diff --git a/inc/settings.php b/inc/settings.php
index 3c0821a..a4294fa 100644
--- a/inc/settings.php
+++ b/inc/settings.php
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ class Settings {
         }
     }
 
-    protected function connect() {
+    protected function connect($verify=true) {
         $driver = $this->driver;
         $host = $this->host;
         $port = $this->port;
@@ -197,9 +197,11 @@ class Settings {
         try {
             $this->conn = new PDO($dsn, $username, $password, $options);
 
-            $st = $this->conn->query("SELECT * FROM " . $this->table['config'] . " LIMIT 1;");
-            $st->fetch();
-            $st->closeCursor();
+            if ($verify) {
+                $st = $this->conn->query("SELECT * FROM " . $this->table['config'] . " LIMIT 1;");
+                $st->fetch();
+                $st->closeCursor();
+            }
         } catch (PDOException $e) {
             Settings::handle_error($this, $e);
         }
diff --git a/inc/test/php/EnvSettings.php b/inc/test/php/EnvSettings.php
index 1edb501..39165ab 100644
--- a/inc/test/php/EnvSettings.php
+++ b/inc/test/php/EnvSettings.php
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 
 class EnvSettings extends Settings {
-    public function __construct($connect = true) {
+    public function __construct($connect = true, $verify = false) {
         parent::__construct(false);
         $this->host = getenv("MYSQL_HOST");
         $this->database = getenv("MYSQL_DATABASE");
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ class EnvSettings extends Settings {
 
         $this->init_tables();
 
-        if ($connect) $this->connect();
+        if ($connect) $this->connect($verify);
     }
 }