Infinite loop when db.Ping() is called

I am attempting to create a basic connection to a database. The problem happens when I try to test the connection with db.Ping(); everything works until I get to this line. The Ping sends the program into an infinite loop (the function call never returns), and I'm not sure how to go about fixing this.

package main
import (
    "database/sql"
    "fmt"
    "html/template"
    "net/http"
    _ "github.com/lib/pq"
}
type Page struct {
    Name     string
    DBStatus bool
}
const (
    host     = "localhost"
    port     = 8080
    user     = "username"
    password = "password"
    dbname   = "GoTest"
)
func main() {

    templates := template.Must(template.ParseFiles("templates/index.html"))

    psqlInfo := fmt.Sprintf("host=%s port=%d user=%s "+
        "password=%s dbname=%s sslmode=disable",
        host, port, user, password, dbname)

    db, err := sql.Open("postgres", psqlInfo)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
    defer db.Close()

    http.HandleFunc("/", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {

        p := Page{Name: "Gopher"}

        if name := r.FormValue("name"); name != "" {
            p.Name = name
        }

        p.DBStatus = db.Ping() == nil //this point is reached but never returned

        if err := templates.ExecuteTemplate(w, "index.html", p); err != nil {
            http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
        }
    })

    fmt.Println(http.ListenAndServe(":8080", nil))

}

It seems I can connect to the database fine, as the sql.Open call doesn't return an error, and if I called the Ping outside of the http server handle function, it also returns just fine.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Your database configurations are wrong. It's pointing to the Golang server port 8080. It should point to the pgsql port(default 5432)