diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index cf218ce3d..415c8fa85 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ workflow:
     - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'merge_request_event'
 
 before_script:
-  - free -mh
+  - 'free -mh'
+  - 'apt-get update -q'
 
 # Cache downloaded dependencies and plugins between builds.
 # To keep cache across branches add 'key: "$CI_JOB_NAME"'
@@ -24,8 +25,13 @@ cache:
 verify:jdk11:
   stage: build
   script:
+    - 'apt-get install -q -y --no-install-recommends mariadb-server'
+    - 'mysqld_safe &'
+    - 'sleep 3'
+    - 'mysql -u root < Server/db_exports/global.sql'
+    - 'mysql -u root < Server/db_exports/testuser.sql'
     - 'cd Server'
-    - 'mvn $MAVEN_CLI_OPTS verify -DskipTests'
+    - 'mvn $MAVEN_CLI_OPTS verify'
   except:
     variables:
       - $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH
@@ -33,7 +39,7 @@ verify:jdk11:
 test:json:
   stage: test
   script:
-    - apt-get update -qq && apt-get install -qq -y --no-install-recommends jq
+    - 'apt-get install -q -y --no-install-recommends jq'
     - 'find . -name \*.json -type f -print0 | xargs -0 -n1 -P8 jq empty'
   except:
     variables:
diff --git a/Server/db_exports/global.sql b/Server/db_exports/global.sql
index 0b5e21b74..255acee9d 100644
--- a/Server/db_exports/global.sql
+++ b/Server/db_exports/global.sql
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+CREATE DATABASE global;
+
+USE global;
+
 -- phpMyAdmin SQL Dump
 -- version 5.0.2
 -- https://www.phpmyadmin.net/
diff --git a/Server/db_exports/testuser.sql b/Server/db_exports/testuser.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d9d752183
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Server/db_exports/testuser.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+CREATE USER IF NOT EXISTS 2009scapetest@localhost IDENTIFIED BY '2009scapetest';
+GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON global.* TO 2009scapetest@localhost;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Server/src/test/resources/test.conf b/Server/src/test/resources/test.conf
index 15b5ddd9d..0fa196892 100644
--- a/Server/src/test/resources/test.conf
+++ b/Server/src/test/resources/test.conf
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ noauth_default_admin = true #NOTE: If we are not using auth, this determines whe
 
 [database]
 database_name = "global"
-database_username = "root"
-database_password = ""
+database_username = "2009scapetest"
+database_password = "2009scapetest"
 database_address = "127.0.0.1"
 database_port = "3306"