b/src/domain/postgres/cluster/restore.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use std::process::Command;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::time::Instant;
 
-use super::super::connection::{is_superuser, psql_binary_name, select_pg_path, server_version};
+use super::super::connection::{is_superuser, psql_binary_name, select_pg_path, server_version, terminate_all_connections};
 use crate::services::backup::logger::JobLogger;
 use crate::services::config::DatabaseConfig;
 
@@ -40,6 +40,12 @@ pub async fn run(
 
         let psql = select_pg_path(&version).join(psql_binary_name());
 
+        if let Err(e) = futures::executor::block_on(terminate_all_connections(&cfg)) {
+            logger.log("error", format!("Failed to terminate connections for cluster {}: {:?}", cfg.name, e));
+            return Err(e.into());
+        }
+        logger.log("info", format!("All user database connections terminated for cluster {}", cfg.name));
+
         logger.log("info", format!("Replaying cluster dump for {} via {:?}", cfg.name, psql));
 
         let start = Instant::now();
diff --git a/src/domain/postgres/connection.rs b/src/domain/postgres/connection.rs
index 0b0aebd..f4f52fa 100644
--- a/src/domain/postgres/connection.rs
+++ b/src/domain/postgres/connection.rs
@@ -144,6 +144,27 @@ pub async fn terminate_connections(cfg: &DatabaseConfig) -> Result<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
+pub async fn terminate_all_connections(cfg: &DatabaseConfig) -> Result<()> {
+    let mut admin = cfg.clone();
+    admin.database = "postgres".to_string().into();
+
+    let client = connect(&admin).await?;
+
+    client
+        .execute(
+            r#"
+            SELECT pg_terminate_backend(pid)
+            FROM pg_stat_activity
+            WHERE datname NOT IN ('postgres', 'template0', 'template1')
+              AND pid <> pg_backend_pid();
+            "#,
+            &[],
+        )
+        .await?;
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 pub fn detect_format_from_file(restore_file: &Path) -> PostgresDumpFormat {
     match restore_file.extension().and_then(|e| e.to_str()) {
         Some("dump") => PostgresDumpFormat::Fc,