diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 43d594d..9bd3edf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           docker run --rm --network host mongo:6 mongosh localhost:27017 --eval "db.runCommand({ serverStatus: 1 })"
 
+      - name: Show Typesense server status
+        run: curl -s -f http://localhost:8108/health
+
       - name: Setup extension cache
         id: extcache
         uses: shivammathur/cache-extensions@v1
diff --git a/config/database.php b/config/database.php
index 1e38df4..bd2be8c 100644
--- a/config/database.php
+++ b/config/database.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 
-$db_username = env('DB_USERNAME', 'admin');
+$db_username = env('DB_USERNAME', env("APP_ENV") === "testing" ? "" : "admin");
 $dsn = "mongodb://";
 if (empty($db_username)) {
     $dsn .= env('DB_HOST', 'localhost').":".env('DB_PORT', 27017)."/".env('DB_ADMIN', 'admin');