diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 79c605f..e210c6b 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -23,13 +23,20 @@ setup:composer:
 test:acceptance:
     image: php:7.2-alpine
     stage: test
+    services:
+        - mysql:5.7
+    variables:
+        MYSQL_DATABASE: workshopgitlabtesting
+        MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: testing
     dependencies:
         - setup:composer
     before_script:
-        - apk --no-cache add sqlite
-        - cp public/index.php app
+        - docker-php-ext-install pdo pdo_mysql
+        - cp public/index.php app/index.php
         - cp public/typo3/index.php app/typo3/index.php
         - cp public/typo3/install.php app/typo3/install.php
-        - TYPO3_PATH_ROOT=$(pwd)/app/typo3temp/var/tests/acceptance TYPO3_PATH_APP=$(pwd)/app/typo3temp/var/tests/acceptance  php -S 127.0.0.1:8080 -t app/typo3temp/var/tests/acceptance &
+        - sed -i.bak -e '133,136d' vendor/typo3/testing-framework/Classes/Core/Testbase.php
+        - mkdir -p app/typo3temp/var/tests/acceptance
+        - env TYPO3_PATH_ROOT="$CI_PROJECT_DIR/app/typo3temp/var/tests/acceptance" TYPO3_PATH_APP="$CI_PROJECT_DIR/app/typo3temp/var/tests/acceptance"  php -S 127.0.0.1:8080 -t app/typo3temp/var/tests/acceptance &
     script:
         - ./vendor/bin/codecept run
diff --git a/tests/Classes/Acceptance/Typo3Environment.php b/tests/Classes/Acceptance/Typo3Environment.php
index 5d2feff..49ed013 100644
--- a/tests/Classes/Acceptance/Typo3Environment.php
+++ b/tests/Classes/Acceptance/Typo3Environment.php
@@ -33,13 +33,13 @@ class Typo3Environment extends BackendEnvironment
     public function _initialize()
     {
         ArrayUtility::mergeRecursiveWithOverrule($this->config, [
-            'typo3DatabaseDriver' => 'pdo_sqlite',
-            // 'typo3DatabaseDriver' => 'pdo_mysql',
-            // 'typo3DatabaseHost' => 'localhost',
-            // 'typo3DatabaseUsername' => 'testing',
-            // 'typo3DatabasePassword' => 'testing',
-            // 'typo3DatabaseName' => 'workshopgitlabtesting',
-            // 'typo3DatabasePort' => '3306',
+            // 'typo3DatabaseDriver' => 'pdo_sqlite',
+            // 'typo3DatabaseName' => 'workshopgitlabtesting.sqlite',
+            'typo3DatabaseDriver' => 'pdo_mysql',
+            'typo3DatabaseHost' => 'mysql',
+            'typo3DatabaseUsername' => 'root',
+            'typo3DatabasePassword' => 'testing',
+            'typo3DatabaseName' => 'workshopgitlabtesting',
             'coreExtensionsToLoad' => [
                 'core',
                 'extbase',