diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 14f5565b14..509c71e40f 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,10 @@ before_script:
   - pwd
   - wget --no-verbose http://central.maven.org/maven2/io/swagger/swagger-codegen-cli/2.3.1/swagger-codegen-cli-2.3.1.jar -O swagger-codegen-cli.jar
   - java -jar swagger-codegen-cli.jar generate -i https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ga4gh/dockstore/${WEBSERVICE_VERSION}/dockstore-webservice/src/main/resources/swagger.yaml -l typescript-angular -o src/app/shared/swagger -c swagger-config.json
-  - psql 'postgres' -U postgres < travisci/db_dump.sql
+  - psql -c "create user dockstore with password 'dockstore' createdb;" -U postgres
+  - psql -c "ALTER USER dockstore WITH superuser;" -U postgres
+  - psql -c 'create database webservice_test with owner = dockstore;' -U postgres
+  - psql -f travisci/db_dump.sql webservice_test
   - java -jar dockstore-webservice-${WEBSERVICE_VERSION}.jar server travisci/web.yml 1>/dev/null &
   - 'sleep 20'
 
diff --git a/travisci/web.yml b/travisci/web.yml
index 36118ccdb1..47d87db321 100644
--- a/travisci/web.yml
+++ b/travisci/web.yml
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ database:
   driverClass: org.postgresql.Driver
 
   # the username
-  user: postgres
+  user: dockstore
 
   # the password
-  password: postgres
+  password: dockstore
 
   # the JDBC URL
-  url: jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/postgres
+  url: jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/webservice_test
 
   # any properties specific to your JDBC driver:
   properties: