diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 705fb18..04680a7 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -16,12 +16,17 @@ steps:
       - name: docker_sock
         path: /var/run/docker.sock
     commands:
-      - export POSTGRES_USER=$${POSTGRES_USER}
-      - export POSTGRES_PASSWORD=$${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}
-      - export POSTGRES_DB=$${POSTGRES_DB}
       - docker-compose -p rgraph-test up -d
+
   - name: test
     image: python:3.10-alpine
+    environment:
+      POSTGRES_USER:
+        from_secret: TESTING_USER
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD:
+        from_secret: TESTING_PASSWORD
+      POSTGRES_DB:
+        from_secret: TESTING_DB
     commands:
       - hostip=$(ip route show | awk '/default/ {print $3}')
       - export POSTGRES_URL=$hostip