diff --git a/.github/workflows/push.yml b/.github/workflows/push.yml
index 4f47caf1..789dc5e7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/push.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/push.yml
@@ -63,11 +63,11 @@ jobs:
           tags: textbook/starter-kit:v2
       - id: env-file
         run: |
-          echo "file=$ENV_FILE" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           echo 'DATABASE_URL=postgres://testdb:keepitsecret@localhost:5432/testdb' >> "$ENV_FILE"
           echo 'LOG_LEVEL=debug' >> "$ENV_FILE"
           echo 'PORT=4321' >> "$ENV_FILE"
           echo 'NODE_ENV=docker' >> "$ENV_FILE"
+          echo "file=$ENV_FILE" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
         env:
           ENV_FILE: docker.env
       - id: docker-run
diff --git a/api/db.js b/api/db.js
index a38b597a..623bb4b8 100644
--- a/api/db.js
+++ b/api/db.js
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ const pool = new pg.Pool({
 
 pool.on("error", (err) => logger.error("%O", err));
 
-export const connect = async () => {
+export const connectDb = async () => {
 	const client = await pool.connect();
 	logger.info("connected to %s", client.database);
 	client.release();
 };
 
-export const disconnect = async () => await pool.end();
+export const disconnectDb = async () => await pool.end();
 
 export default {
 	query(...args) {
diff --git a/api/server.js b/api/server.js
index 77d5362e..83f5ccb7 100644
--- a/api/server.js
+++ b/api/server.js
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 import app from "./app.js";
-import { connect } from "./db.js";
+import { connectDb } from "./db.js";
 import config from "./utils/config.js";
 import logger from "./utils/logger.js";
 
 const { port } = config;
 
-await connect();
+await connectDb();
 
-const server = app.listen(port);
-
-server.on("listening", () => logger.info(`listening on ${port}`));
+app.listen(port, () => logger.info(`listening on ${port}`));
diff --git a/api/setupTests.js b/api/setupTests.js
index 70a7274e..f0de6d42 100644
--- a/api/setupTests.js
+++ b/api/setupTests.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import { connect, disconnect } from "./db.js";
+import { connectDb, disconnectDb } from "./db.js";
 
-beforeAll(() => connect());
+beforeAll(() => connectDb());
 
-afterAll(() => disconnect());
+afterAll(() => disconnectDb());