diff --git a/.github/workflows/api-test.yml b/.github/workflows/api-test.yml
index 8fd60b54..f9715fda 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/api-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/api-test.yml
@@ -15,10 +15,11 @@ jobs:
       postgres:
         image: postgres:15
         ports:
-         - "5432:5432"
+          - "5432:5432"
         env:
           POSTGRES_USER: kyoo
           POSTGRES_PASSWORD: password
+          POSTGRES_DB: kyoo_test
         options: >-
           --health-cmd pg_isready
           --health-interval 10s
diff --git a/api/src/db/index.ts b/api/src/db/index.ts
index ae67439f..adbe2eb5 100644
--- a/api/src/db/index.ts
+++ b/api/src/db/index.ts
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ const postgresConfig = await parseSslConfig();
 // use this when using drizzle-kit since it can't parse await statements
 // const postgresConfig = config;
 
+console.log("Connecting to postgres with config", postgresConfig);
 export const db = drizzle({
 	schema,
 	connection: postgresConfig,
diff --git a/api/tests/setup.ts b/api/tests/setup.ts
index e9b014f1..75382825 100644
--- a/api/tests/setup.ts
+++ b/api/tests/setup.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 import { beforeAll } from "bun:test";
-import { migrate } from "~/db";
 
+process.env.PGDATABASE = "kyoo_test";
 process.env.JWT_SECRET = "this is a secret";
 process.env.JWT_ISSUER = "https://kyoo.zoriya.dev";
 
 beforeAll(async () => {
+	// lazy load this so env set before actually applies
+	const { migrate } = await import("~/db");
 	await migrate();
 });