diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index 4d0d30cd71..bf4a13c322 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ module.exports = function (config) {
     app.locals.baseUriPath = baseUriPath;
     app.use(cookieParser());
 
-    if (publicFolder) {
+/*    if (publicFolder) {
         app.use(favicon(path.join(publicFolder, 'favicon.ico')));
     }
-
+*/
     app.use(validator([]));
     if (publicFolder) {
         app.use(baseUriPath, express.static(publicFolder));
diff --git a/lib/db/db-pool.js b/lib/db/db-pool.js
index ab6b734ce6..086e44e6fd 100644
--- a/lib/db/db-pool.js
+++ b/lib/db/db-pool.js
@@ -2,10 +2,13 @@
 
 const knex   = require('knex');
 
-module.exports.createDb = function (databaseConnection) {
-    return knex({
+module.exports.createDb = function (databaseConnection, schema = 'public') {
+    const db = knex({
         client: 'pg',
         connection: databaseConnection,
         pool: { min: 2, max: 20 },
+        searchPath: schema,
     });
+
+    return db;
 };
diff --git a/lib/db/index.js b/lib/db/index.js
index 8cbc185cef..58ca375b22 100644
--- a/lib/db/index.js
+++ b/lib/db/index.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ const ClientMetricsStore = require('./client-metrics-store');
 const ClientStrategyStore = require('./client-strategy-store');
 
 module.exports.createStores = (config) => {
-    const db = createDb(config.databaseUri);
+    const db = createDb(config.databaseUri, config.databaseSchema);
     const eventStore = new EventStore(db);
 
     return {
diff --git a/migrator.js b/migrator.js
index f443dbeaec..b22b517969 100644
--- a/migrator.js
+++ b/migrator.js
@@ -2,12 +2,14 @@
 
 const DBMigrate = require('db-migrate');
 const path = require('path');
+const parseDbUrl = require('parse-database-url');
 
-function migrateDb (dbUri) {
-    console.log(dbUri);
+function migrateDb (dbUrl, schema = "public") {
+    const custom = parseDbUrl(dbUrl);
+    custom.schema = schema;
     const dbmigrate = DBMigrate.getInstance(true, {
         cwd: __dirname,
-        config: { "custom": dbUri},
+        config: { custom },
         env: 'custom' }
     );
     return dbmigrate.up();
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7f3fb3e27e..861fc5856b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
     "knex": "^0.12.6",
     "log4js": "^1.0.1",
     "moment": "^2.15.2",
+    "parse-database-url": "^0.3.0",
     "pg": "^6.1.0",
     "serve-favicon": "^2.3.0",
     "unleash-frontend": "github:unleash/unleash-frontend",
diff --git a/test/e2e/util/database-config.js b/test/e2e/util/database-config.js
index 0dcc7fc69b..384c416b74 100644
--- a/test/e2e/util/database-config.js
+++ b/test/e2e/util/database-config.js
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ function getDatabaseUri () {
     if (process.env.TEST_DATABASE_URL) {
         return process.env.TEST_DATABASE_URL;
     } else {
-        console.log('Using default unleash_test database');
         return 'postgres://unleash_user:passord@localhost:5432/unleash_test';
     }
 }
diff --git a/test/e2e/util/test-helper.js b/test/e2e/util/test-helper.js
index 175d90c7c5..d140b3178e 100644
--- a/test/e2e/util/test-helper.js
+++ b/test/e2e/util/test-helper.js
@@ -6,18 +6,24 @@ let supertest = require('supertest');
 
 const options = {
     databaseUri: require('./database-config').getDatabaseUri(),
+    databaseSchema: 'test'
 };
 
 const migrator = require('../../../migrator');
 const { createStores } = require('../../../lib/db');
 
-process.env.DATABASE_URL = options.databaseUri
+// because of migrator bug
+delete process.env.DATABASE_URL;
 
-const createApp =  migrator(options.databaseUri).then(() => {
-    const stores = createStores(options);
-    const app = require('../../../app')({stores});
-    return { stores, request: supertest(app) };
-});
+const db = require('../../../lib/db/db-pool').createDb(options.databaseUri);
+
+const createApp = db.raw(`CREATE SCHEMA IF NOT EXISTS ${options.databaseSchema}`)
+    .then(() => migrator(options.databaseUri, options.databaseSchema))
+    .then(() => {
+        const stores = createStores(options);
+        const app = require('../../../app')({stores});
+        return { stores, request: supertest(app) };
+    });
 
 function createStrategies (stores) {
     return [