diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index d5fa3b4..b372939 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Unreleased
 
 - Packaging: Re-add compatibility with glibc 2.31,
   by building on ``golang:1.20-bullseye``.
+- Fixed use of ``schema`` configuration setting, it was not honored.
 
 
 2024-01-12 0.5.0
diff --git a/crate.go b/crate.go
index b2e2659..564b5b4 100644
--- a/crate.go
+++ b/crate.go
@@ -87,6 +87,15 @@ func newCrateEndpoint(ep *endpointConfig) *crateEndpoint {
 	// a connection from the pool manually and prepare it there before use.
 	// https://github.com/jackc/pgx/issues/791#issuecomment-660508309
 	poolConf.AfterConnect = func(ctx context.Context, conn *pgx.Conn) error {
+
+		// Switch to different database schema when requested.
+		if ep.Schema != "" {
+			_, err := conn.Exec(ctx, fmt.Sprintf("SET search_path TO '%s';", ep.Schema))
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("error setting search path: %v", err)
+			}
+		}
+
 		_, err := conn.Prepare(ctx, "write_statement", crateWriteStatement)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("error preparing write statement: %v", err)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f25a3ac..e676a08 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ addopts = """
   -rfEX -p pytester --strict-markers --verbosity=3
   """
 env = [
-    "CRATEDB_CONNECTION_STRING=crate://crate@localhost/?ssl=false",
+    "CRATEDB_CONNECTION_STRING=crate://crate@localhost/?ssl=false&schema=testdrive",
     "CRATEDB_PROMETHEUS_ADAPTER_METRICS_URL=http://localhost:9268/metrics",
     "PROMETHEUS_URL=http://localhost:9090",
 ]
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 9248606..16a8134 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ def cratedb_prometheus_adapter(reset_database, cratedb_client, flush_database):
     Start the CrateDB Prometheus Adapter.
     """
 
-    command = "go run ."
+    command = "go run . -config.file tests/cpa-config.yml"
     with process(shlex.split(command), stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT) as daemon:
         # Give the server time to start.
         time.sleep(2)
diff --git a/tests/cpa-config.yml b/tests/cpa-config.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4ed09d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cpa-config.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+cratedb_endpoints:
+- host: "localhost"         # Host to connect to (default: "localhost").
+  port: 5432                # Port to connect to (default: 5432).
+  user: "crate"             # Username to use (default: "crate")
+  password: ""              # Password to use (default: "").
+  schema: "testdrive"       # Schema to use (default: "").
+  max_connections: 0        # The maximum number of concurrent connections (default: runtime.NumCPU()).
+                            # It will get forwarded to pgx's `pool_max_conns`, and determines
+                            # the maximum number of connections in the connection pool for
+                            # both connection pools (read and write).
+  read_pool_size_max: 0     # Configure the maximum pool size for read operations individually.
+                            # (default: runtime.NumCPU())
+  write_pool_size_max: 0    # Configure the maximum pool size for write operations individually.
+                            # (default: runtime.NumCPU())
+  connect_timeout: 10       # TCP connect timeout (seconds) (default: 10).
+                            # It has the same meaning as libpq's `connect_timeout`.
+  read_timeout: 5           # Query context timeout for read queries (seconds) (default: 5).
+  write_timeout: 5          # Query context timeout for write queries (seconds) (default: 5).
+  enable_tls: false         # Whether to connect using TLS (default: false).
+  allow_insecure_tls: false # Whether to allow insecure / invalid TLS certificates (default: false).
diff --git a/tests/test_adapter.py b/tests/test_adapter.py
index 38ea313..a1563c5 100644
--- a/tests/test_adapter.py
+++ b/tests/test_adapter.py
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ def test_verify_no_failures(prometheus_client):
         result = prometheus_client.get_metric_aggregation(
             failed_total_attribute, operations=["sum"]
         )
-        assert result == {"sum": 0.0}
+        assert result == {"sum": 0.0}, f"{failed_total_attribute} tracked {result['sum']} errors"
 
 
 def test_verify_write_activity(prometheus_client):