diff --git a/backend/app/app/conftest.py b/backend/app/app/conftest.py
index af5d244..bb792ef 100644
--- a/backend/app/app/conftest.py
+++ b/backend/app/app/conftest.py
@@ -8,15 +8,20 @@
 from app.web.application import get_app
 
 
-@pytest.fixture(name="session")
-def session_fixture():
+@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
+def engine_fixture():
     engine = create_engine(
-        f"postgresql+psycopg://{settings.POSTGRES_USER}:{settings.POSTGRES_PASSWORD}@bemore-db/{settings.POSTGRES_DB}",
+        f"postgresql+psycopg://{settings.POSTGRES_USER}:{settings.POSTGRES_PASSWORD}@bemore-db/test",
     )
     SQLModel.metadata.create_all(engine)
-
     with Session(engine) as session:
         init_db(session)
+    yield engine
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(name="session")
+def session_fixture(engine_fixture):
+    with Session(engine_fixture) as session:
         yield session
 
 
diff --git a/backend/app/app/models.py b/backend/app/app/models.py
index 1f59f8d..07f02dd 100644
--- a/backend/app/app/models.py
+++ b/backend/app/app/models.py
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ def convert_without_saving(
         update: Optional[dict] = None,
     ) -> SQLModel:
         if isinstance(source, SQLModel):
-            obj = cls.from_orm(source, update=update)  # type: ignore
+            obj = cls.model_validate(source, update=update)  # type: ignore
         elif isinstance(source, dict):
             obj = cls.parse_obj(source, update=update)  # type: ignore
         return obj
diff --git a/docker-compose.ci.yml b/docker-compose.ci.yml
index ec876b7..3aef9c4 100644
--- a/docker-compose.ci.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.ci.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ services:
       - .env
     environment:
       - PGDATA=/var/lib/postgresql/data/pgdata
+      - POSTGRES_DB=test
     networks:
       - default