diff --git a/modules/chimera/src/main/java/org/dcache/chimera/PgSQL95FsSqlDriver.java b/modules/chimera/src/main/java/org/dcache/chimera/PgSQL95FsSqlDriver.java
index e83848fc23c..46da283c6a8 100644
--- a/modules/chimera/src/main/java/org/dcache/chimera/PgSQL95FsSqlDriver.java
+++ b/modules/chimera/src/main/java/org/dcache/chimera/PgSQL95FsSqlDriver.java
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ public PgSQL95FsSqlDriver(DataSource dataSource, String consistency) throws Chim
             case "strong":
                 enableLazyWcc = false;
                 enableSoftUpdate = false;
+                break;
             default:
                 throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unsupported attribute consistency option '" + consistency + "'");
         }