diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/checkReferenceType.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/checkReferenceType.yaml
index bd05468..e730693 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/checkReferenceType.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/checkReferenceType.yaml
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ jobs:
         services:
             # Label used to access the service container
             postgres:
-                image: postgres:latest                
+                image: postgres:latest
                 env:
                     POSTGRES_USER: alice
-                    POSTGRES_PASSWORD: iEx4Vj7zBb6
+                    POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.POSTGRES_PASSWORD }}
                     POSTGRES_DB: tethys_dev
                 # ports:
                 #   - 5432:5432
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
                     --health-cmd pg_isready
                     --health-interval 10s
                     --health-timeout 5s
-                    --health-retries 5                    
+                    --health-retries 5
 
         steps:
             - name: Checkout repository
@@ -37,22 +37,23 @@ jobs:
             #       node-version: '20'
 
             - name: Install dependencies
-              run: npm install
+              run: npm ci
 
             - name: Create .env.test file
               run: cp .env.example .env.test
 
             - name: Set up environment variables
-              env:
-                  POSTGRES_HOST: postgres
-                  POSTGRES_PORT: 5432
-                  POSTGRES_PASSWORD: iEx4Vj7zBb6
-                  POSTGRES_USER: alice
+            #   env:
+            #       POSTGRES_HOST: postgres
+            #       POSTGRES_PORT: 5432
+            #       POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.PG_PASSWORD }}
+            #       POSTGRES_USER: alice
               run: |
-                  echo "DB_CONNECTION=pg" >> .env.test               
+                  echo "DB_CONNECTION=pg" >> .env.test
+                  echo "PG_HOST=postgres" >> .env.test
                   echo "PG_PORT=5432" >> .env.test
                   echo "PG_USER=alice" >> .env.test
-                  echo "PG_PASSWORD=iEx4Vj7zBb6" >> .env.test
+                  echo "PG_PASSWORD=${{ secrets.PG_PASSWORD }}" >> .env.test
                   echo "PG_DB_NAME=tethys_dev" >> .env.test
                   echo "NODE_ENV=test" >> .env.test
                   echo "ASSETS_DRIVER=fake" >> .env.test
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ jobs:
                   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_HOST=${{ secrets.OPENSEARCH_HOST }}" >> .env.test
                   echo "OPENSEARCH_CORE=tethys-records" >> .env.test
 
             - name: Run tests