diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 7af20dfe64..a25007bed0 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -1617,6 +1617,25 @@ jobs:
             pip install "PyGithub==1.59.1"
             pip install "openai==1.81.0"
             # Run pytest and generate JUnit XML report
+      - run:
+          name: Install dockerize
+          command: |
+            wget https://github.com/jwilder/dockerize/releases/download/v0.6.1/dockerize-linux-amd64-v0.6.1.tar.gz
+            sudo tar -C /usr/local/bin -xzvf dockerize-linux-amd64-v0.6.1.tar.gz
+            rm dockerize-linux-amd64-v0.6.1.tar.gz
+      - run:
+          name: Start PostgreSQL Database
+          command: |
+            docker run -d \
+              --name postgres-db \
+              -e POSTGRES_USER=postgres \
+              -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=postgres \
+              -e POSTGRES_DB=circle_test \
+              -p 5432:5432 \
+              postgres:14
+      - run:
+          name: Wait for PostgreSQL to be ready
+          command: dockerize -wait tcp://localhost:5432 -timeout 1m
       - run:
           name: Build Docker image
           command: docker build -t my-app:latest -f ./docker/Dockerfile.database .
@@ -1625,7 +1644,7 @@ jobs:
           command: |
             docker run -d \
               -p 4000:4000 \
-              -e DATABASE_URL=$PROXY_DATABASE_URL \
+              -e DATABASE_URL=postgresql://postgres:postgres@host.docker.internal:5432/circle_test \
               -e AZURE_API_KEY=$AZURE_BATCHES_API_KEY \
               -e AZURE_API_BASE=$AZURE_BATCHES_API_BASE \
               -e AZURE_API_VERSION="2024-05-01-preview" \
@@ -1651,6 +1670,7 @@ jobs:
               -e LANGFUSE_PROJECT2_PUBLIC=$LANGFUSE_PROJECT2_PUBLIC \
               -e LANGFUSE_PROJECT1_SECRET=$LANGFUSE_PROJECT1_SECRET \
               -e LANGFUSE_PROJECT2_SECRET=$LANGFUSE_PROJECT2_SECRET \
+              --add-host host.docker.internal:host-gateway \
               --name my-app \
               -v $(pwd)/litellm/proxy/example_config_yaml/oai_misc_config.yaml:/app/config.yaml \
               my-app:latest \
@@ -1658,13 +1678,10 @@ jobs:
               --port 4000 \
               --detailed_debug \
       - run:
-          name: Install curl and dockerize
+          name: Install curl
           command: |
             sudo apt-get update
             sudo apt-get install -y curl
-            sudo wget https://github.com/jwilder/dockerize/releases/download/v0.6.1/dockerize-linux-amd64-v0.6.1.tar.gz
-            sudo tar -C /usr/local/bin -xzvf dockerize-linux-amd64-v0.6.1.tar.gz
-            sudo rm dockerize-linux-amd64-v0.6.1.tar.gz
       - run:
           name: Start outputting logs
           command: docker logs -f my-app