diff --git a/dialects/dialect.go b/dialects/dialect.go
index a3328e05..3c98a4a5 100644
--- a/dialects/dialect.go
+++ b/dialects/dialect.go
@@ -32,8 +32,9 @@ type URI struct {
 
 // SetSchema set schema
 func (uri *URI) SetSchema(schema string) {
+	// hack me
 	if uri.DBType == schemas.POSTGRES {
-		uri.Schema = schema
+		uri.Schema = strings.TrimSpace(schema)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -43,7 +44,6 @@ type Dialect interface {
 	URI() *URI
 	SQLType(*schemas.Column) string
 	FormatBytes(b []byte) string
-	DefaultSchema() string
 
 	IsReserved(string) bool
 	Quoter() schemas.Quoter
@@ -83,10 +83,6 @@ func (b *Base) Quoter() schemas.Quoter {
 	return b.quoter
 }
 
-func (b *Base) DefaultSchema() string {
-	return ""
-}
-
 func (b *Base) Init(dialect Dialect, uri *URI) error {
 	b.dialect, b.uri = dialect, uri
 	return nil
diff --git a/dialects/postgres.go b/dialects/postgres.go
index a83c3a5c..16213c76 100644
--- a/dialects/postgres.go
+++ b/dialects/postgres.go
@@ -770,7 +770,10 @@ var (
 	postgresQuoter = schemas.Quoter{'"', '"', schemas.AlwaysReserve}
 )
 
-const postgresPublicSchema = "public"
+var (
+	// DefaultPostgresSchema default postgres schema
+	DefaultPostgresSchema = "public"
+)
 
 type postgres struct {
 	Base
@@ -778,14 +781,14 @@ type postgres struct {
 
 func (db *postgres) Init(uri *URI) error {
 	db.quoter = postgresQuoter
-	err := db.Base.Init(db, uri)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
+	return db.Base.Init(db, uri)
+}
+
+func (db *postgres) getSchema() string {
+	if db.uri.Schema != "" {
+		return db.uri.Schema
 	}
-	if db.uri.Schema == "" {
-		db.uri.Schema = postgresPublicSchema
-	}
-	return nil
+	return DefaultPostgresSchema
 }
 
 func (db *postgres) needQuote(name string) bool {
@@ -817,10 +820,6 @@ func (db *postgres) SetQuotePolicy(quotePolicy QuotePolicy) {
 	}
 }
 
-func (db *postgres) DefaultSchema() string {
-	return postgresPublicSchema
-}
-
 func (db *postgres) SQLType(c *schemas.Column) string {
 	var res string
 	switch t := c.SQLType.Name; t {
@@ -932,32 +931,32 @@ func (db *postgres) CreateTableSQL(table *schemas.Table, tableName string) ([]st
 }
 
 func (db *postgres) IndexCheckSQL(tableName, idxName string) (string, []interface{}) {
-	if len(db.uri.Schema) == 0 {
+	if len(db.getSchema()) == 0 {
 		args := []interface{}{tableName, idxName}
 		return `SELECT indexname FROM pg_indexes WHERE tablename = ? AND indexname = ?`, args
 	}
 
-	args := []interface{}{db.uri.Schema, tableName, idxName}
+	args := []interface{}{db.getSchema(), tableName, idxName}
 	return `SELECT indexname FROM pg_indexes ` +
 		`WHERE schemaname = ? AND tablename = ? AND indexname = ?`, args
 }
 
 func (db *postgres) IsTableExist(queryer core.Queryer, ctx context.Context, tableName string) (bool, error) {
-	if len(db.uri.Schema) == 0 {
+	if len(db.getSchema()) == 0 {
 		return db.HasRecords(queryer, ctx, `SELECT tablename FROM pg_tables WHERE tablename = $1`, tableName)
 	}
 
 	return db.HasRecords(queryer, ctx, `SELECT tablename FROM pg_tables WHERE schemaname = $1 AND tablename = $2`,
-		db.uri.Schema, tableName)
+		db.getSchema(), tableName)
 }
 
 func (db *postgres) ModifyColumnSQL(tableName string, col *schemas.Column) string {
-	if len(db.uri.Schema) == 0 || strings.Contains(tableName, ".") {
+	if len(db.getSchema()) == 0 || strings.Contains(tableName, ".") {
 		return fmt.Sprintf("alter table %s ALTER COLUMN %s TYPE %s",
 			tableName, col.Name, db.SQLType(col))
 	}
 	return fmt.Sprintf("alter table %s.%s ALTER COLUMN %s TYPE %s",
-		db.uri.Schema, tableName, col.Name, db.SQLType(col))
+		db.getSchema(), tableName, col.Name, db.SQLType(col))
 }
 
 func (db *postgres) DropIndexSQL(tableName string, index *schemas.Index) string {
@@ -974,17 +973,17 @@ func (db *postgres) DropIndexSQL(tableName string, index *schemas.Index) string
 			idxName = fmt.Sprintf("IDX_%v_%v", tableName, index.Name)
 		}
 	}
-	if db.uri.Schema != "" {
-		idxName = db.uri.Schema + "." + idxName
+	if db.getSchema() != "" {
+		idxName = db.getSchema() + "." + idxName
 	}
 	return fmt.Sprintf("DROP INDEX %v", db.Quoter().Quote(idxName))
 }
 
 func (db *postgres) IsColumnExist(queryer core.Queryer, ctx context.Context, tableName, colName string) (bool, error) {
-	args := []interface{}{db.uri.Schema, tableName, colName}
+	args := []interface{}{db.getSchema(), tableName, colName}
 	query := "SELECT column_name FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS WHERE table_schema = $1 AND table_name = $2" +
 		" AND column_name = $3"
-	if len(db.uri.Schema) == 0 {
+	if len(db.getSchema()) == 0 {
 		args = []interface{}{tableName, colName}
 		query = "SELECT column_name FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS WHERE table_name = $1" +
 			" AND column_name = $2"
@@ -1000,7 +999,7 @@ func (db *postgres) IsColumnExist(queryer core.Queryer, ctx context.Context, tab
 }
 
 func (db *postgres) GetColumns(queryer core.Queryer, ctx context.Context, tableName string) ([]string, map[string]*schemas.Column, error) {
-	args := []interface{}{db.uri.Schema, tableName, db.uri.Schema}
+	args := []interface{}{tableName}
 	s := `SELECT column_name, column_default, is_nullable, data_type, character_maximum_length,
     CASE WHEN p.contype = 'p' THEN true ELSE false END AS primarykey,
     CASE WHEN p.contype = 'u' THEN true ELSE false END AS uniquekey
@@ -1011,7 +1010,15 @@ FROM pg_attribute f
     LEFT JOIN pg_constraint p ON p.conrelid = c.oid AND f.attnum = ANY (p.conkey)
     LEFT JOIN pg_class AS g ON p.confrelid = g.oid
     LEFT JOIN INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS s ON s.column_name=f.attname AND c.relname=s.table_name
-WHERE n.nspname= $1 AND c.relkind = 'r'::char AND c.relname = $2 AND s.table_schema = $3 AND f.attnum > 0 ORDER BY f.attnum;`
+WHERE n.nspname= s.table_schema AND c.relkind = 'r'::char AND c.relname = $1%s AND f.attnum > 0 ORDER BY f.attnum;`
+
+	schema := db.getSchema()
+	if schema != "" {
+		s = fmt.Sprintf(s, "AND s.table_schema = $2")
+		args = append(args, schema)
+	} else {
+		s = fmt.Sprintf(s, "")
+	}
 
 	rows, err := queryer.QueryContext(ctx, s, args...)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -1135,8 +1142,9 @@ WHERE n.nspname= $1 AND c.relkind = 'r'::char AND c.relname = $2 AND s.table_sch
 func (db *postgres) GetTables(queryer core.Queryer, ctx context.Context) ([]*schemas.Table, error) {
 	args := []interface{}{}
 	s := "SELECT tablename FROM pg_tables"
-	if len(db.uri.Schema) != 0 {
-		args = append(args, db.uri.Schema)
+	schema := db.getSchema()
+	if schema != "" {
+		args = append(args, schema)
 		s = s + " WHERE schemaname = $1"
 	}
 
@@ -1174,8 +1182,8 @@ func getIndexColName(indexdef string) []string {
 func (db *postgres) GetIndexes(queryer core.Queryer, ctx context.Context, tableName string) (map[string]*schemas.Index, error) {
 	args := []interface{}{tableName}
 	s := fmt.Sprintf("SELECT indexname, indexdef FROM pg_indexes WHERE tablename=$1")
-	if len(db.uri.Schema) != 0 {
-		args = append(args, db.uri.Schema)
+	if len(db.getSchema()) != 0 {
+		args = append(args, db.getSchema())
 		s = s + " AND schemaname=$2"
 	}
 
@@ -1319,3 +1327,22 @@ func (pgx *pqDriverPgx) Parse(driverName, dataSourceName string) (*URI, error) {
 	}
 	return pgx.pqDriver.Parse(driverName, dataSourceName)
 }
+
+// QueryDefaultPostgresSchema returns the default postgres schema
+func QueryDefaultPostgresSchema(ctx context.Context, queryer core.Queryer) (string, error) {
+	rows, err := queryer.QueryContext(ctx, "SHOW SEARCH_PATH")
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	defer rows.Close()
+	if rows.Next() {
+		var defaultSchema string
+		if err = rows.Scan(&defaultSchema); err != nil {
+			return "", err
+		}
+		parts := strings.Split(defaultSchema, ",")
+		return strings.TrimSpace(parts[len(parts)-1]), nil
+	}
+
+	return "", errors.New("No default schema")
+}
diff --git a/dialects/table_name.go b/dialects/table_name.go
index a989b386..e190cd4b 100644
--- a/dialects/table_name.go
+++ b/dialects/table_name.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ func TableNameWithSchema(dialect Dialect, tableName string) string {
 	// Add schema name as prefix of table name.
 	// Only for postgres database.
 	if dialect.URI().Schema != "" &&
-		dialect.URI().Schema != dialect.DefaultSchema() &&
 		strings.Index(tableName, ".") == -1 {
 		return fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", dialect.URI().Schema, tableName)
 	}