diff --git a/db/test_config.go b/db/test_config.go
index 5e07486df..ad1ae821e 100644
--- a/db/test_config.go
+++ b/db/test_config.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 var TestDB database
 
 func InitTestDB() {
-	rdsHost := "test_db"
+	rdsHost := "test_postgres"
 	rdsPort := fmt.Sprintf("%d", 5532)
 	rdsDbName := "test_posrgres"
 	rdsUsername := "test_user"
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func InitTestDB() {
 
 	TestDB.db = db
 
-	fmt.Println("db connected")
+	fmt.Println("DB CONNECTED")
 
 	// migrate table changes
 	db.AutoMigrate(&Tribe{})
diff --git a/handlers/tribes_test.go b/handlers/tribes_test.go
index c6d984623..b23c88e88 100644
--- a/handlers/tribes_test.go
+++ b/handlers/tribes_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"strings"
@@ -85,6 +87,53 @@ func TestGetTribesByOwner(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func setupSuite(_ *testing.T) func(tb testing.TB) {
+	db.InitTestDB()
+
+	return func(_ testing.TB) {
+		log.Println("Teardown test")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGetPeopleReal(t *testing.T) {
+	teardownSuite := setupSuite(t)
+	defer teardownSuite(t)
+
+	tHandler := NewPeopleHandler(db.TestDB)
+	// Initialize test database connection and populate test data
+
+	// Create a request to your handler
+	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "/people", nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	// Create a ResponseRecorder to record the response
+	rr := httptest.NewRecorder()
+
+	// Create a Chi router and register your handler
+	r := chi.NewRouter()
+	r.Get("/people", tHandler.GetListedPeople)
+
+	// Serve the request to the handler
+	r.ServeHTTP(rr, req)
+
+	// Check the response status code
+	if status := rr.Code; status != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Errorf("handler returned wrong status code: got %v want %v",
+			status, http.StatusOK)
+	}
+
+	dbPeople := db.TestDB.GetListedPeople(req)
+
+	var returnedPersons []db.Person
+	err = json.Unmarshal(rr.Body.Bytes(), &returnedPersons)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	fmt.Println("Returned People ==", returnedPersons)
+	assert.Equal(t, len(dbPeople), len(returnedPersons))
+	// Check the response body or any other expected behavior
+}
+
 func TestGetTribe(t *testing.T) {
 	mockDb := mocks.NewDatabase(t)
 	tHandler := NewTribeHandler(mockDb)