diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index b133692b..f9bfae38 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ jobs:
     name: RSpec
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: "!contains(github.event.head_commit.message, '[ci skip]')"
+    env:
+      PGHOST: localhost
+      PGUSER: ${{ env.POSTGRES_USER }}
+      PGPASSWORD: ${{ env.POSTGRES_PASSWORD }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
         ruby: ["3.2", "3.3"]
@@ -85,16 +89,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Create database
         env:
           RAILS_ENV: test
-          PGHOST: localhost
-          PGUSER: ${{ env.POSTGRES_USER }}
-          PGPASSWORD: ${{ env.POSTGRES_PASSWORD }}
         run: |
           bundle exec rake db:migrate
+      - name: Reload database config
+        run: psql -c "SELECT pg_reload_conf()"
       - name: Run tests
-        env:
-          PGHOST: localhost
-          PGUSER: ${{ env.POSTGRES_USER }}
-          PGPASSWORD: ${{ env.POSTGRES_PASSWORD }}
         run: bundle exec rspec
       - name: Send results to Code Climate
         uses: paambaati/codeclimate-action@v5.0.0