diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index d6576a3..b0a35ec 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ jobs:
           username: $AUTH_DOCKER
           password: $PSW_DOCKER  # context / project UI env-var reference
         environment:
-            POSTGRES_URL: postgres://root:test@localhost:5432/test
+            DATABASE_URL: postgres://root:test@localhost:5432/test
 
       - image: circleci/postgres:9.6-alpine
         auth: