diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index f038f692a..193f05b4f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -86,16 +86,16 @@ jobs:
           echo "Starting MySQL 8"
           docker run --name mysql-8 -d -p 3306:3306 \
             -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=root \
-            -e MYSQL_DATABASE=cmfive_test \
-            -e MYSQL_USER=cmfive_test \
-            -e MYSQL_PASSWORD=cmfive_test \
+            -e MYSQL_DATABASE=$DB_DATABASE \
+            -e MYSQL_USER=$DB_USERNAME \
+            -e MYSQL_PASSWORD=$DB_PASSWORD \
             --network=cmfive \
             mysql:8
 
           # Wait for MySQL to start
           echo "Waiting for MySQL to start"
           time=0
-          while ! docker exec mysql-8 mysqladmin ping -ucmfive_test -pcmfive_test --silent; do
+          while ! docker exec mysql-8 mysqladmin ping -u$DB_USERNAME -p$DB_PASSWORD --silent; do
             sleep 1
             time=$((time+1))
             if [ $time -gt 60 ]; then
@@ -118,10 +118,11 @@ jobs:
             -v ${{ github.workspace }}/boilerplate/test:/var/www/html/test:rw \
             -v ${{ github.workspace }}/boilerplate/storage:/var/www/html/storage:rw \
             -e DB_HOST=mysql-8 \
-            -e DB_USERNAME=cmfive_test \
-            -e DB_PASSWORD=cmfive_test \
-            -e DB_DATABASE=cmfive_test \
+            -e DB_USERNAME=$DB_USERNAME \
+            -e DB_PASSWORD=$DB_PASSWORD \
+            -e DB_DATABASE=$DB_DATABASE \
             -e CMFIVE_CORE_BRANCH=$CORE_BRANCH \
+            -e ENVIRONMENT=development \
             --network=cmfive \
             $BOILERPLATE_IMAGE
           # Note: system is mounted to a volume to avoid conflicts with the symlink
@@ -165,28 +166,20 @@ jobs:
           # Write extra config to cmfive container
           docker exec -t cmfive sh -c "echo \"$CONFIG\" >> /var/www/html/config.php"
 
-      - name: Prepare cmfive Test Backend
+      - name: Install dev tools
+        env:
+          CONTAINER: cmfive
         run: |
-          # Install packages required for the tests
-          docker exec -u root -t cmfive sh -c \
-            "apk add --no-cache php81-dom php81-xmlwriter php81-tokenizer php81-ctype mysql-client mariadb-connector-c-dev";
-
-          # Install phpunit 8
-          docker exec -u root cmfive sh -c \
-            "cd /usr/local/bin && curl -L https://phar.phpunit.de/phpunit-8.phar -o phpunit && chmod +x phpunit && chmod 777 .";
-
-          # Change owner of the test directory
-          docker exec -u root -t cmfive sh -c \
-            "chown -R cmfive:cmfive /var/www/html/test";
-
-          # Install Codeception
-          docker exec -u cmfive cmfive sh -c \
-            "cd /var/www/html/test/ && sh ./.install/install.sh"
+          if [ -f ./boilerplate/.codepipeline/docker/install_dev_tools.sh ]; then
+            ./boilerplate/.codepipeline/docker/install_dev_tools.sh
+          else
+            echo "⚠️  WARNING: could not find dev tools in boilerplate"
+          fi
 
       - name: Prepare cmfive Test DB
         run: |
-          docker exec -t cmfive sh -c "DB_HOST=mysql-8 DB_USERNAME=root DB_PASSWORD=root DB_DATABASE=cmfive_test DB_PORT=3306 php cmfive.php testDB setup; exit \$?";
-        
+          docker exec -t cmfive sh -c "DB_HOST=mysql-8 DB_USERNAME=root DB_PASSWORD=root DB_DATABASE=$DB_DATABASE DB_PORT=3306 php cmfive.php testDB setup; exit \$?";
+
       # Build new layout
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
@@ -196,7 +189,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: "Run unit tests"
         run: |
           docker exec -u root cmfive chmod -R ugo=rwX /var/www/html/test/
-          docker exec -u cmfive cmfive sh -c "DB_HOST=mysql-8 DB_USERNAME=cmfive_test DB_PASSWORD=cmfive_test DB_DATABASE=cmfive_test DB_PORT=3306 php cmfive.php tests unit all; exit \$?"
+          docker exec -u cmfive cmfive sh -c "DB_HOST=mysql-8 DB_USERNAME=$DB_USERNAME DB_PASSWORD=$DB_PASSWORD DB_DATABASE=$DB_DATABASE DB_PORT=3306 php cmfive.php tests unit all; exit \$?"
           if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
             echo "Admin module tests failed"
           fi
@@ -207,10 +200,6 @@ jobs:
           cd boilerplate/test/playwright
           npm ci
           npx playwright install --with-deps
-      # Run Acceptance Tests
-      - name: "Confirm Codeception setup"
-        run: |        
-          docker exec cmfive sh -c "ls -lah -R /var/www/html/test/Codeception/tests && cat /var/www/html/test/Codeception/*.yml && cat /var/www/html/test/Codeception/tests/*.yml"
 
       - name: "Run admin module tests"
         run: |
@@ -269,11 +258,11 @@ jobs:
             if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
                 echo "Timelog module tests failed"
             fi
-
+            
       - name: Get container logs
         if: ${{ failure() }} || ${{ success() }}
         run: |
-          docker logs cmfive | tee container.log
+          docker logs cmfive | sudo tee cmfive_container.log
 
       - name: Stop containers
         # the containers should be stopped regardless of 
@@ -295,6 +284,6 @@ jobs:
             boilerplate/storage/log/
             boilerplate/test/playwright/test-results/
             boilerplate/test/playwright/playwright-report/
-            container.log
+            cmfive_container.log
           retention-days: 5