diff --git a/visidata/loaders/postgres.py b/visidata/loaders/postgres.py
index 9a8e777d8..15e12fda6 100644
--- a/visidata/loaders/postgres.py
+++ b/visidata/loaders/postgres.py
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ def reload(self):
         if self.options.postgres_schema:
             source = f'"{self.options.postgres_schema}"."{self.source}"'
         else:
-            source = self.source
+            source = f'"{self.source}"'
         with self.sql.cur(f"SELECT * FROM {source}") as cur:
             self.rows = []
             r = cur.fetchone()