diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 4f13c30..d8bbf88 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ jobs:
         environment:
           POSTGRES_USER: myUsr  
           POSTGRES_PASSOWRD: somePwd 
-          POSTGRES_DB: bdtest
+          POSTGRES_DB: myUsr
 
     working_directory: ~/repo
 
@@ -72,20 +72,41 @@ jobs:
             # fallback to using the latest cache if no exact match is found
     
       - run:
-          name: bd upgrade & test
+          name: bd upgrade 
           command: |
             . venv/bin/activate
             sleep 1
             flask db upgrade
-            sleep 1
+          environment:
+            CONDUIT_SECRET: 'something-really-secret'
+            FLASK_APP: /home/circleci/repo/autoapp.py
+            DATABASE_URL: postgresql://myUsr:somePwd@localhost:5432/myUsr
+            FLASK_DEBUG: 1
+            POSTGRES_USER: postgres
+            POSTGRES_DB: myUsr
+            POSTGRES_PASSWORD: somePwd
+            POSTGRES_PORT: 5432
+
+
+      
+
+      # run tests!
+      # this example uses Django's built-in test-runner
+      # other common Python testing frameworks include pytest and nose
+      # https://pytest.org
+      # https://nose.readthedocs.io
+      - run:
+          name: run tests
+          command: |
+            . venv/bin/activate
             flask test
           environment:
             CONDUIT_SECRET: 'something-really-secret'
             FLASK_APP: /home/circleci/repo/autoapp.py
-            DATABASE_URL: postgresql://myUsr:somePwd@localhost:5432/bdtest
+            DATABASE_URL: postgresql://myUsr:somePwd@localhost:5432/myUsr
             FLASK_DEBUG: 1
             POSTGRES_USER: postgres
-            POSTGRES_DB: bdtest
+            POSTGRES_DB: myUsr
             POSTGRES_PASSWORD: somePwd
             POSTGRES_PORT: 5432