diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
index 8b493a5..d857b71 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 env:
+  COSMOS_DB_NAME:  test
   COSMOS_ENDPOINT: https://digitallinguistics.documents.azure.com:443/
   COSMOS_KEY:      ${{ secrets.COSMOS_KEY }}
   LOGGING:         TRUE
diff --git a/bin/setupDatabase.js b/bin/setupDatabase.js
index 70c55aa..086aa51 100644
--- a/bin/setupDatabase.js
+++ b/bin/setupDatabase.js
@@ -1,12 +1,7 @@
 import '../env.js'
 import Database from '@digitallinguistics/db'
 
-const [, , dbName] = process.argv
-
-if (!dbName) {
-  throw new Error(`Provide a database name as the first argument.`)
-}
-
+const dbName   = process.env.COSMOS_DB_NAME
 const endpoint = process.env.COSMOS_ENDPOINT
 const key      = process.env.COSMOS_KEY
 const db       = new Database({ dbName, endpoint, key })