diff --git a/internal/sinks/sql/ensure_partition_postgres.sql b/internal/sinks/sql/ensure_partition_postgres.sql
index 8ffb7d356..b68b49d65 100644
--- a/internal/sinks/sql/ensure_partition_postgres.sql
+++ b/internal/sinks/sql/ensure_partition_postgres.sql
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION admin.ensure_partition_metric_dbname_time(
     metric text,
     dbname text,
     metric_timestamp timestamptz,
-    partitions_to_precreate int default 0,
+    partitions_to_precreate int default 3,
     OUT part_available_from timestamptz,
     OUT part_available_to timestamptz)
 RETURNS record AS