diff --git a/.woodpecker/test.yml b/.woodpecker/test.yml
index 00653cf08..7200ac42e 100644
--- a/.woodpecker/test.yml
+++ b/.woodpecker/test.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ pipeline:
     image: golang:1.16
     group: test
     environment:
-      - DATABASE_DRIVER=sqlite3
+      - WOODPECKER_DATABASE_DRIVER=sqlite3
     commands:
       - make test-server-datastore
 
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ pipeline:
     image: golang:1.16
     group: test
     environment:
-      - DATABASE_DRIVER=postgres
-      - DATABASE_CONFIG=host=postgres user=postgres dbname=postgres sslmode=disable
+      - WOODPECKER_DATABASE_DRIVER=postgres
+      - WOODPECKER_DATABASE_DATASOURCE=host=service-postgres user=postgres dbname=postgres sslmode=disable
     commands:
       - make test-server-datastore
 
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ pipeline:
     image: golang:1.16
     group: test
     environment:
-      - DATABASE_DRIVER=mysql
-      - DATABASE_CONFIG=root@tcp(mysql:3306)/test?parseTime=true
+      - WOODPECKER_DATABASE_DRIVER=mysql
+      - WOODPECKER_DATABASE_DATASOURCE=root@tcp(service-mysql:3306)/test?parseTime=true
     commands:
       - make test-server-datastore
 
diff --git a/server/store/datastore/engine_test.go b/server/store/datastore/engine_test.go
index 8de20e5a8..13735690e 100644
--- a/server/store/datastore/engine_test.go
+++ b/server/store/datastore/engine_test.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ func testDriverConfig() (driver, config string) {
 
 	if os.Getenv("WOODPECKER_DATABASE_DRIVER") != "" {
 		driver = os.Getenv("WOODPECKER_DATABASE_DRIVER")
-		config = os.Getenv("WOODPECKER_DATABASE_CONFIG")
+		config = os.Getenv("WOODPECKER_DATABASE_DATASOURCE")
 	}
 	return
 }
diff --git a/server/store/datastore/migration/migration_test.go b/server/store/datastore/migration/migration_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8993c9e09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/store/datastore/migration/migration_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+package migration
+
+import (
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"xorm.io/xorm"
+
+	// blank imports to register the sql drivers
+	_ "github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql"
+	_ "github.com/lib/pq"
+	_ "github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3"
+)
+
+const (
+	sqliteDB = "./testfiles/sqlite.db"
+)
+
+func testDriver() string {
+	driver := os.Getenv("WOODPECKER_DATABASE_DRIVER")
+	if len(driver) == 0 {
+		return "sqlite3"
+	}
+	return driver
+}
+
+func createSQLiteDB(t *testing.T) string {
+	tmpF, err := ioutil.TempFile("./testfiles", "tmp_")
+	if !assert.NoError(t, err) {
+		t.FailNow()
+	}
+	dbF, err := ioutil.ReadFile(sqliteDB)
+	if !assert.NoError(t, err) {
+		t.FailNow()
+	}
+
+	if !assert.NoError(t, ioutil.WriteFile(tmpF.Name(), dbF, 0644)) {
+		t.FailNow()
+	}
+	return tmpF.Name()
+}
+
+func testDB(t *testing.T, new bool) (engine *xorm.Engine, close func()) {
+	driver := testDriver()
+	var err error
+	close = func() {}
+	switch driver {
+	case "sqlite3":
+		config := ":memory:"
+		if !new {
+			config = createSQLiteDB(t)
+			close = func() {
+				_ = os.Remove(config)
+			}
+		}
+		engine, err = xorm.NewEngine(driver, config)
+		if !assert.NoError(t, err) {
+			t.FailNow()
+		}
+		return
+	case "mysql", "postgres":
+		config := os.Getenv("WOODPECKER_DATABASE_DATASOURCE")
+		if !new {
+			t.Logf("do not have dump to test against")
+			t.SkipNow()
+		}
+		engine, err = xorm.NewEngine(driver, config)
+		if !assert.NoError(t, err) {
+			t.FailNow()
+		}
+		return
+	default:
+		t.Errorf("unsupported driver: %s", driver)
+		t.FailNow()
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+func TestMigrate(t *testing.T) {
+	// init new db
+	engine, close := testDB(t, true)
+	assert.NoError(t, Migrate(engine))
+	close()
+
+	// migrate old db
+	engine, close = testDB(t, false)
+	assert.NoError(t, Migrate(engine))
+	close()
+}
diff --git a/server/store/datastore/migration/testfiles/.gitignore b/server/store/datastore/migration/testfiles/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ab1a9904f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/store/datastore/migration/testfiles/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+tmp_*
diff --git a/server/store/datastore/migration/testfiles/sqlite.db b/server/store/datastore/migration/testfiles/sqlite.db
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..219e5184a
Binary files /dev/null and b/server/store/datastore/migration/testfiles/sqlite.db differ