diff --git a/.github/actions/setup-postgres-linux/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup-postgres-linux/action.yml
index 427c3982..0d46b177 100644
--- a/.github/actions/setup-postgres-linux/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/setup-postgres-linux/action.yml
@@ -13,8 +13,11 @@ runs:
 
     - name: Configure the database
       shell: bash
-      run: sudo su - postgres psql -c 'CREATE DATABASE dbt;'
-      env:
-        PGUSER: postgres
-        PGPORT: 5432
-        PGHOST: localhost
+      run: |
+        sudo su - postgres PGUSER=postgres
+        sudo su - postgres export PGUSER
+        sudo su - postgres PGPORT=5432
+        sudo su - postgres export PGPORT
+        sudo su - postgres PGHOST=localhost
+        sudo su - postgres export PGHOST
+        sudo su - postgres createdb dbt