diff --git a/.github/workflows/wgit.yaml b/.github/workflows/wgit.yaml
index 7d40c99..1b17e3b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wgit.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wgit.yaml
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ jobs:
         image: michaeltelford/mongo-wgit
         ports:
           - 27017:27017
+    env:
+      WGIT_CONNECTION_STRING: "mongodb://rubyapp:abcdef@localhost/crawler"
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1