diff --git a/test/index.js b/test/index.js
index f0e8c2c8..9261ad42 100644
--- a/test/index.js
+++ b/test/index.js
@@ -34,25 +34,19 @@ async function stopRedis () {
 
 async function dropDatabase () {
     await exec(`dropdb --if-exists ${TEST_DB}`, {
-        env: {
-            PGUSER: 'postgres'
-        }
+        env: Object.assign ({ PGUSER: 'postgres' }, process.env)
     });
 }
 
 async function createDatabase () {
     await exec(`createdb -T template_postgis -EUTF8 "${TEST_DB}"`, {
-        env: {
-            PGUSER: 'postgres'
-        }
+        env: Object.assign ({ PGUSER: 'postgres' }, process.env)
     });
 }
 
 async function createDatabaseExtension () {
     await exec(`psql -c "CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS cartodb CASCADE;" ${TEST_DB}`, {
-        env: {
-            PGUSER: 'postgres'
-        }
+        env: Object.assign ({ PGUSER: 'postgres' }, process.env)
     });
 }
 
@@ -77,9 +71,7 @@ async function populateDatabase () {
     `;
 
     await exec(populateDatabaseCmd, {
-        env: {
-            PGUSER: 'postgres'
-        }
+        env: Object.assign ({ PGUSER: 'postgres' }, process.env)
     });
 }