diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index dbda16e..1a14b9e 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ before_script:
   - sleep 5
 
 script:
-  - vendor/bin/phpunit
+  - DATABASE_TEST_URL=mysql://lbry:lbry@localhost:15500/chainquery vendor/bin/phpunit
   - vendor/bin/phpcs -p --extensions=php --standard=vendor/cakephp/cakephp-codesniffer/CakePHP ./src ./tests ./config ./webroot
 
 notifications: