diff --git a/.env.testing b/.env.testing
index 2d7946b2e938..f38ea7f626ea 100644
--- a/.env.testing
+++ b/.env.testing
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ FILESYSTEM_DISK=local
 # --------------------------------------------
 # REQUIRED: DATABASE SETTINGS
 # --------------------------------------------
-DB_CONNECTION=mysql
+DB_CONNECTION=sqlite_testing
 DB_HOST=localhost
-DB_DATABASE=snipeit_unit
-DB_USERNAME=travis
+DB_DATABASE=testing.sqlite
+DB_USERNAME=null
 DB_PASSWORD=null
 
 # --------------------------------------------
diff --git a/.env.testing-ci b/.env.testing-ci
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ca9f62ca79d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.testing-ci
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+# --------------------------------------------
+# REQUIRED: BASIC APP SETTINGS
+# --------------------------------------------
+APP_ENV=testing
+APP_DEBUG=true
+APP_KEY=ChangeMe
+APP_URL=http://localhost:8000
+APP_TIMEZONE='US/Pacific'
+APP_LOCALE=en
+FILESYSTEM_DISK=local
+
+# --------------------------------------------
+# REQUIRED: DATABASE SETTINGS
+# --------------------------------------------
+DB_CONNECTION=sqlite_testing
+DB_HOST=localhost
+DB_DATABASE=snipeit_unit
+DB_USERNAME=travis
+DB_PASSWORD=null
+
+# --------------------------------------------
+# REQUIRED: OUTGOING MAIL SERVER SETTINGS
+# --------------------------------------------
+MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
+MAIL_HOST=email-smtp.us-west-2.amazonaws.com
+MAIL_PORT=587
+MAIL_USERNAME=YOURUSERNAME
+MAIL_PASSWORD=YOURPASSWORD
+MAIL_ENCRYPTION=null
+MAIL_FROM_ADDR=you@example.com
+MAIL_FROM_NAME=Snipe-IT
+
+# --------------------------------------------
+# REQUIRED: IMAGE LIBRARY
+# This should be gd or imagick
+# --------------------------------------------
+IMAGE_LIB=gd
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------
+# OPTIONAL: AWS S3 SETTINGS
+# --------------------------------------------
+AWS_SECRET=null
+AWS_KEY=null
+AWS_REGION=null
+AWS_BUCKET=null
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------
+# OPTIONAL: CACHE SETTINGS
+# --------------------------------------------
+CACHE_DRIVER=file
+SESSION_DRIVER=file
+QUEUE_DRIVER=sync
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------
+# OPTIONAL: SESSION SETTINGS
+# --------------------------------------------
+SESSION_LIFETIME=12000
+EXPIRE_ON_CLOSE=false
+ENCRYPT=false
+COOKIE_NAME=snipeit_session
+COOKIE_DOMAIN=null
+SECURE_COOKIES=false
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------
+# OPTIONAL: APP LOG FORMAT
+# --------------------------------------------
+APP_LOG=single
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index f443ad37c589..0d01cf8423b1 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ before_script:
   - mysql -e "create database IF NOT EXISTS snipeit_unit;" -utravis
   - composer self-update
   - composer install -n --prefer-source
-  - cp .env.testing .env
+  - cp .env.testing-ci .env
   - chmod -R 777 storage
   - php artisan migrate --force
   - ./vendor/bin/codecept build
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ before_script:
   - sleep 5
   - pip install --user codecov
   - sleep 5
-  - composer global update
 
 
 
diff --git a/tests/unit.suite.yml b/tests/unit.suite.yml
index aac1c5007abb..d8b3ebb9ccda 100644
--- a/tests/unit.suite.yml
+++ b/tests/unit.suite.yml
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ modules:
     enabled:
         - \Helper\Unit
         - Laravel5:
-            environment_file: .env.testing
+            environment_file: .env.testing-ci