diff --git a/bulkerlib/implementations/sql/abstract.go b/bulkerlib/implementations/sql/abstract.go
index bf634d8..de855fc 100644
--- a/bulkerlib/implementations/sql/abstract.go
+++ b/bulkerlib/implementations/sql/abstract.go
@@ -94,12 +94,12 @@ func (ps *AbstractSQLStream) postComplete(err error) (bulker.State, error) {
 }
 
 func (ps *AbstractSQLStream) init(ctx context.Context) error {
-	if ps.inited {
-		return nil
-	}
 	if err := ps.sqlAdapter.Ping(ctx); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	if ps.inited {
+		return nil
+	}
 	//setup required db object like 'schema' or 'dataset' if doesn't exist
 	err := ps.sqlAdapter.InitDatabase(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/bulkerlib/implementations/sql/postgres.go b/bulkerlib/implementations/sql/postgres.go
index ad11900..ec07b18 100644
--- a/bulkerlib/implementations/sql/postgres.go
+++ b/bulkerlib/implementations/sql/postgres.go
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ FROM information_schema.table_constraints tco
 WHERE tco.constraint_type = 'PRIMARY KEY' AND 
       kcu.table_schema = $1 AND
       kcu.table_name = $2`
+	pgSetSearchPath                     = `SET search_path TO "%s";`
 	pgCreateDbSchemaIfNotExistsTemplate = `CREATE SCHEMA IF NOT EXISTS "%s"; SET search_path TO "%s";`
 	pgCreateIndexTemplate               = `CREATE INDEX ON %s (%s);`
 
@@ -512,6 +513,16 @@ func (p *Postgres) createIndex(ctx context.Context, table *Table) error {
 
 	return nil
 }
+func (p *Postgres) Ping(ctx context.Context) error {
+	err := p.SQLAdapterBase.Ping(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if _, err = p.txOrDb(ctx).ExecContext(ctx, fmt.Sprintf(pgSetSearchPath, p.config.Schema)); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
 
 // Close underlying sql.DB
 func (p *Postgres) Close() error {