diff --git a/runtests b/runtests
index 29278e1..baf3d78 100755
--- a/runtests
+++ b/runtests
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 set -e
 
 export PATH=env/bin:${PATH}
+export DEBUG=true
+export DATABASE_URL=postgres://localhost/theorangeonenet
 
 flake8 project --ignore=E128,E501,E401 --exclude="migrations,settings,*/wsgi.py"
 echo "All Python tests passed!"