diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 200709c..a451e0f 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
           command: |
             cargo build
             cargo install diesel_cli
-            diesel migration run
+            diesel migration run --database-url=test.db
       - run:
           name: run test suite
           command: |