diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 4725eb32a..7afd036cd 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
       - run: php artisan key:generate
 
       # run tests with phpunit or codecept
-      - run: ./vendor/bin/phpunit
+      - run: php artisan test --env=testing
       - store_test_results:
           path: tests/_output
       - store_artifacts: