diff --git a/lamindb_setup/core/_private_django_api.py b/lamindb_setup/core/_private_django_api.py
index 92848184d..7f24a4ec4 100644
--- a/lamindb_setup/core/_private_django_api.py
+++ b/lamindb_setup/core/_private_django_api.py
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ def private_django_api(reverse=False):
         "MultipleObjectsReturned",
         "add_to_class",
         "adelete",
-        "refresh_from_db",
         "asave",
         "clean",
         "clean_fields",
diff --git a/lamindb_setup/core/django.py b/lamindb_setup/core/django.py
index 668dada0c..024395ef3 100644
--- a/lamindb_setup/core/django.py
+++ b/lamindb_setup/core/django.py
@@ -238,6 +238,8 @@ def setup_django(
         if view_schema:
             installed_apps = installed_apps[::-1]  # to fix how apps appear
             installed_apps += ["schema_graph", "django.contrib.staticfiles"]
+        if isettings.dialect == "postgresql":
+            installed_apps.insert(0, "pgtrigger")
 
         kwargs = dict(
             INSTALLED_APPS=installed_apps,
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 11e70310f..ae3aed415 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ dependencies = [
     # External dependencies
     "django>=5.2,<5.3",
     "dj_database_url>=1.3.0,<3.0.0",
+    "django-pgtrigger",  # 30kB pure python, no dependencies
     "pydantic-settings",
     "platformdirs<5.0.0",
     "httpx_retries<1.0.0",