diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 842ed4a..c118800 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ README.md
 license.txt
 Dockerfile
 Makefile
-*_matomo
\ No newline at end of file
+*_matomo
+*.sql
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/matomo_pull/settings.py b/matomo_pull/settings.py
index a0b7837..b18bf78 100644
--- a/matomo_pull/settings.py
+++ b/matomo_pull/settings.py
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ def update_dates(mtm_vars):
     return mtm_vars
 
 
-def is_database_created(table_name='visits'):
+def is_database_created(table_name='matomo.visits'):
     try:
         return bool(connection.execute(f"select * from {table_name}"))
     except Exception:
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ def update_start_date_regarding_database_state(mtm_vars):
     if is_database_created():
         last_update = (
             connection.execute(
-                "select date from visits order by date desc limit 1"
+                "select date from matomo.visits order by date desc limit 1"
             ).fetchall()[0][0]
         ).date()
         return last_update + timedelta(days=1)
diff --git a/matomo_pull/sql_handling.py b/matomo_pull/sql_handling.py
index f2436eb..2b553a5 100644
--- a/matomo_pull/sql_handling.py
+++ b/matomo_pull/sql_handling.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ def convert_data_object_to_sql(table_name, table_params, data_object):
         df.to_sql(
             table_name,
             s.connection,
-            if_exists='append'
+            if_exists='append',
+            schema='matomo'
         )
         print(table_name)
diff --git a/tests/test_settings.py b/tests/test_settings.py
index 2377701..2e4fb18 100644
--- a/tests/test_settings.py
+++ b/tests/test_settings.py
@@ -54,11 +54,11 @@ def test_database_already_up_to_date(settings_setup, monkeypatch):
 def test_database_creation(settings_setup):
     conn = settings.set_database_connection(os.environ['db_name'])
     conn.execute(
-        "create table visits(id int primary key not null, date date);"
+        "create table matomo.visits(id int primary key not null, date date);"
     )
     assert settings.is_database_created()
 
-    conn.execute("drop table visits;")
+    conn.execute("drop table matomo.visits;")
     assert not settings.is_database_created()
 
 
@@ -69,10 +69,10 @@ def test_updating_dates(settings_setup):
     conn = settings.set_database_connection(os.environ['db_name'])
 
     conn.execute(
-        "create table visits(id int primary key not null, date timestamp);"
+        "create table matomo.visits(id int primary key not null, date timestamp);"
     )
     conn.execute(
-        f"insert into visits(id,date) values(1, '{last_update_date}')"
+        f"insert into matomo.visits(id,date) values(1, '{last_update_date}')"
     )
 
     vars = settings.check_mtm_vars(settings.mtm_vars)