diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yaml
index 0632bbd..5ae08e7 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -10,6 +10,19 @@ jobs:
     japa-tests:
         # run build on latest ubuntu
         runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+        services:   
+            postgres:
+                image: postgres
+                env:
+                POSTGRES_USER: ProjectName
+                POSTGRES_PASSWORD: password
+                POSTGRES_DB: ProjectName-test
+                # Set health checks to wait until postgres has started
+                options: >-
+                --health-cmd pg_isready
+                --health-interval 10s
+                --health-timeout 5s
+                --health-retries 5
         steps:
             # this will check out the current branch (https://github.com/actions/checkout#Push-a-commit-using-the-built-in-token)
             - name: Check out repository code
@@ -36,6 +49,12 @@ jobs:
             - name: Run tests
               run: node ace test
               env:
+                  DB_CONNECTION: pg
+                  PG_HOST: postgres
+                  PG_PORT: 5432
+                  PG_USER: ProjectName
+                  PG_PASSWORD: password
+                  PG_DB_NAME: ProjectName-test
                   PORT: 3333
                   HOST: 0.0.0.0                 
                   APP_KEY: somefakekeythatis>16characters