diff --git a/fittrackee_api/fittrackee_api/config.py b/fittrackee_api/fittrackee_api/config.py
index 224678c3..8b4c8f25 100644
--- a/fittrackee_api/fittrackee_api/config.py
+++ b/fittrackee_api/fittrackee_api/config.py
@@ -40,3 +40,4 @@ class TestingConfig(BaseConfig):
     BCRYPT_LOG_ROUNDS = 4
     TOKEN_EXPIRATION_DAYS = 0
     TOKEN_EXPIRATION_SECONDS = 3
+    UPLOAD_FOLDER = '/tmp/fitTrackee/uploads'
diff --git a/fittrackee_api/fittrackee_api/tests/conftest.py b/fittrackee_api/fittrackee_api/tests/conftest.py
index 6ced914d..0b2bb1a5 100644
--- a/fittrackee_api/fittrackee_api/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/fittrackee_api/fittrackee_api/tests/conftest.py
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ from fittrackee_api.users.models import User
 
 os.environ["FLASK_ENV"] = 'testing'
 os.environ["APP_SETTINGS"] = 'fittrackee_api.config.TestingConfig'
+# to avoid resetting dev database during tests
+os.environ[
+    "DATABASE_URL"
+] = 'postgres://fittrackee:fittrackee@localhost:5432/fittrackee_test'
 
 
 def get_app_config(with_config=False):