diff --git a/runtests.py b/runtests.py
index 223dfac2d6dcc0255ea1f367ed293ce409fd24be..7419700134fc4d2648708581fd459fd8b806e86d 100755
--- a/runtests.py
+++ b/runtests.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         DATABASES={
             "default": {
                 "ENGINE": "django.db.backends.postgresql",
-                "NAME": config("POSTGRES_DBNAME", default="test-db"),
+                "NAME": config("POSTGRES_DBNAME", default="postgres"),
                 "USER": config("POSTGRES_USER", default="postgres"),
                 "PORT": config("POSTGRES_PORT", default=5432),
                 "PASSWORD": config("POSTGRES_PASSWORD", "test"),