diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5756e3f..ee6e997 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ dev_serve:
 	poetry run  uvicorn papi.main:app --reload
 
 cleandb:
-	rm sql_app.db || echo ls
+	rm test_sql_app.db || echo ls
 
 .ONESHELL:
 test: cleandb
diff --git a/tests/test_papi.py b/tests/test_papi.py
index 4eb0f77..d0aebff 100644
--- a/tests/test_papi.py
+++ b/tests/test_papi.py
@@ -5,13 +5,39 @@ import pytest
 from fastapi import FastAPI
 from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
 
-from papi.main import app
+from papi.main import app, get_db
 
 from papi.main import sondes
 
 from papi import __version__
 from . import utils as testutils
 
+from papi.sqlapp.database import Base
+from sqlalchemy import create_engine
+from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker
+
+
+SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URL = "sqlite:///./test_sql_app.db"
+
+engine = create_engine(
+    SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URL, connect_args={"check_same_thread": False}
+)
+TestingSessionLocal = sessionmaker(autocommit=False, autoflush=False, bind=engine)
+
+
+Base.metadata.create_all(bind=engine)
+
+
+def override_get_db():
+    try:
+        db = TestingSessionLocal()
+        yield db
+    finally:
+        db.close()
+
+
+app.dependency_overrides[get_db] = override_get_db
+
 client = TestClient(app)