diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index b08c02f..7dc87d2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -37,5 +37,5 @@ jobs:
       working-directory: src
 
     - name: Run tests
-      run: pipenv run PYTHONPATH=. pytest -v --color=yes tests/
+      run: PYTHONPATH=. pipenv run pytest -v --color=yes tests/
       working-directory: src
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diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 271c3d9..4ae5a9c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ __pycache
 *.db
 redis/data/*
 .ipynb_checkpoints*
-#temp
-tests
 src/user-groups.yaml
 src/user-groups.dev.yaml
 wit*
diff --git a/src/tests/conftest.py b/src/tests/conftest.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..94f5358
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tests/conftest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import pytest
+from unittest.mock import patch
+from sqlalchemy import create_engine
+
+# from sqlalchemy_utils import create_database, database_exists, drop_database
+from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker
+
+@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+def mock_logger_add():
+    """Fixture to mock loguru.logger.add for all tests."""
+    with patch('loguru.logger.add') as mock_add:
+        yield mock_add  # This makes the mock available to tests
+
+@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+def mock_database_url():
+    with patch('core.config.SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URL', "sqlite:////app/auto-archiver.test.db") as mock_wb_url:
+        yield mock_wb_url
diff --git a/src/tests/test_start.py b/src/tests/test_start.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4fec658
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tests/test_start.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import pytest
+from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
+from core.config import VERSION
+
+def test_mock_logger():
+    from main import app
+
+    client = TestClient(app)
+    
+    response = client.get("/")
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    r = response.json()
+    assert "version" in r and r["version"] == VERSION
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