diff --git a/mysql/_dumps/Makefile b/mysql/_dumps/Makefile
index d186d8b36642338e5edd140544104c4b22358f94..5e9b4f17c51413eec7ced1a74cea64aa3e70e253 100644
--- a/mysql/_dumps/Makefile
+++ b/mysql/_dumps/Makefile
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 all:
-	cat structs.sql | mysql -uupperio -pupperio upperio_tests -hlocalhost
+	cat structs.sql | mysql -uupperio -pupperio upperio_tests -htestserver.local
diff --git a/mysql/_dumps/setup.sql b/mysql/_dumps/setup.sql
index 607b0683e66433b248bf9e25158f6d75a5505f8c..909e0d07b6363ab71f0123c196e5759c84b1c35e 100644
--- a/mysql/_dumps/setup.sql
+++ b/mysql/_dumps/setup.sql
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS upperio_tests;
 
 CREATE DATABASE upperio_tests;
 
-GRANT ALL ON upperio_tests.* to upperio@localhost identified by 'upperio';
+GRANT ALL ON upperio_tests.* to upperio@'%' identified by 'upperio';
diff --git a/mysql/database_test.go b/mysql/database_test.go
index 31aa01f85f137788f6420c910a6677a3de119252..f50e1ca7ef5d404ae64fafbb904d49b70a0266ed 100644
--- a/mysql/database_test.go
+++ b/mysql/database_test.go
@@ -48,17 +48,17 @@ import (
 const wrapperName = "mysql"
 
 // Wrapper settings.
-const host = "127.0.0.1"
-const socket = "/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock"
-const dbname = "upperio_tests"
-const username = "upperio"
-const password = "upperio"
+const (
+	host     = "testserver.local"
+	dbname   = "upperio_tests"
+	username = "upperio"
+	password = "upperio"
+)
 
 // Global settings for tests.
 var settings = db.Settings{
 	Database: dbname,
-	//Host: host,
-	Socket:   socket,
+	Host:     host,
 	User:     username,
 	Password: password,
 }