diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 310a88d..28f2150 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ jobs:
             python3 -m venv venv
             . venv/bin/activate
             pip install -r requirements/dev.txt
+          environment:
+            CONDUIT_SECRET: 'something-really-secret'
+            FLASK_APP: autoapp.py
+            FLASK_DEBUG: 1
       - save_cache:
           paths:
             - ./venv