diff --git a/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml b/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
index 7d835d7764..24d0429bb2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
         python-version: [3.7, 3.8]
         # TODO: mysql disabled, not able to connect to it so far
         TESTING_DB: ['sqlite3', 'postgresql', 'mysql']
-      fail-fast: False
+        # fail-fast: false
 
     steps:
 
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
         host port: 3306
         character set server: 'utf8mb4'
         collation server: 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci'
-        mysql database: 'evennia'
+        mysql database: 'default'
         mysql user: 'evennia'
         mysql password: 'password'