diff --git a/registrar_test.py b/registrar_test.py
index f9c4c76dae8aa47f3aecc4c91f372bd3855712e3..540910e4d778e491cb2b7ece5ee412bbd0134ef1 100644
--- a/registrar_test.py
+++ b/registrar_test.py
@@ -7,17 +7,17 @@ with open('./env/emg_db.env', 'r') as f:
         line.split('=', 1)
         for line in f
     )
-database= env['DB_NAME']
-port = env['DB_PORT']
-host = env['DB_HOST']
-database_password= env['DB_PW']
-database_user = env['DB_USER']
+database= env['DB_NAME'].replace('\n','')
+port = env['DB_PORT'].replace('\n','')
+host = env['DB_HOST'].replace('\n','')
+database_password= env['DB_PW'].replace('\n','')
+database_user = env['DB_USER'].replace('\n','')
 
 def connect_to_db(eo_id):
     global db_name, coverage_id
     connection= None
     try:
-        connection = psycopg2.connect(dbname=database, user=database_user, password=database_password, host=host, port=port)
+        connection = psycopg2.connect(dbname=database, user=database_user, password=database_password, host='localhost', port=port)
         cursor = connection.cursor()
         db_name = connection.get_dsn_parameters()["dbname"]
         postgreSQL_select_Query = "SELECT identifier FROM coverages_eoobject WHERE identifier = '%s';" % eo_id