diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index b6e553d..4acdef6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: ./frontend
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Create .env from example
+        run: cp .env.example .env
       - uses: oven-sh/setup-bun@v2
         with:
           bun-version: latest
@@ -36,26 +38,15 @@ jobs:
         image: postgres:16-alpine
         env:
           POSTGRES_DB: piku
-          POSTGRES_USER: atom
+          POSTGRES_USER: user
           POSTGRES_PASSWORD: password123
         ports:
           - 5432:5432
-        options: --health-cmd pg_isready --health-interval 10s --health-timeout 5s --health-retries 5  # wait till up before starting (integrating) django app
-    env:
-      DB_NAME: piku
-      DB_USER: atom
-      DB_PASSWORD: password123
-      DB_HOST: localhost
-      DB_PORT: 5432
-      SECRET_KEY: ci-test-secret-key
-      DEBUG: True
-      FRONTEND_URL: http://localhost:5173
-      CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS: http://localhost:5173
-      EMAIL_HOST: localhost
-      EMAIL_PORT: 1025
-      FROM_EMAIL: ci@pi-ku.app
+        options: --health-cmd pg_isready --health-interval 10s --health-timeout 5s --health-retries 5 # wait till up before starting (integrating) django app
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Create .env from example
+        run: cp .env.example .env
       - name: Install uv
         uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v5
         with: