diff --git a/config/custom-environment-variables.json b/config/custom-environment-variables.json
index d5083856..a9c9e7dc 100644
--- a/config/custom-environment-variables.json
+++ b/config/custom-environment-variables.json
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@
   "jwtExpirationTime": "theSpoon_jwtExpirationTime",
   "AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID": "theSpoon_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID",
   "AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY": "theSpoon_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY",
-  "companySecret": "theSpoon_companySecret"
+  "companySecret": "theSpoon_companySecret",
+  "sequelize_Database": "theSpoon_sequelize_Database"
 }
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diff --git a/config/default.json b/config/default.json
index 1056cf9f..ffb2da31 100644
--- a/config/default.json
+++ b/config/default.json
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
   "jwtExpirationTime": "",
   "AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID": "",
   "AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY": "",
-  "sequelize_Database": "postgres://vlbganljybqkij:19f31cdd0c3704ba6f463d0236de1e224187121d17811cb950b46c29daa5ace4@ec2-54-246-100-246.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com:5432/d9dfhu5citam1c?ssl=true&sslfactory=org.postgresql.ssl.NonValidatingFactory"
+  "sequelize_Database": ""
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/jest.setup.js b/jest.setup.js
index a7fd3520..c6730784 100644
--- a/jest.setup.js
+++ b/jest.setup.js
@@ -1 +1 @@
-jest.setTimeout(100000); // in milliseconds
\ No newline at end of file
+jest.setTimeout(1000000); // in milliseconds
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/utils/environmentVariablesCheck.js b/utils/environmentVariablesCheck.js
index 114b77f7..e0392790 100644
--- a/utils/environmentVariablesCheck.js
+++ b/utils/environmentVariablesCheck.js
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ module.exports = () => {
         console.error('FATAL ERROR: companySecret is not defined');
         return false;
     }
+    if (!config.get('sequelize_Database')){
+        console.error('FATAL ERROR: sequelize_Database is not defined');
+        return false;
+    }
     else return true;
 };