diff --git a/app/lib/sqlalchemy_plugin.py b/app/lib/sqlalchemy_plugin.py
index 75f1c2c..3d0c76b 100644
--- a/app/lib/sqlalchemy_plugin.py
+++ b/app/lib/sqlalchemy_plugin.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import sys
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, cast
 from uuid import UUID
@@ -73,15 +74,26 @@ def create_db_engine(connection_settings: DBConnectionSettings) -> AsyncEngine:
     )
 
 
-engine = create_db_engine(
-    connection_settings=DBConnectionSettings(
-        username=settings.db.USER,
-        password=settings.db.PASSWORD,
-        host=settings.db.HOST,
-        port=settings.db.PORT,
-        database=settings.db.NAME,
+if "pytest" in sys.modules:
+    engine = create_db_engine(
+        connection_settings=DBConnectionSettings(
+            username=settings.testing.DB_USER,
+            password=settings.testing.DB_PASSWORD,
+            host=settings.testing.DB_HOST,
+            port=settings.testing.DB_PORT,
+            database=settings.testing.DB_NAME,
+        )
+    )
+else:
+    engine = create_db_engine(
+        connection_settings=DBConnectionSettings(
+            username=settings.db.USER,
+            password=settings.db.PASSWORD,
+            host=settings.db.HOST,
+            port=settings.db.PORT,
+            database=settings.db.NAME,
+        )
     )
-)
 
 
 """Configure via DatabaseSettings.
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 891ef51..a03dae6 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -3,55 +3,35 @@ import logging
 from datetime import datetime
 from typing import AsyncGenerator
 
-import msgspec
 import pytest_asyncio
-import sqlalchemy
 from _pytest.config import Config
-from sqlalchemy import NullPool, event
-from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession, async_sessionmaker, create_async_engine
+from sqlalchemy import event
+from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession, async_sessionmaker
 
 from app.lib import settings
-from app.lib.sqlalchemy_plugin import _default
+from app.lib.sqlalchemy_plugin import DBConnectionSettings, create_db_engine
 from app.lib.test_extras.db_setup import TestingDatabaseSetup
 
 # A Guide To Database Unit Testing with Pytest and SQLAlchemy
 # https://coderpad.io/blog/development/a-guide-to-database-unit-testing-with-pytest-and-sqlalchemy/
 
 
-db_connection_url = sqlalchemy.engine.URL.create(
-    drivername="postgresql+asyncpg",
-    username=settings.testing.DB_USER,
-    password=settings.testing.DB_PASSWORD,
-    host=settings.testing.DB_HOST,
-    port=settings.testing.DB_PORT,
-    database=settings.testing.DB_NAME,
+engine = create_db_engine(
+    connection_settings=DBConnectionSettings(
+        username=settings.testing.DB_USER,
+        password=settings.testing.DB_PASSWORD,
+        host=settings.testing.DB_HOST,
+        port=settings.testing.DB_PORT,
+        database=settings.testing.DB_NAME,
+    )
 )
 
-engine = create_async_engine(
-    db_connection_url,
-    echo=settings.db.ECHO,
-    echo_pool=settings.db.ECHO_POOL,
-    json_serializer=msgspec.json.Encoder(enc_hook=_default),
-    max_overflow=settings.db.POOL_MAX_OVERFLOW,
-    pool_size=settings.db.POOL_SIZE,
-    pool_timeout=settings.db.POOL_TIMEOUT,
-    poolclass=NullPool if settings.db.POOL_DISABLE else None,
-)
 
 async_session_factory = async_sessionmaker(
     engine, expire_on_commit=False, class_=AsyncSession
 )
 
 
-TestingAsyncSessionLocal = async_sessionmaker(
-    engine,
-    expire_on_commit=False,
-    autoflush=False,
-    autocommit=False,
-    class_=AsyncSession,
-)
-
-
 @pytest_asyncio.fixture(scope="function")
 async def db_session() -> AsyncGenerator[AsyncSession, None]:
     """The expectation with async_sessions is that the
@@ -63,7 +43,7 @@ async def db_session() -> AsyncGenerator[AsyncSession, None]:
 
     async with engine.connect() as connection:
         trans = await connection.begin()
-        async with TestingAsyncSessionLocal(bind=connection) as async_session:
+        async with async_session_factory(bind=connection) as async_session:
             nested = await connection.begin_nested()
 
             @event.listens_for(async_session.sync_session, "after_transaction_end")
@@ -80,20 +60,7 @@ async def db_session() -> AsyncGenerator[AsyncSession, None]:
     await engine.dispose(close=True)
 
 
-# @pytest.fixture(scope="session")
-# def event_loop():
-#     """
-#     Creates an instance of the default event loop for the test session.
-#     """
-#     policy = asyncio.get_event_loop_policy()
-#     loop = policy.new_event_loop()
-#     yield loop
-#     loop.close()
-
-
-pytest_plugins = (
-    # "app.lib.test_extras.db_plugins",
-)
+pytest_plugins = ()
 
 
 def pytest_configure(config: Config) -> None: