diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e_tests.yml
index 40124986..edc5b5fd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e_tests.yml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ jobs:
         #  uses: actions/checkout@master
         #  with:
         #    repository: datakind/recipes-ai-test-data
-        #    ssh-key: ${{ secrets.SSH_PRIVATE_KEY}} 
+        #    ssh-key: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY}} 
         #    path: recipes-ai-test-data
 
         - name: Expose GitHub Runtime
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ jobs:
         #     env > .env 
         #     export DATA_DB_CONN_STRING="postgresql://${POSTGRES_DATA_USER}:${POSTGRES_DATA_PASSWORD}@${POSTGRES_DATA_HOST}:${POSTGRES_DATA_PORT}/${POSTGRES_DATA_DB}"
         #     export POSTGRES_RECIPE_CONN_STRING="postgresql://${POSTGRES_RECIPE_USER}:${POSTGRES_RECIPE_PASSWORD}@${POSTGRES_RECIPE_HOST}:${POSTGRES_RECIPE_PORT}/${POSTGRES_RECIPE_DB}"
-
         #     docker buildx create --use --driver=docker-container
         #     docker buildx bake -f ./docker-compose-dev.yml --set *.cache-to="type=gha,mode=max" --set *.cache-from="type=gha" --load --set *.platform=linux/amd64 --metadata-file metadata.json 
         #     cat metadata.json
@@ -78,6 +77,9 @@ jobs:
             
         - name: Spin up services
           run: |
+            env > .env 
+            export DATA_DB_CONN_STRING="postgresql://${POSTGRES_DATA_USER}:${POSTGRES_DATA_PASSWORD}@${POSTGRES_DATA_HOST}:${POSTGRES_DATA_PORT}/${POSTGRES_DATA_DB}"
+            export RECIPE_DB_CONN_STRING="postgresql://${POSTGRES_RECIPE_USER}:${POSTGRES_RECIPE_PASSWORD}@${POSTGRES_RECIPE_HOST}:${POSTGRES_RECIPE_PORT}/${POSTGRES_RECIPE_DB}"
             
             # TODO this should be enhanced to use a buildx bake to leverage layer caching for faster builds, or push to repo and simply have a pull for the run
             # TODO docker-compose files should be refactored to use scopes instead of different versions for each environment