diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index e6fd5da..296b172 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ jobs:
           environment:
             CONDUIT_SECRET: 'something-really-secret'
             FLASK_APP: /home/circleci/repo/autoapp.py
-            DATABASE_URL: postgresql://myUsr:somePwd@localhost:5432/myUsr
+            DATABASE_URL: postgresql://myUsr:somePwd@localhost:5432/myUsr?sslmode=disable
             FLASK_DEBUG: 1
       # run tests!
       # this example uses Django's built-in test-runner
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ jobs:
             CONDUIT_SECRET: 'something-really-secret'
             FLASK_APP: /home/circleci/repo/autoapp.py
             FLASK_DEBUG: 1
-            DATABASE_URL: postgresql://myUsr:somePwd@localhost:5432/myUsr
+            DATABASE_URL: postgresql://myUsr:somePwd@localhost:5432/myUsr?sslmode=disable
 
       - save_cache:
           paths: