diff --git a/gdeimporter/configuration.py b/gdeimporter/configuration.py
index 2798fe15f5d9f11b19e6c2c2a1b5a0e696298494..9652656755e744c1cb2b76f4b458380e26f424bf 100644
--- a/gdeimporter/configuration.py
+++ b/gdeimporter/configuration.py
@@ -177,10 +177,18 @@ class Configuration:
             config, "number_cores"
         )
         self.database_built_up = ConfigurationMethods.retrieve_database_credentials(
-            config, "database_built_up", "test_db_built_up.env", force_config_over_hierarchies
+            config,
+            "database_built_up",
+            "test_db_built_up.env",
+            "GDEIMPORTER",
+            force_config_over_hierarchies,
         )
         self.database_gde_tiles = ConfigurationMethods.retrieve_database_credentials(
-            config, "database_gde_tiles", "test_db_gde_tiles.env", force_config_over_hierarchies
+            config,
+            "database_gde_tiles",
+            "test_db_gde_tiles.env",
+            "GDEIMPORTER",
+            force_config_over_hierarchies,
         )
         self.data_units_surface_threshold = ConfigurationMethods.assign_float_parameter(
             config, "data_units_surface_threshold", True, -1e-15, 100.0
diff --git a/gdeimporter/tools/configuration_methods.py b/gdeimporter/tools/configuration_methods.py
index 3e87e00a73b3875b886f64035ad829d25ea63d03..32b9d8c006a3606e5513b1bd0c9d62599f98d4e9 100644
--- a/gdeimporter/tools/configuration_methods.py
+++ b/gdeimporter/tools/configuration_methods.py
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ class ConfigurationMethods:
 
     @staticmethod
     def retrieve_database_credentials(
-        config, input_parameter, env_filename, force_config_over_hierarchies
+        config, input_parameter, env_filename, ci_variable_name, force_config_over_hierarchies
     ):
         """This function retrieves the credentials needed to (later) connect to a specific SQL
         database. If force_config_over_hierarchies is False, it does so hieararchically, by
@@ -338,6 +338,9 @@ class ConfigurationMethods:
                 Name of the desired parameter, to be searched for as a primary key of config.
             env_filename (str):
                 Name of a local .env file that will be run to load environment variables.
+            ci_variable_name (str):
+                Prefix of the name of the variables associated with the test databases in the CI
+                pipeline.
             force_config_over_hierarchies (bool):
                 If True, the contents of the .yml configuration file specified in filepath will
                 take precedence over any other hierarchy (e.g. preference of environment
@@ -366,24 +369,26 @@ class ConfigurationMethods:
         if "port" in config:
             db_config["port"] = int(db_config["port"])
 
-        if "GDEIMPORTER_DB_HOST" in os.environ and not (force_config_over_hierarchies):
+        if ("%s_DB_HOST" % (ci_variable_name)) in os.environ and not (
+            force_config_over_hierarchies
+        ):
             # Running the CI pipeline
             db_config = {
-                "host": os.environ.get("GDEIMPORTER_DB_HOST"),
-                "dbname": os.environ.get("GDEIMPORTER_DB"),
-                "username": os.environ.get("GDEIMPORTER_USER"),
-                "password": os.environ.get("GDEIMPORTER_PASSWORD"),
-                "sourceid": os.environ.get("GDEIMPORTER_SOURCEID"),
+                "host": os.environ.get("%s_DB_HOST" % (ci_variable_name)),
+                "dbname": os.environ.get("%s_DB" % (ci_variable_name)),
+                "username": os.environ.get("%s_USER" % (ci_variable_name)),
+                "password": os.environ.get("%s_PASSWORD" % (ci_variable_name)),
+                "sourceid": os.environ.get("%s_SOURCEID" % (ci_variable_name)),
             }
         elif os.path.isfile(env_filename) and not (force_config_over_hierarchies):
             # Testing locally with a test database
             load_dotenv(env_filename)
             db_config = {
-                "host": os.environ.get("GDEIMPORTER_LOCAL_DB_HOST"),
-                "dbname": os.environ.get("GDEIMPORTER_LOCAL_DB"),
-                "username": os.environ.get("GDEIMPORTER_LOCAL_USER"),
-                "password": os.environ.get("GDEIMPORTER_LOCAL_PASSWORD"),
-                "sourceid": os.environ.get("GDEIMPORTER_LOCAL_SOURCEID"),
+                "host": os.environ.get("%s_LOCAL_DB_HOST" % (ci_variable_name)),
+                "dbname": os.environ.get("%s_LOCAL_DB" % (ci_variable_name)),
+                "username": os.environ.get("%s_LOCAL_USER" % (ci_variable_name)),
+                "password": os.environ.get("%s_LOCAL_PASSWORD" % (ci_variable_name)),
+                "sourceid": os.environ.get("%s_LOCAL_SOURCEID" % (ci_variable_name)),
             }
 
         return db_config