diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 3774b80..421a6ae 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -9,17 +9,11 @@ jobs: # A basic unit of work in a run
         auth:
           username: $DOCKERHUB_USERNAME
           password: $DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD  # context / project UI env-var reference
-        environment: # environment variables for primary container
-          PIPENV_VENV_IN_PROJECT: true
-          DATABASE_URL: postgresql://root@localhost/circle_test?sslmode=disable
       # CircleCI PostgreSQL images available at: https://hub.docker.com/r/circleci/postgres/
       - image: circleci/postgres:9.6.9-alpine
         auth:
           username: $DOCKERHUB_USERNAME
           password: $DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD  # context / project UI env-var reference
-        environment: # environment variables for the Postgres container.
-          POSTGRES_USER: root
-          POSTGRES_DB: circle_test
     steps: # steps that comprise the `build` job
       - checkout # check out source code to working directory
       # - run: sudo chown -R circleci:circleci /usr/local/bin
@@ -29,9 +23,9 @@ jobs: # A basic unit of work in a run
           key: deps9-{{ .Branch }}-{{ checksum "Pipfile.lock" }}
       - run:
           command: |
-            export FLASK_APP=autoapp.py
-            sudo pip install pipenv
-            pipenv install
+            python3 -m venv venv
+            . venv/bin/activate
+            pip install -r requirements/dev.txt
       - save_cache: # cache Python dependencies using checksum of Pipfile as the cache-key
           key: deps9-{{ .Branch }}-{{ checksum "Pipfile.lock" }}
           paths:
@@ -61,9 +55,6 @@ jobs: # A basic unit of work in a run
       - run:
           name: bd upgrade 
           command: |
-            python3 -m venv venv
-            . venv/bin/activate
-            pip install -r requirements/dev.txt
             . venv/bin/activate
             sleep 1
             flask db stamp head