diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
index 5f8ecd4..722ab9f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
@@ -22,4 +22,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: setup pytest.ini
         run: mv .github/pytest.ini pytest.ini
       - name: Run tests
+        env:
+          CI: "true"
         run: poetry run pytest 
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diff --git a/aim/digifeeds/database/main.py b/aim/digifeeds/database/main.py
index 8b2b5db..7d3ab71 100644
--- a/aim/digifeeds/database/main.py
+++ b/aim/digifeeds/database/main.py
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@
 from aim.digifeeds.database import crud, models, schemas
 from aim.services import S
 
-engine = create_engine(S.mysql_database)
-SessionLocal = sessionmaker(autocommit=False, autoflush=False, bind=engine)
-models.Base.metadata.create_all(bind=engine)
+if S.ci_on == None:
+   engine = create_engine(S.mysql_database)
+   SessionLocal = sessionmaker(autocommit=False, autoflush=False, bind=engine)
+   models.Base.metadata.create_all(bind=engine)
 
 app = FastAPI()
 
diff --git a/aim/services.py b/aim/services.py
index 7e088b1..1a8e087 100644
--- a/aim/services.py
+++ b/aim/services.py
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@
 S = SimpleNamespace()
 S.mysql_database = f'mysql+mysqldb://{os.environ["MARIADB_USER"]}:{os.environ["MARIADB_PASSWORD"]}@{os.environ["DATABASE_HOST"]}/{os.environ["DATABASE_HOST"]}'
 S.test_database = "sqlite:///:memory:"
+S.ci_on = os.getenv("CI")