diff --git a/config/dbconn.js b/config/dbconn.js
index d3275c4d009bd88390af00cf5e3bbdda1fb142e5..670032958e099606b5558a39b94cc6492eb155e4 100644
--- a/config/dbconn.js
+++ b/config/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')[env]
 
 // ==== USER ACOOUNT DB CONNECTION ====
diff --git a/config/dbconn2.js b/config/dbconn2.js
index 1af13587f67f8f8e425a1e6ee742603f55cde329..abbd0a012666e0d1f86b03512759cd438cd2d8fe 100644
--- a/config/dbconn2.js
+++ b/config/dbconn2.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 const mysql = require('mysql2')
 
-var env = process.env.NODE_ENV || 'development';
+var env = process.env.NODE_ENV || 'testing';
 const config = require('./config')[env]
 
 // ==== USER ACOOUNT DB CONNECTION ====