diff --git a/quoteMe/settings.py b/quoteMe/settings.py
index f235e94..e730dfb 100644
--- a/quoteMe/settings.py
+++ b/quoteMe/settings.py
@@ -77,7 +77,16 @@ DATABASES = {
     'default': {
         'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
         'NAME': BASE_DIR / 'db.sqlite3',
-    }
+    },
+    'test' : {
+        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
+        'NAME': os.environ.get('MYSQL_DATABASE'),
+        'USER':  os.environ.get('MYSQL_USER'),
+        'PASSWORD': os.environ.get('MYSQL_PASSWORD'),
+       	'HOST': 'mysql',
+     	'PORT': '3306',
+        'CONN_MAX_AGE':60,
+        },
 }
 
 
@@ -103,9 +112,9 @@ AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
 # Internationalization
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/topics/i18n/
 
-LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
+LANGUAGE_CODE = 'de-de'
 
-TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'
+TIME_ZONE = 'UTC+1'
 
 USE_I18N = True
 
@@ -123,3 +132,6 @@ STATIC_URL = '/static/'
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/ref/settings/#default-auto-field
 
 DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField'
+
+if os.environ.get("DJANGO_CONFIG")=="test":
+    from .settings_test import *