diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 76fc3c83..68001aa8 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ stages:
 # Variables
 variables:
   MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: root
-  MYSQL_USER: root
-  MYSQL_PASSWORD: root
+  MYSQL_USER: mysql_password
+  MYSQL_PASSWORD: mysql_password
   MYSQL_DATABASE: shpping_portal
   DB_HOST: mysql
 
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ before_script:
   - apt-get install -y libgd-dev
   - apt-get install -y libgd-dev
 
+# Install PDO MySQL extension
+  - docker-php-ext-install pdo_mysql
+
   #install php depandancies
   - docker-php-ext-install mbstring xml zip gd