diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/checkReferenceType.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/checkReferenceType.yaml
index c7b7802..a38deca 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/checkReferenceType.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/checkReferenceType.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: CI
-run-name: ${{ github.actor }} is testing out Gitea Actions
+run-name: Running tests for checkReferenceType branch
 on:
   push:
     branches:
@@ -9,18 +9,23 @@ jobs:
   test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     services:
-            mydb:
-                image: postgres:latest
-                # container_name: mydb               
-                env:
-                    POSTGRES_USER: alice
-                    POSTGRES_PASSWORD: iEx4Vj7zBb6
-                    POSTGRES_DB: tethys_dev
-                ports:
-                    # Maps tcp port 5432 on service container to the host
-                    - 5432:5432
-                # Set health checks to wait until postgres has started
-                options: --health-cmd pg_isready --health-interval 10s --health-timeout 5s --health-retries 5
+      mydb:
+        image: postgres:latest
+        # container_name: mydb    
+        env:
+          POSTGRES_USER: alice
+          POSTGRES_PASSWORD: iEx4Vj7zBb6
+          POSTGRES_DB: tethys_dev
+        ports:
+          # Maps tcp port 5432 on service container to the host
+          - 5432:5432
+        # Set health checks to wait until postgres has started
+        options: |
+          --health-cmd pg_isready
+          --hostname mydb
+          --health-interval 10s
+          --health-timeout 5s
+          --health-retries 5
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -37,26 +42,29 @@ jobs:
         run: cp .env.example .env.test
 
       - name: Set up environment variables
-        run: echo "DB_CONNECTION=pg" >> .env.test
-                  && echo "PG_HOST=mydb" >> .env.test
-                  && echo "PG_PORT=5432" >> .env.test
-                  && echo "PG_USER=alice" >> .env.test
-                  && echo "PG_PASSWORD=iEx4Vj7zBb6" >> .env.test
-                  && echo "PG_DB_NAME=tethys_dev" >> .env.test
-                  && echo "NODE_ENV=test" >> .env.test
-                  && echo "ASSETS_DRIVER=fake" >> .env.test
-                  && echo "SESSION_DRIVER=memory" >> .env.test
-                  && echo "HASH_DRIVER=bcrypt" >> .env.test
-                  && echo "HOST=127.0.0.1" >> .env.test
-                  && echo "PORT=3333" >> .env.test
-                  && echo "APP_NAME=TethysCloud" >> .env.test
-                  && echo "APP_URL=http://${HOST}:${PORT}" >> .env.test
-                  && echo "CACHE_VIEWS=false" >> .env.test
-                  && echo "APP_KEY=pfi5N2ACN4tMJ5d8d8BPHfh3FEuvleej" >> .env.test
-                  && echo "DRIVE_DISK=local" >> .env.test
-                  && echo "OAI_LIST_SIZE=200" >> .env.test
-                  && echo "OPENSEARCH_HOST=http://localhost" >> .env.test
-                   && echo "OPENSEARCH_CORE=tethys-records" >> .env.test
+        env:
+          PG_HOST: mydb
+        run: |
+          echo "DB_CONNECTION=pg" >> .env.test
+          echo "PG_HOST=mydb" >> .env.test
+          echo "PG_PORT=5432" >> .env.test
+          echo "PG_USER=alice" >> .env.test
+          echo "PG_PASSWORD=iEx4Vj7zBb6" >> .env.test
+          echo "PG_DB_NAME=tethys_dev" >> .env.test
+          echo "NODE_ENV=test" >> .env.test
+          echo "ASSETS_DRIVER=fake" >> .env.test
+          echo "SESSION_DRIVER=memory" >> .env.test
+          echo "HASH_DRIVER=bcrypt" >> .env.test
+          echo "HOST=127.0.0.1" >> .env.test
+          echo "PORT=3333" >> .env.test
+          echo "APP_NAME=TethysCloud" >> .env.test
+          echo "APP_URL=http://${HOST}:${PORT}" >> .env.test
+          echo "CACHE_VIEWS=false" >> .env.test
+          echo "APP_KEY=pfi5N2ACN4tMJ5d8d8BPHfh3FEuvleej" >> .env.test
+          echo "DRIVE_DISK=local" >> .env.test
+          echo "OAI_LIST_SIZE=200" >> .env.test
+          echo "OPENSEARCH_HOST=http://localhost" >> .env.test
+          echo "OPENSEARCH_CORE=tethys-records" >> .env.test
 
       - name: Run tests
         run: node ace test functional --groups "ReferenceValidation"
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