diff --git a/capsulflask/tests_base.py b/capsulflask/tests_base.py
index 62cb695..41d1447 100644
--- a/capsulflask/tests_base.py
+++ b/capsulflask/tests_base.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ from capsulflask.shared import *
 class BaseTestCase(TestCase):
     def create_app(self):
         # Use default connection paramaters
-        os.environ['POSTGRES_CONNECTION_PARAMETERS'] = "host=db port=5432 user=capsul password=capsul dbname=capsulflask_test"
+        os.environ['POSTGRES_CONNECTION_PARAMETERS'] = "host=localhost port=5432 user=postgres password=dev dbname=capsulflask_test"
         os.environ['TESTING'] = 'True'
         os.environ['LOG_LEVEL'] = 'DEBUG'
         os.environ['SPOKE_MODEL'] = 'mock'