diff --git a/dbt_project.yml b/dbt_project.yml
index 361ef70..7984371 100755
--- a/dbt_project.yml
+++ b/dbt_project.yml
@@ -22,4 +22,9 @@ vars:
   #   by_table_fqn: []
   # >> for metricflow
   # dbt_dq_tool_start_date
-  # dbt_dq_tool_end_date
\ No newline at end of file
+  # dbt_dq_tool_end_date
+
+models:
+  dq_tools:
+    +database: "{{ var('dbt_dq_tool_database', target.database) }}"
+    +schema: "{{ var('dbt_dq_tool_schema', target.schema) }}"
diff --git a/models/01_lake/dq_issue_log.sql b/models/01_lake/dq_issue_log.sql
index 46db46b..5fd39cb 100644
--- a/models/01_lake/dq_issue_log.sql
+++ b/models/01_lake/dq_issue_log.sql
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 {{
   config(
-    database = var('dbt_dq_tool_database', target.database),
-    schema = var('dbt_dq_tool_schema', target.schema),
     materialized = 'incremental',
     on_schema_change = 'append_new_columns',
     full_refresh = var('dbt_dq_tool_full_refresh', false)
@@ -35,4 +33,4 @@ select   cast(null as {{ dbt.type_timestamp() }}) as check_timestamp
 
 from    dummy
 
-where   1=0
\ No newline at end of file
+where   1=0