diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index 36f6ebf5625d57caa9c0da54ec628661cd42964c..762def574263678d14a3eb6155081b7e8e90085f 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const session = require('express-session')
 const flash = require('express-flash')
 const fileUpload = require('express-fileupload')
 
-var env = process.env.NODE_ENV || 'development'
+var env = process.env.NODE_ENV || 'testing'
 const config = require('./config/config')[env]
 
 var app = express()
diff --git a/routes/dbconn.js b/routes/dbconn.js
index b3f06596a8989f11573e473fc1074edcddd13dbd..df6b99212a18647cc14affac546078ca792b74e9 100644
--- a/routes/dbconn.js
+++ b/routes/dbconn.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 const mysql = require('mysql')
 
-var env = process.env.NODE_ENV || 'development';
+var env = process.env.NODE_ENV || 'testing';
 const config = require('../config/config')[env]
 
 // ==== USER ACOOUNT DB CONNECTION ====
diff --git a/routes/mailer.js b/routes/mailer.js
index 510b5bb1d11e075f446cdf19b8a954411025ee38..2c51bd7d5ed5682bfdd9fa0c48788e1bd4affe19 100644
--- a/routes/mailer.js
+++ b/routes/mailer.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 const nodemailer = require('nodemailer')
 
-var env = process.env.NODE_ENV || 'development';
+var env = process.env.NODE_ENV || 'testing';
 const config = require('../config/config')[env]
 
 var smtpTransport = nodemailer.createTransport({