diff --git a/config/database.php b/config/database.php
index e4d6880c7..832852dc2 100644
--- a/config/database.php
+++ b/config/database.php
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ return [
             'driver'    => 'mysql',
             'host'      => 'localhost',
             'database'  => 'bookstack-test',
-            'username'  => 'bookstack-test',
-            'password'  => 'bookstack-test',
+            'username'  => env('MYSQL_USER', 'bookstack-test'),
+            'password'  => env('MYSQL_PASSWORD', 'bookstack-test'),
             'charset'   => 'utf8',
             'collation' => 'utf8_unicode_ci',
             'prefix'    => '',