diff --git a/cookbooks/postgresql/recipes/noosfero.rb b/cookbooks/postgresql/recipes/noosfero.rb
index 758c5d6..be8323c 100644
--- a/cookbooks/postgresql/recipes/noosfero.rb
+++ b/cookbooks/postgresql/recipes/noosfero.rb
@@ -14,3 +14,7 @@ execute 'createdb:noosfero' do
   end
 end
 
+execute 'grant:noosfero:colab' do
+  command 'psql -c "GRANT SELECT ON users TO colab" noosfero'
+  user 'postgres'
+end
diff --git a/roles/database_server.rb b/roles/database_server.rb
index 1e7118d..8e5ce1d 100644
--- a/roles/database_server.rb
+++ b/roles/database_server.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ description 'Database server'
 run_list *[
   'recipe[postgresql]',
   'recipe[redis]',
-  'recipe[postgresql::colab]',
-  'recipe[postgresql::gitlab]',
+  'recipe[postgresql::colab]', # must come before the other apps
   'recipe[postgresql::noosfero]',
+  'recipe[postgresql::gitlab]',
 ]
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