diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 90d5ec78f..08abe3eac 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -25,3 +25,5 @@ bin/*
 /tmp/*
 src/Chill/CustomFieldsBundle/vendor/*
 bootstrap.php.cache
+#the file created by composer to store creds
+auth.json
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 6a6ef31ee..9f2233cb5 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ services:
    - chill/database:latest
  
 before_script:
-   - composer config -g github-oauth.github.com $GITHUB_TOKEN
+   - composer config github-oauth.github.com $GITHUB_TOKEN
    - composer install --no-interaction
    - cp Tests/Fixtures/App/app/config/parameters.gitlab-ci.yml Tests/Fixtures/App/app/config/parameters.yml
    - ./console.sh --env=test cache:warmup
diff --git a/Tests/Fixtures/App/app/config/parameters.gitlab-ci.yml b/Tests/Fixtures/App/app/config/parameters.gitlab-ci.yml
index 01979d64f..9e3b75daf 100644
--- a/Tests/Fixtures/App/app/config/parameters.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/Tests/Fixtures/App/app/config/parameters.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 parameters:
-    database_host: localhost
+    database_host: chill__database
     database_port: 5432
     database_name: postgres
     database_user: postgres