diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index c5ca2fcc..c9506563 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ def setup_docker_image(docker_mode, mat_metadata):
 
         db_environment = [
             "POSTGRES_USER=postgres",
-            "POSTGRES_PASSWORD=materialize",
-            "POSTGRES_DB=materialize",
+            "POSTGRES_PASSWORD=postgres",
+            f"POSTGRES_DB={aligned_volume}",
         ]
 
         try:
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ def check_database(sql_uri: str) -> bool:  # Changed return type hint
     except Exception as e:
         test_logger.info(e)
         return False  # Explicitly return False on failure
+        
 
 
 def setup_database(aligned_volume_name, database_uri):
diff --git a/tests/test_data/mat_metadata.json b/tests/test_data/mat_metadata.json
index ffe0818a..5a3aef9d 100644
--- a/tests/test_data/mat_metadata.json
+++ b/tests/test_data/mat_metadata.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     "version": 1,
     "timestamp": "2021-03-25 18:46:55.690121",
     "expires_timestamp": "2021-04-01 18:48:09.540908",
-    "sql_uri": "postgresql://postgres:materialize@localhost:5432/materialize",
+    "sql_uri": "postgresql://postgres:postgres@localhost:5432/test_aligned_volume",
     "schema": "synapse",
     "chunk_size": 2,
     "analysis_version": 1,
diff --git a/tests/test_database.py b/tests/test_database.py
index b10a5347..60cf0074 100644
--- a/tests/test_database.py
+++ b/tests/test_database.py
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ def test_get_sql_url_params(self, database_uri):
         url_mapping = get_sql_url_params(database_uri)
 
         assert url_mapping["user"] == "postgres"
-        assert url_mapping["password"] == "materialize"
-        assert url_mapping["dbname"] == "materialize"
+        assert url_mapping["password"] == "postgres"
+        assert url_mapping["dbname"] == "test_aligned_volume"
         assert url_mapping["host"] == "localhost"
         assert url_mapping["port"] == 5432