diff --git a/scripts/nextcloud-mail-sync.sh b/scripts/nextcloud-mail-sync.sh
index a3ca3b6..6c883fc 100755
--- a/scripts/nextcloud-mail-sync.sh
+++ b/scripts/nextcloud-mail-sync.sh
@@ -7,11 +7,48 @@ KC_ADMIN_USER="${KC_ADMIN_USER:?}"
 KC_ADMIN_PASS="${KC_ADMIN_PASS:?}"
 MAILU_DOMAIN="${MAILU_DOMAIN:?}"
 ONLY_USERNAME="${ONLY_USERNAME:-}"
+POSTGRES_HOST="${POSTGRES_HOST:-}"
+POSTGRES_DB="${POSTGRES_DB:-}"
+POSTGRES_USER="${POSTGRES_USER:-}"
+POSTGRES_PASSWORD="${POSTGRES_PASSWORD:-}"
 
 if ! command -v jq >/dev/null 2>&1; then
   apt-get update && apt-get install -y jq curl >/dev/null
 fi
 
+ensure_psql() {
+  if command -v psql >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    return 0
+  fi
+  apt-get update && apt-get install -y postgresql-client >/dev/null
+}
+
+set_editor_mode_richtext() {
+  local ids=("$@")
+
+  if [[ ${#ids[@]} -eq 0 ]]; then
+    return 0
+  fi
+
+  if [[ -z "${POSTGRES_HOST}" || -z "${POSTGRES_DB}" || -z "${POSTGRES_USER}" || -z "${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}" ]]; then
+    echo "WARN: missing postgres env; cannot update mail editor_mode" >&2
+    return 0
+  fi
+
+  ensure_psql
+
+  local ids_csv
+  ids_csv=$(IFS=,; echo "${ids[*]}")
+
+  PGPASSWORD="${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}" psql \
+    -h "${POSTGRES_HOST}" \
+    -U "${POSTGRES_USER}" \
+    -d "${POSTGRES_DB}" \
+    -v ON_ERROR_STOP=1 \
+    -c "UPDATE oc_mail_accounts SET editor_mode='richtext' WHERE id IN (${ids_csv}) AND editor_mode <> 'richtext';" \
+    >/dev/null
+}
+
 list_mail_accounts() {
   local user_id="${1}"
   local export_out
@@ -184,8 +221,10 @@ while read -r user; do
       mailu_account_count="0"
     fi
     primary_email_after=""
+    editor_mode_ids=()
     if [[ -n "${mailu_accounts_after}" ]]; then
       while IFS=$'\t' read -r _account_id account_email; do
+        editor_mode_ids+=("${_account_id}")
         if [[ "${account_email,,}" == "${desired_email,,}" ]]; then
           primary_email_after="${account_email}"
           break
@@ -195,6 +234,7 @@ while read -r user; do
         fi
       done <<<"${mailu_accounts_after}"
     fi
+    set_editor_mode_richtext "${editor_mode_ids[@]}"
   else
     mailu_account_count="0"
     primary_email_after=""
diff --git a/services/nextcloud-mail-sync/cronjob.yaml b/services/nextcloud-mail-sync/cronjob.yaml
index 55a593d..55ff608 100644
--- a/services/nextcloud-mail-sync/cronjob.yaml
+++ b/services/nextcloud-mail-sync/cronjob.yaml
@@ -41,6 +41,23 @@ spec:
                       key: password
                 - name: MAILU_DOMAIN
                   value: bstein.dev
+                - name: POSTGRES_HOST
+                  value: postgres-service.postgres.svc.cluster.local
+                - name: POSTGRES_DB
+                  valueFrom:
+                    secretKeyRef:
+                      name: nextcloud-db
+                      key: database
+                - name: POSTGRES_USER
+                  valueFrom:
+                    secretKeyRef:
+                      name: nextcloud-db
+                      key: db-username
+                - name: POSTGRES_PASSWORD
+                  valueFrom:
+                    secretKeyRef:
+                      name: nextcloud-db
+                      key: db-password
               resources:
                 requests:
                   cpu: 100m