diff --git a/.changeset/smart-ghosts-search.md b/.changeset/smart-ghosts-search.md
index 5d8b3676cb..d1d32e71af 100644
--- a/.changeset/smart-ghosts-search.md
+++ b/.changeset/smart-ghosts-search.md
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ Removed the database choice from the `create-app` command.
 This reduces the step from development to production by always installing the dependencies and templating the production configuration in `app-config.production.yaml`.
 
 Added `app-config.local.yaml` to allow for local configuration overrides.
+To replicate this behavior in an existing installation simply `touch app-config.local.yaml` in the project root and apply your local configuration.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/verify_e2e-linux.yml b/.github/workflows/verify_e2e-linux.yml
index 212149e415..f3e38dc68b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/verify_e2e-linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/verify_e2e-linux.yml
@@ -80,5 +80,5 @@ jobs:
           BACKSTAGE_TEST_DISABLE_DOCKER: 1
           POSTGRES_USER: postgres
           POSTGRES_PASSWORD: postgres
-          POSTGRES_HOST: postgres
-          POSTGRES_PORT: 5432
+          POSTGRES_HOST: localhost
+          POSTGRES_PORT: ${{ job.services.postgres.ports[5432] }}
diff --git a/packages/e2e-test/src/commands/run.ts b/packages/e2e-test/src/commands/run.ts
index 3e5b546225..e1477d98d7 100644
--- a/packages/e2e-test/src/commands/run.ts
+++ b/packages/e2e-test/src/commands/run.ts
@@ -62,10 +62,10 @@ export async function run() {
   print('Starting the app');
   await testAppServe(pluginName, appDir);
 
-  const appConfig = path.resolve(appDir, 'app-config.yaml');
   if (Boolean(process.env.POSTGRES_USER)) {
     print('Testing the PostgreSQL backend startup');
     await preCleanPostgres();
+    const appConfig = path.resolve(appDir, 'app-config.yaml');
     const productionConfig = path.resolve(appDir, 'app-config.production.yaml');
     await testBackendStart(
       appDir,
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ export async function run() {
     );
   }
   print('Testing the SQLite backend startup');
-  await testBackendStart(appDir, '--config', appConfig);
+  await testBackendStart(appDir);
 
   if (process.env.CI) {
     // Cleanup actually takes significant time, so skip it in CI since the
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ async function dropDB(database: string) {
   };
 
   try {
-    await pgtools.dropdb({ config }, database);
+    await pgtools.dropdb(config, database);
   } catch (_) {
     /* do nothing*/
   }