diff --git a/.env b/.env
index af7723c..3b245d8 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ SERVE_STATIC_ASSETS="true"
 # Session secrets - do not change unless you want all sessions to expire
 WEB_SESSIONS_SECRET="<< `rake secret` >>"
 API_SESSIONS_SECRET="<< `rake secret` >>"
-ADMIN_SESSIONS_SECRET="<< `rake secret` >>"
\ No newline at end of file
+ADMIN_SESSIONS_SECRET="<< `rake secret` >>"
diff --git a/.env.test b/.env.test
index b2da58e..41efdc4 100644
--- a/.env.test
+++ b/.env.test
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 # Define ENV variables for test environment
 
 # Database URI
-FIREFLY_DATABASE_URL="sqlite://db/firefly_test.sqlite"
+DB="sqlite"
+FIREFLY_DATABASE_URL="$DB://db/firefly_test.sqlite"
 FIREFLY_REDIS_URL=redis://localhost:6379/0
 
 # Top level, short domain name
diff --git a/.env.test.mysql b/.env.test.mysql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..748308e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.test.mysql
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Define ENV variables for test environment
+
+# Database URI
+FIREFLY_DATABASE_URL="mysql://root@localhost/firefly_test"
+FIREFLY_REDIS_URL=redis://localhost:6379/0
+
+# Top level, short domain name
+FIREFLY_SHORT_TLD="test.host"
+
+# Should firefly enforce HTTPS? true/false
+FIREFLY_SSL_ENABLED="false"
+
+# Admin username/password
+ADMIN_USERNAME="admin"
+ADMIN_PASSWORD="password"
+
+# API token used by third-party apps to shorten URLs
+FIREFLY_API_TOKEN="token"
+
+# Service static assets through Firefly (set to "false" if you have a
+# web server sitting in front of Firefly taking care of this.
+SERVE_STATIC_ASSETS="true"
+
+# Session secrets - do not change unless you want all sessions to expire
+WEB_SESSIONS_SECRET="18746306638e0cbbf9e6963e555c9f4dc855e87213e524d7c8f6feee67f06e23"
+API_SESSIONS_SECRET="629d421db660c33840b7c77b2d44e87b907c7853e6c8d0b08bbeacff54a5d45e"
+ADMIN_SESSIONS_SECRET="5cb43bc6e474b4bce1f24c4aecba214152cf99b9bebefbb6071697b90e47b8ba"
diff --git a/.env.test.sqlite b/.env.test.sqlite
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..41efdc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.test.sqlite
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# Define ENV variables for test environment
+
+# Database URI
+DB="sqlite"
+FIREFLY_DATABASE_URL="$DB://db/firefly_test.sqlite"
+FIREFLY_REDIS_URL=redis://localhost:6379/0
+
+# Top level, short domain name
+FIREFLY_SHORT_TLD="test.host"
+
+# Should firefly enforce HTTPS? true/false
+FIREFLY_SSL_ENABLED="false"
+
+# Admin username/password
+ADMIN_USERNAME="admin"
+ADMIN_PASSWORD="password"
+
+# API token used by third-party apps to shorten URLs
+FIREFLY_API_TOKEN="token"
+
+# Service static assets through Firefly (set to "false" if you have a
+# web server sitting in front of Firefly taking care of this.
+SERVE_STATIC_ASSETS="true"
+
+# Session secrets - do not change unless you want all sessions to expire
+WEB_SESSIONS_SECRET="18746306638e0cbbf9e6963e555c9f4dc855e87213e524d7c8f6feee67f06e23"
+API_SESSIONS_SECRET="629d421db660c33840b7c77b2d44e87b907c7853e6c8d0b08bbeacff54a5d45e"
+ADMIN_SESSIONS_SECRET="5cb43bc6e474b4bce1f24c4aecba214152cf99b9bebefbb6071697b90e47b8ba"
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 0ce9dd5..8dcea2d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ sudo: false
 cache: bundler
 install: bundle install --jobs=3 --retry=3 --without production
 
+before_script:
+  - cp .env.test.$DB .env.test
+
 script:
   - 'HANAMI_ENV=test bundle exec hanami db create'
   - 'HANAMI_ENV=test bundle exec hanami db migrate'
@@ -13,6 +16,10 @@ rvm:
   - 2.3.0
   - ruby-head
 
+env:
+  - DB=sqlite
+  - DB=mysql
+
 matrix:
   allow_failures:
     - rvm: ruby-head
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 36f18e8..f35d16a 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -8,7 +8,13 @@ gem 'hanami-model', '~> 0.5'
 gem 'haml'
 gem 'sass'
 
-gem 'sqlite3'
+case ENV['DB']
+when 'mysql'
+  gem 'mysql'
+else
+  gem 'sqlite3'
+end
+
 gem 'redis'
 
 gem 'rqrcode'
diff --git a/spec/admin/features/dashboard_spec.rb b/spec/admin/features/dashboard_spec.rb
index 742985b..b7e2d8c 100644
--- a/spec/admin/features/dashboard_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/admin/features/dashboard_spec.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     @items = []
     10.times do |n|
-      @items << ItemRepository.create(Item.new(type: 'url', content: "https://devroom.io/page-#{n}"))
+      @items << url_item("https://devroom.io/page-#{n}", age: n)
     end
 
     basic_auth('admin', 'password')
diff --git a/spec/firefly/repositories/item_repository_spec.rb b/spec/firefly/repositories/item_repository_spec.rb
index ec8e26f..5f33da7 100644
--- a/spec/firefly/repositories/item_repository_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/firefly/repositories/item_repository_spec.rb
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
   before do
     ItemRepository.clear
 
-    @item1 = url_item("http://test.host/1")
-    @item2 = url_item("http://test.host/2")
+    @item1 = url_item("http://test.host/1", age: 2)
+    @item2 = url_item("http://test.host/2", age: 1)
   end
 
   describe '.recent' do
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index d7463c1..f9a777b 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -24,6 +24,16 @@
 
 Hanami::Application.preload!
 
-def url_item(url = 'http://test.host/test')
-  CreateItemFromURL.new(url).call.item
+def url_item(url = 'http://test.host/test', opts = {})
+  options = {
+    age: 0
+  }.merge!(opts)
+
+  params = {
+    type: 'url',
+    content: url,
+    created_at: Time.now - options[:age] * 3600
+  }
+
+  ItemRepository.create(Item.new(params))
 end