diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.git_project_name}}/.env/.testing b/{{cookiecutter.git_project_name}}/.env/.testing
index ee55857f..761c97b6 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.git_project_name}}/.env/.testing
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.git_project_name}}/.env/.testing
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ DJANGO_LOGGING_LEVEL="DEBUG"
 DJANGO_LOGGING_MAIL_ADMINS="ERROR"
 DJANGO_MANAGEPY_MIGRATE=on
 DJANGO_SECRET_KEY="!!!INSECURE_TESTING_SECRET!!!"
-DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=config.settings.testing
+DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=config.settings.test
 DB_ENGINE=""
 DB_NAME=""
 DB_USER=""
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.git_project_name}}/config/settings/test.py b/{{cookiecutter.git_project_name}}/config/settings/test.py
index e6e44b7a..b7dca001 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.git_project_name}}/config/settings/test.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.git_project_name}}/config/settings/test.py
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 )
 environ.Env.read_env(os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ".env/.testing"))  # noqa: F405
 
+SETTINGS_MODULE = env("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", default="config.settings.test")
+
 SECRET_KEY = env("DJANGO_SECRET_KEY")
 
 DEBUG = env("DJANGO_DEBUG", default=False)