diff --git a/charms/placement-k8s/tests/config.yaml b/charms/placement-k8s/tests/config.yaml
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..e84e89a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charms/placement-k8s/tests/config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../config.yaml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/charms/placement-k8s/tests/unit/test_placement_charm.py b/charms/placement-k8s/tests/unit/test_placement_charm.py
index b18bfa16..bb79ba44 100644
--- a/charms/placement-k8s/tests/unit/test_placement_charm.py
+++ b/charms/placement-k8s/tests/unit/test_placement_charm.py
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ class TestPlacementOperatorCharm(test_utils.CharmTestCase):
         project_domain_name = None
         user_domain_name = None
         project_name = None
-        username = None
+        username = svcuser1
         password = svcpass1
 
         [placement]