diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index cb536eb..f5c5aca 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 version: 2
 defaults: &defaults
   docker:
-    - image: cimg/python:3.11.7-browsers
+    - image: cimg/node:18.20.4
 install_dependency: &install_dependency
   name: Installation of build and deployment dependencies.
   command: |
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ workflows:
           context: org-global
           filters:
             branches:
-              only: ["dev", "feature/decouple-sendgridtemplateid"]
+              only: ["dev", "feature/decouple-sendgridtemplateid", "db_schema"]
       - "build-prod":
           context: org-global
           filters:
diff --git a/config/default.js b/config/default.js
index 9286c5d..b7ed244 100644
--- a/config/default.js
+++ b/config/default.js
@@ -11,13 +11,16 @@ module.exports = {
     dialect: 'postgres',
     logging: false,
     dialectOptions: {
-      ssl: process.env.DATABASE_SSL != null
+      ssl: process.env.DATABASE_SSL != null,
+      prependSearchPath: true
     },
     pool: {
       max: 5,
       min: 0,
       idle: 10000
-    }
+    },
+    schema: process.env.DATABASE_SCHEMA,
+    searchPath: process.env.DATABASE_SCHEMA,
   },
   DISABLE_LOGGING: process.env.DISABLE_LOGGING || 'false',