diff --git a/.github/workflows/ruby.yml b/.github/workflows/ruby.yml
index a814a06..cc69619 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ruby.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ruby.yml
@@ -26,13 +26,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           ruby-version: ${{ matrix.ruby }}
           bundler-cache: true # runs 'bundle install' and caches installed gems automatically
-
-      - name: Wait for PostgreSQL to become ready
-        uses: actions/wait-for-it@v2
-        with:
-          host: localhost
-          port: ${{ job.services.postgres.ports[5432] }}
-          timeout: 60
       
       - name: config bundler
         run:  |
@@ -53,10 +46,12 @@ jobs:
           DISABLE_SPRING: 1
         run: |
           cp config/application.yml.example config/application.yml
+          cp config/database_ci.yml config/database.yml
           bundle exec rake db:create
           bundle exec rake db:migrate
           bundle exec rake db:schema:load
           bundle exec rake db:seed
+          bundle exec rails assets:precompile
           bundle exec rspec spec
 
       - name: Dependabot
diff --git a/config/application.yml.example b/config/application.yml.example
index 75340c2..d9813c4 100644
--- a/config/application.yml.example
+++ b/config/application.yml.example
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ epp_port: '700'
 # repp_url: 'http://localhost:8080/repp/v1/'
 repp_url: 'http://registry:3000/repp/v1/'
 
-# cert_path: '/opt/ca/certs/webclient.crt.pem'
-# key_path: '/opt/ca/private/webclient.key.pem'
+cert_path: 'spec/support/fixtures/certificates/webclient.crt.pem'
+key_path: 'spec/support/fixtures/certificates/webclient.key.pem'
 # ca_key_password: 123456
 
 registrar_tara_identifier: ''
diff --git a/config/database_ci.yml b/config/database_ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7026ce4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/database_ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+default: &default
+  host: localhost
+  adapter: postgresql
+  encoding: unicode
+  pool: 5
+  username: postgres
+  password: password
+
+test:
+  <<: *default
+  database: eis_billing_system_test
diff --git a/spec/requests/settings/configuration_spec.rb b/spec/requests/settings/configuration_spec.rb
index 72569d6..97de737 100644
--- a/spec/requests/settings/configuration_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/settings/configuration_spec.rb
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
       </epp>
     XML
 
+    allow_any_instance_of(Epp::Server).to receive(:open_connection).and_return(xml_schema)
     allow_any_instance_of(Epp::Server).to receive(:send_request).and_return(xml_schema)
 
     crt_file_path = "#{Rails.root}/spec/support/fixtures/certificates/webclient.crt.pem"
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@
     </epp>
     XML
 
+    allow_any_instance_of(Epp::Server).to receive(:open_connection).and_return(xml_schema)
     allow_any_instance_of(Epp::Server).to receive(:send_request).and_return(xml_schema)
 
     crt_file_path = "#{Rails.root}/spec/support/fixtures/certificates/webclient.crt.pem"
diff --git a/spec/requests/settings/est_tld/validations_spec.rb b/spec/requests/settings/est_tld/validations_spec.rb
index f2b04be..670067c 100644
--- a/spec/requests/settings/est_tld/validations_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/settings/est_tld/validations_spec.rb
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
     </epp>
     XML
 
+    allow_any_instance_of(Epp::Server).to receive(:open_connection).and_return(xml_schema)
     allow_any_instance_of(Epp::Server).to receive(:send_request).and_return(xml_schema)
 
     post settings_est_tld_validations_path, params: {
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@
     </epp>
     XML
 
+    allow_any_instance_of(Epp::Server).to receive(:open_connection).and_return(xml_schema)
     allow_any_instance_of(Epp::Server).to receive(:send_request).and_return(xml_schema)
 
     post settings_est_tld_validations_path, params: {