diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 58a06e052..3c6e18075 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -1,17 +1,11 @@
-from mealie.core.config import app_dirs, settings
-
-# ! I don't like it either!
-DB_URL = app_dirs.DATA_DIR.joinpath("test.db")
-DB_URL.unlink(missing_ok=True)
-
-settings.DB_URL = "sqlite:///" + str(DB_URL.absolute())
+from tests.pre_test import DB_URL, settings  # isort:skip
 
 import json
 
 import requests
 from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
 from mealie.app import app
-from mealie.db.db_setup import generate_session, sql_global_init
+from mealie.db.db_setup import SessionLocal, generate_session
 from mealie.db.init_db import init_db
 from pytest import fixture
 
@@ -19,13 +13,12 @@ from tests.app_routes import AppRoutes
 from tests.test_config import TEST_DATA
 from tests.utils.recipe_data import build_recipe_store, get_raw_no_image, get_raw_recipe
 
-TestSessionLocal = sql_global_init(settings.DB_URL)
-init_db(TestSessionLocal())
+init_db(SessionLocal())
 
 
 def override_get_db():
     try:
-        db = TestSessionLocal()
+        db = SessionLocal()
         yield db
     finally:
         db.close()
diff --git a/tests/pre_test.py b/tests/pre_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c1483e003
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pre_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+from mealie.core.config import app_dirs, settings
+
+# Monkeypatch Database Testing
+DB_URL = app_dirs.DATA_DIR.joinpath("test.db")
+DB_URL.unlink(missing_ok=True)
+
+settings.DB_URL = "sqlite:///" + str(DB_URL.absolute())