diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 4503a81..bc9ecf0 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ jobs:
       - image: circleci/python:latest
       - image: circleci/postgres:9.6.2-alpine
         environment:
-          POSTGRES_USER: postgres
+          POSTGRES_USER: myUser
           POSTGRES_DB: postgres
-          POSTGRES_PASSWORD: root
+          POSTGRES_PASSWORD: somePwd
     working_directory: ~/repo
     steps:
       - checkout
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@ jobs:
           environment:
             CONDUIT_SECRET: 'something-really-secret'
             FLASK_APP: /home/circleci/repo/autoapp.py
-            DATABASE_URL: postgresql://postgres:root@localhost:5432/postgres
+            DATABASE_URL: postgresql://myUser:somePwd@localhost:5432/postgres
             FLASK_DEBUG: 1
-            POSTGRES_USER: postgres
+            POSTGRES_USER: myUser
             POSTGRES_DB: postgres
-            POSTGRES_PASSWORD: root
+            POSTGRES_PASSWORD: somePwd
             POSTGRES_PORT: 5432
       - run: 
           name: db test
@@ -60,11 +60,11 @@ jobs:
           environment:
             CONDUIT_SECRET: 'something-really-secret'
             FLASK_APP: /home/circleci/repo/autoapp.py
-            DATABASE_URL: postgresql://postgres:root@localhost:5432/postgres
+            DATABASE_URL: postgresql://myUser:somePwd@localhost:5432/postgres
             FLASK_DEBUG: 1
-            POSTGRES_USER: postgres
+            POSTGRES_USER: myUser
             POSTGRES_DB: postgres
-            POSTGRES_PASSWORD: root
+            POSTGRES_PASSWORD: somePwd
             POSTGRES_PORT: 5432
 
   deploy-heroku: