diff --git a/SAS/OTDB_Services/test/t_TreeService.run b/SAS/OTDB_Services/test/t_TreeService.run
index 14cc7a3968eb5a1f300a595e24721b6109db21a5..1ce182790c540d1fc73c6e465bb8364136406a5c 100755
--- a/SAS/OTDB_Services/test/t_TreeService.run
+++ b/SAS/OTDB_Services/test/t_TreeService.run
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ qpid-config add exchange topic $queue
 # Setup a clean database with predefined content
 dropdb -U postgres -h ${DBHOST} unittest_db
 gzip -dc $srcdir/unittest_db.dump.gz | psql -U postgres -h ${DBHOST} -f -
-TreeService.py $queue -D unittest_db -H ${DBHOST} &
+TreeService.py $queue -D unittest_db -H ${DBHOST} -U postgres &
 SERVER_PID=$!
 # Starting up takes a while
 sleep 3
diff --git a/SAS/OTDB_Services/test/t_TreeStatusEvents.run b/SAS/OTDB_Services/test/t_TreeStatusEvents.run
index 22148b99324eeabc1c49ec8f3b56edb082a8df64..6b23a31fe3ee7f6920afe1d139e761881a45ea46 100755
--- a/SAS/OTDB_Services/test/t_TreeStatusEvents.run
+++ b/SAS/OTDB_Services/test/t_TreeStatusEvents.run
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ qpid-config add exchange topic $queue
 # Setup a clean database with predefined content
 dropdb -U postgres -h ${DBHOST} unittest_db
 gzip -dc $srcdir/unittest_db.dump.gz | psql -U postgres -h ${DBHOST} -f -
-TreeStatusEvents.py -B $queue -D unittest_db -H ${DBHOST} &
+TreeStatusEvents.py -B $queue -D unittest_db -H ${DBHOST} -U postgres &
 SERVICE_PID=$!
 # Starting up takes a while
 sleep 3