diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 15348eeb..17d28ab8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ jobs:
           sudo bash -c 'mkdir -p "/etc/discourse/" && echo "I am so secret" > "/etc/discourse/client-api-key"'
           pip3 install .[dev,test]
           make setup
+        env:
+          TIRA_CONFIG: ${{github.workspace}}/application/config/tira-application-config.yml
       - name: Run backend tests
         working-directory: ${{github.workspace}}/application/test
         run: pytest
diff --git a/application/Dockerfile.prod b/application/Dockerfile.prod
index b8ff0f86..ff43718c 100644
--- a/application/Dockerfile.prod
+++ b/application/Dockerfile.prod
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ pip3 install -q --no-cache-dir --user ../python-client .[test,deploy]
 chmod +x ./src/tira_app/endpoints/aha  # FIXME; aha is not copied to the Production Container
 
 # Run tests
+export TIRA_CONFIG="/tira/config/tira-application-config.yml"
 make setup
 cd test
 pytest