diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-deploy.yml
index 9b9e5710..7d515512 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-deploy.yml
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ jobs:
           PRODUCTION_DOMAIN: ${{secrets.PRODUCTION_DOMAIN}}
           AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
           AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+          NODE_ENV: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && 'staging' || 'production' }}
 
       - name: Comment staging URL
         uses: marocchino/sticky-pull-request-comment@v2
diff --git a/api/src/helpers/mongo.ts b/api/src/helpers/mongo.ts
index 4e664b8a..6932dd23 100644
--- a/api/src/helpers/mongo.ts
+++ b/api/src/helpers/mongo.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ const client = new MongoClient(process.env.MONGO_URL, { useNewUrlParser: true, u
 /**
  * Database name to use in mongo
  */
-const DB_NAME = 'peterPortalDB';
+const DB_NAME = process.env.NODE_ENV == 'production' ? 'peterPortalDB' : 'peterPortalDevDB';
 /**
  * Collection names that we are using
  */
diff --git a/api/src/types/environment.d.ts b/api/src/types/environment.d.ts
index 1d3f3a8c..5f7311b0 100644
--- a/api/src/types/environment.d.ts
+++ b/api/src/types/environment.d.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ declare global {
          */
         interface ProcessEnv {
             MONGO_URL: string;
-            NODE_ENV: 'development' | 'production';
+            NODE_ENV: 'development' | 'production' | 'staging';
             PORT?: string;
             PUBLIC_API_URL: string;
             PUBLIC_API_GRAPHQL_URL: string;