diff --git a/ci/setup_test.bash b/ci/setup_test.bash
index 78e30383..144e93fd 100755
--- a/ci/setup_test.bash
+++ b/ci/setup_test.bash
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ then
   psql -U postgres -c "create user pgx_ssl SUPERUSER PASSWORD 'secret'"
   psql -U postgres -c "create user pgx_md5 SUPERUSER PASSWORD 'secret'"
   psql -U postgres -c "create user pgx_pw  SUPERUSER PASSWORD 'secret'"
-  psql -U postgres -c "create user travis"
+  psql -U postgres -c "create user `whoami`"
   psql -U postgres -c "create user pgx_replication with replication password 'secret'"
   psql -U postgres -c "create user \" tricky, ' } \"\" \\ test user \" superuser password 'secret'"
 fi