diff --git a/toardb/test_base.py b/toardb/test_base.py
index 8a6923cde5cc233f78a727132412b25acf8f2cdf..16c2797f88bbe7443bf5283c544dcd6eae0f50ee 100644
--- a/toardb/test_base.py
+++ b/toardb/test_base.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from toardb.base import Base
 from toardb.toardb import app
 from toardb.utils.database import DATABASE_URL, get_db, get_engine
 
-url = str(DATABASE_URL+ "_test")
+url = "postgresql://toaradmin:toar2@localhost:5432/toardb_test"
 _db_conn = create_engine(url)
 
 def get_test_engine() -> Engine:
diff --git a/toardb/utils/database.py b/toardb/utils/database.py
index d31e48577dfc7b55a8adfd2dd9ccd04c590fb1a2..c891af8c51c11ea9a1d78996bc0be963d8e18fb1 100644
--- a/toardb/utils/database.py
+++ b/toardb/utils/database.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Database connection
 from sqlalchemy import create_engine
 from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker
 
-DATABASE_URL = "postgresql://toaradmin:toar2@localhost:5432/toardb"
+DATABASE_URL = "postgresql://toaruser:toar2@localhost:5432/toardb"
 
 engine = create_engine(DATABASE_URL)
 ToarDbSession = sessionmaker(autocommit=False, autoflush=False, bind=engine)