diff --git a/guardrails_api/app.py b/guardrails_api/app.py
index eb1dd8a..29e2d44 100644
--- a/guardrails_api/app.py
+++ b/guardrails_api/app.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 from starlette.middleware.base import BaseHTTPMiddleware
 
+
 class RequestInfoMiddleware(BaseHTTPMiddleware):
     async def dispatch(self, request: Request, call_next):
         tracer = trace.get_tracer(__name__)
diff --git a/tests/cli/test_start.py b/tests/cli/test_start.py
index befe21a..3138a66 100644
--- a/tests/cli/test_start.py
+++ b/tests/cli/test_start.py
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ def test_start(mocker):
         "guardrails_api.cli.start.create_app", return_value=mock_app
     )
 
+    mocker.patch("uvicorn.run")
+
     from guardrails_api.cli.start import start
 
     # pg enabled