diff --git a/roles/confluence_config/molecule/default/playbook.yml b/roles/confluence_config/molecule/default/playbook.yml
index 89f5a68..f8b8b43 100644
--- a/roles/confluence_config/molecule/default/playbook.yml
+++ b/roles/confluence_config/molecule/default/playbook.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
     atl_tomcat_scheme: "http"
     atl_proxy_name: "localhost"
     atl_proxy_port: "80"
+    atl_db_preferredtestquery: "select 1;"
 
   roles:
     - role: linux_common
diff --git a/roles/confluence_config/molecule/default/tests/test_default.py b/roles/confluence_config/molecule/default/tests/test_default.py
index 713be57..39e69c5 100644
--- a/roles/confluence_config/molecule/default/tests/test_default.py
+++ b/roles/confluence_config/molecule/default/tests/test_default.py
@@ -77,4 +77,5 @@ def test_confluence_config_file(host):
     assert f.contains('<property name="hibernate.connection.driver_class">org.postgresql.Driver</property>')
     assert f.contains('<property name="confluence.cluster.aws.host.header">ec2.amazonaws.com</property>')
     assert f.contains('<property name="hibernate.connection.url">jdbc:postgresql://postgres-db.ap-southeast-2.rds.amazonaws.com:5432/confluence</property>')
-    assert f.contains('<property name="hibernate.connection.password">molecule_password</property>')
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+    assert f.contains('<property name="hibernate.connection.password">molecule_password</property>')
+    assert f.contains('<property name="hibernate.c3p0.preferredTestQuery">select 1;</property>')
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