diff --git a/scopes/tests/test_api.py b/scopes/tests/test_api.py
index 1b2bef8..f626c15 100644
--- a/scopes/tests/test_api.py
+++ b/scopes/tests/test_api.py
@@ -2,8 +2,20 @@
 
 """Tests for the fastapi- (and asyncio-) based stuff."""
 
-import sys
-print('***', sys.path)
+import os, sys
+sys.path = [os.path.dirname(__file__)] + sys.path
+
+import config
+from scopes.storage.db.postgres import StorageFactory 
+from scopes.storage import concept, folder, message, topic, tracking
+import transaction
+
+config.dbengine = 'postgresql+psycopg'
+config.dbname = 'testdb'
+config.dbuser = 'testuser'
+config.dbpassword = 'secret'
+config.dbschema = 'testing'
+config.storageFactory = StorageFactory(config)
 
 import pytest
 from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
@@ -11,6 +23,16 @@ from httpx2 import ASGITransport, AsyncClient
 
 from scopes.api.main import app
 
+def setup():
+    storage = config.storageFactory(config.dbschema)
+    storage.dropTable('tracks')
+    tracks = storage.create(tracking.Container)
+    tr01 = tracking.Track('t01', 'john')
+    tr01.update(dict(activity='testing'))
+    trid01 = tracks.save(tr01)
+    transaction.commit()
+    return storage
+
 def async_client():
     return AsyncClient(transport=ASGITransport(app=app), base_url='http://test')
 
@@ -20,6 +42,7 @@ def async_client():
         #response = await clt.get('/')
 
 def test_root():
+    storage = setup()
     with TestClient(app) as clt:
         response = clt.get('/')
         assert response.status_code == 200