diff --git a/Jenkinsfile.public b/Jenkinsfile.public
index b5916b55b..14bd158df 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile.public
+++ b/Jenkinsfile.public
@@ -119,13 +119,13 @@ pipeline {
 
                 stage('CockroachDB migration compatibility') {
                     environment {
-                        STORJ_COCKROACH_TEST = 'postgres://root@localhost:26257/teststorj?sslmode=disable'
+                        STORJ_COCKROACH_TEST = 'cockroach://root@localhost:26257/teststorj?sslmode=disable'
                         STORJ_POSTGRES_TEST = 'postgres://postgres@localhost/teststorj4?sslmode=disable'
                     }
 
                     steps {
                         // Until we can run all the unit tests with cockroach (i.e. all the sql is fixed to be cockroachdb compatible),
-                        // lets just run a bare bones test here that sets up testplanet and runs the database migtation
+                        // lets just run a bare bones test here that sets up testplanet and runs the database migration
                         sh 'psql -U postgres -c \'create database teststorj4;\''
                         sh 'cockroach sql --insecure --host=localhost:26257 -e \'create database teststorj;\''
                         sh 'cd private/testplanet && go test ./... -run=TestRun'
diff --git a/certificate/authorization/db.go b/certificate/authorization/db.go
index b57b9d476..c317479bb 100644
--- a/certificate/authorization/db.go
+++ b/certificate/authorization/db.go
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func NewDBFromCfg(config DBConfig) (*DB, error) {
 
 // NewDB creates and/or opens the authorization database.
 func NewDB(dbURL string, overwrite bool) (*DB, error) {
-	driver, source, err := dbutil.SplitConnstr(dbURL)
+	driver, source, _, err := dbutil.SplitConnStr(dbURL)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, extensions.ErrRevocationDB.Wrap(err)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/revocation/common.go b/pkg/revocation/common.go
index 0da90fa34..cae4bdbfc 100644
--- a/pkg/revocation/common.go
+++ b/pkg/revocation/common.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func NewDBFromCfg(cfg tlsopts.Config) (*DB, error) {
 
 // NewDB returns a new revocation database given the URL
 func NewDB(dbURL string) (*DB, error) {
-	driver, source, err := dbutil.SplitConnstr(dbURL)
+	driver, source, _, err := dbutil.SplitConnStr(dbURL)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, extensions.ErrRevocationDB.Wrap(err)
 	}
diff --git a/private/dbutil/dbimplementation.go b/private/dbutil/dbimplementation.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..34235ee64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/private/dbutil/dbimplementation.go
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2019 Storj Labs, Inc.
+// See LICENSE for copying information.
+
+package dbutil
+
+// Implementation type of valid DBs
+type Implementation int
+
+const (
+	// Unknown is an unknown db type
+	Unknown Implementation = iota
+	// Postgres is a Postgresdb type
+	Postgres
+	// Cockroach is a Cockroachdb type
+	Cockroach
+	// Bolt is a Bolt kv store
+	Bolt
+	// Redis is a Redis kv store
+	Redis
+)
+
+func setImplementation(s string) Implementation {
+	switch s {
+	case "postgres":
+		return Postgres
+	case "cockroach":
+		return Cockroach
+	case "bolt":
+		return Bolt
+	case "redis":
+		return Redis
+	case "postgresql":
+		return Postgres
+	default:
+		return Unknown
+	}
+}
diff --git a/private/dbutil/split.go b/private/dbutil/split.go
index 8a700dd4c..8f04b971c 100644
--- a/private/dbutil/split.go
+++ b/private/dbutil/split.go
@@ -8,15 +8,23 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )
 
-// SplitConnstr returns the driver and DSN portions of a URL
-func SplitConnstr(s string) (string, string, error) {
+// SplitConnStr returns the driver and DSN portions of a URL, along with the db implementation.
+func SplitConnStr(s string) (driver string, source string, implementation Implementation, err error) {
 	// consider https://github.com/xo/dburl if this ends up lacking
 	parts := strings.SplitN(s, "://", 2)
 	if len(parts) != 2 {
-		return "", "", fmt.Errorf("could not parse DB URL %s", s)
+		return "", "", Unknown, fmt.Errorf("could not parse DB URL %s", s)
 	}
-	if parts[0] == "postgres" {
-		parts[1] = s // postgres wants full URLS for its DSN
+	driver = parts[0]
+	source = parts[1]
+	implementation = setImplementation(parts[0])
+
+	if driver == "postgres" {
+		source = s // postgres wants full URLS for its DSN
 	}
-	return parts[0], parts[1], nil
+	if driver == "cockroach" {
+		driver = "postgres" // cockroach's driver is actually postgres
+		source = "postgres://" + source
+	}
+	return driver, source, implementation, nil
 }
diff --git a/satellite/metainfo/config.go b/satellite/metainfo/config.go
index 13c241085..48897629b 100644
--- a/satellite/metainfo/config.go
+++ b/satellite/metainfo/config.go
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ type PointerDB interface {
 
 // NewStore returns database for storing pointer data
 func NewStore(logger *zap.Logger, dbURLString string) (db PointerDB, err error) {
-	driver, source, err := dbutil.SplitConnstr(dbURLString)
+	driver, source, _, err := dbutil.SplitConnStr(dbURLString)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/satellite/repair/queue/queue2_test.go b/satellite/repair/queue/queue2_test.go
index db1ca9465..f65fb81cb 100644
--- a/satellite/repair/queue/queue2_test.go
+++ b/satellite/repair/queue/queue2_test.go
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ func TestOrder(t *testing.T) {
 				{olderRepairPath, time.Now().Add(-3 * time.Hour)},
 			}
 			for _, item := range updateList {
-				res, err := tx.Tx.ExecContext(ctx, dbAccess.Rebind(`UPDATE injuredsegments SET attempted = timezone('utc', ?) WHERE path = ?`), item.attempted, item.path)
+				res, err := tx.Tx.ExecContext(ctx, dbAccess.Rebind(`UPDATE injuredsegments SET attempted = ? AT TIME ZONE 'UTC' WHERE path = ?`), item.attempted, item.path)
 				if err != nil {
 					return err
 				}
diff --git a/satellite/satellitedb/database.go b/satellite/satellitedb/database.go
index 2f772807e..23be1fb69 100644
--- a/satellite/satellitedb/database.go
+++ b/satellite/satellitedb/database.go
@@ -31,15 +31,16 @@ var (
 
 // DB contains access to different database tables
 type DB struct {
-	log    *zap.Logger
-	db     *dbx.DB
-	driver string
-	source string
+	log            *zap.Logger
+	db             *dbx.DB
+	driver         string
+	implementation dbutil.Implementation
+	source         string
 }
 
 // New creates instance of database supports postgres
 func New(log *zap.Logger, databaseURL string) (satellite.DB, error) {
-	driver, source, err := dbutil.SplitConnstr(databaseURL)
+	driver, source, implementation, err := dbutil.SplitConnStr(databaseURL)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ func New(log *zap.Logger, databaseURL string) (satellite.DB, error) {
 
 	dbutil.Configure(db.DB, mon)
 
-	core := &DB{log: log, db: db, driver: driver, source: source}
+	core := &DB{log: log, db: db, driver: driver, source: source, implementation: implementation}
 	return core, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/satellite/satellitedb/satellitedbtest/cockroachnamespace.go b/satellite/satellitedb/satellitedbtest/cockroachnamespace.go
index fa64421b6..9e7556689 100644
--- a/satellite/satellitedb/satellitedbtest/cockroachnamespace.go
+++ b/satellite/satellitedb/satellitedbtest/cockroachnamespace.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ func NewCockroach(log *zap.Logger, namespacedTestDB string) (satellite.DB, error
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	driver, source, err := dbutil.SplitConnstr(*pgtest.CrdbConnStr)
+	driver, source, _, err := dbutil.SplitConnStr(*pgtest.CrdbConnStr)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -48,12 +48,11 @@ func NewCockroach(log *zap.Logger, namespacedTestDB string) (satellite.DB, error
 	if !r.MatchString(source) {
 		return nil, errs.New("expecting db url format to contain a substring like '/dbName?', but got %s", source)
 	}
-	testConnURL := r.ReplaceAllString(source, "/"+namespacedTestDB+"?")
+	testConnURL := r.ReplaceAllString(*pgtest.CrdbConnStr, "/"+namespacedTestDB+"?")
 	testDB, err := satellitedb.New(log, testConnURL)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-
 	return &namespacedDB{
 		DB:            testDB,
 		parentRawConn: db,
@@ -101,3 +100,9 @@ func (db *namespacedDB) Close() error {
 func (db *namespacedDB) CreateTables() error {
 	return db.DB.CreateTables()
 }
+
+// TestDBAccess for raw database access,
+// should not be used outside of migration tests.
+func (db *namespacedDB) TestDBAccess() *dbx.DB {
+	return db.DB.(interface{ TestDBAccess() *dbx.DB }).TestDBAccess()
+}
diff --git a/satellite/satellitedb/satellitedbtest/cockroachnamespace_test.go b/satellite/satellitedb/satellitedbtest/cockroachnamespace_test.go
index 53332fc01..ddf75a22d 100644
--- a/satellite/satellitedb/satellitedbtest/cockroachnamespace_test.go
+++ b/satellite/satellitedb/satellitedbtest/cockroachnamespace_test.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func TestNewCockroach(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	// assert new test db exists
-	driver, source, err := dbutil.SplitConnstr(*pgtest.CrdbConnStr)
+	driver, source, _, err := dbutil.SplitConnStr(*pgtest.CrdbConnStr)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	db, err := dbx.Open(driver, source)