diff --git a/.github/workflows/django.yml b/.github/workflows/django.yml
index 36ec8d8..495d60d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/django.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/django.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,16 @@ jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
+    services:
+      mysql:
+        image: mysql:8.3
+        env:
+          MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: root
+          MYSQL_DATABASE: activmind_test
+          MYSQL_USER: root
+          MYSQL_PASSWORD: root
+        options: --health-cmd="mysqladmin ping" --health-interval=10s --health-timeout=5s --health-retries=3
+
     strategy:
       max-parallel: 4
       matrix:
@@ -33,6 +43,9 @@ jobs:
     #     python -c "import mysql.connector; conn = mysql.connector.connect(user='root', password='root', host='localhost', port='3306', database='activmind'); cursor = conn.cursor(); cursor.execute('CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS activmind')"
     #     python manage.py makemigrations
     #     python manage.py migrate
+    - name: Run database migrations
+      run: |
+          python manage.py migrate --database=test
     - name: Run Tests
       working-directory: ./activmindback
       run: python manage.py test
diff --git a/activmindback/activmindback/settings.py b/activmindback/activmindback/settings.py
index a8c6790..e14320d 100644
--- a/activmindback/activmindback/settings.py
+++ b/activmindback/activmindback/settings.py
@@ -97,6 +97,18 @@
             'init_command': "SET default_storage_engine=INNODB",
             'collation': 'utf8mb4_general_ci',
         },
+    },
+    'test': {
+        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
+        'NAME': 'activmind_test',
+        'HOST': 'mysql',
+        'USER': 'root',
+        'PASSWORD': 'root',
+        'OPTIONS': {
+            'charset': 'utf8mb4',
+            'init_command': "SET default_storage_engine=INNODB",
+            'collation': 'utf8mb4_general_ci',
+        },
     }
 }