diff --git a/test/integration/client/heroku-ssl-tests.js b/test/integration/client/heroku-ssl-tests.js
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+var helper = require(__dirname + '/../test-helper');
+var pg = helper.pg;
+
+var host = 'ec2-107-20-224-218.compute-1.amazonaws.com';
+var database = 'db6kfntl5qhp2';
+var user = 'kwdzdnqpdiilfs';
+var port = 5432;
+
+var config = {
+  host: host,
+  port: port,
+  database: database,
+  user: user,
+  ssl: true
+};
+
+//connect & disconnect from heroku
+pg.connect(config, assert.success(function(client, done) {
+  done();
+  pg.end();
+}));