diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index c5ee615..964045a 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ after_success:
 
 deploy:
   provider: script
-  script: bash deploy.sh sartography/testing-communicator
+  script: bash deploy.sh sartography/uva-covid19-testing-communicator
   skip_cleanup: true
   on:
     all_branches: true
diff --git a/communicator/services/firebase_service.py b/communicator/services/firebase_service.py
index 1cbddfa..2b8a070 100644
--- a/communicator/services/firebase_service.py
+++ b/communicator/services/firebase_service.py
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
+import json
 import os
 
-
+from google.auth.credentials import Credentials
 from google.cloud import firestore
+from google.oauth2 import service_account
 
 from communicator import app
 from communicator.models.sample import Sample
@@ -11,8 +13,11 @@ class FirebaseService(object):
     """Connects to the Google's Firecloud service to retrieve any records added by the tablets. """
 
     def __init__(self):
-        resource_path = os.path.join(app.instance_path, 'firestore_service_key.json')
-        self.db = firestore.Client.from_service_account_json(resource_path)
+        json_config = json.loads(app.config['FIRESTORE_JSON'])
+        credentials = service_account.Credentials.from_service_account_info(json_config)
+        self.db = firestore.Client(project="uva-covid19-testing-kiosk",
+                                   credentials= credentials)
+
 
     def get_samples(self):
         # Then query for documents
diff --git a/config/testing.py b/config/testing.py
index 0b4adcd..c26e995 100644
--- a/config/testing.py
+++ b/config/testing.py
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = environ.get(
 )
 ADMIN_UIDS = ['dhf8r']
 
+
 print('### USING TESTING CONFIG: ###')
 print('SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = ', SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI)
 print('TESTING = ', TESTING)
+