diff --git a/posthog/temporal/workflows/postgres_batch_export.py b/posthog/temporal/workflows/postgres_batch_export.py
index 1844742880876..3c19c8eae8998 100644
--- a/posthog/temporal/workflows/postgres_batch_export.py
+++ b/posthog/temporal/workflows/postgres_batch_export.py
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ def copy_tsv_to_postgres(tsv_file, postgres_connection, schema: str, table_name:
     tsv_file.seek(0)
 
     with postgres_connection.cursor() as cursor:
-        cursor.execute(sql.SQL("SET search_path TO {schema}").format(schema=sql.Identifier(schema)))
+        if schema:
+            cursor.execute(sql.SQL("SET search_path TO {schema}").format(schema=sql.Identifier(schema)))
         cursor.copy_from(
             tsv_file,
             table_name,
@@ -128,6 +129,11 @@ async def insert_into_postgres_activity(inputs: PostgresInsertInputs):
         )
         with postgres_connection(inputs) as connection:
             with connection.cursor() as cursor:
+                if inputs.schema:
+                    table_identifier = sql.Identifier(inputs.schema, inputs.table_name)
+                else:
+                    table_identifier = sql.Identifier(inputs.table_name)
+
                 result = cursor.execute(
                     sql.SQL(
                         """
@@ -145,7 +151,7 @@ async def insert_into_postgres_activity(inputs: PostgresInsertInputs):
                             "timestamp" TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE
                         )
                         """
-                    ).format(sql.Identifier(inputs.schema, inputs.table_name))
+                    ).format(table_identifier)
                 )
 
         schema_columns = [