diff --git a/tad/api/deps.py b/tad/api/deps.py
index a29bb2068..9dd182150 100644
--- a/tad/api/deps.py
+++ b/tad/api/deps.py
@@ -2,13 +2,14 @@
 from fastapi.templating import Jinja2Templates
 from jinja2 import Environment
 
-from tad.core.config import get_settings
+from tad.core.config import VERSION
 
 
 def version_context_processor(request: Request):
-    return {"version": get_settings().VERSION}
+    return {"version": VERSION}
+
 
 env = Environment(
     autoescape=True,
 )
-templates = Jinja2Templates(directory="tad/site/templates/",context_processors=[version_context_processor], env=env)
+templates = Jinja2Templates(directory="tad/site/templates/", context_processors=[version_context_processor], env=env)
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 9010f53a3..8673b0976 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -17,11 +17,12 @@
 from tests.database_test_utils import DatabaseTestUtils
 
 
+def run_uvicorn(uvicorn: Any) -> None:
+    uvicorn_run(app, host=uvicorn["host"], port=uvicorn["port"])
+
+
 @pytest.fixture(scope="module")
 def run_server(request: pytest.FixtureRequest) -> Generator[Any, None, None]:
-    def run_uvicorn(uvicorn: Any) -> None:
-        uvicorn_run(app, host=uvicorn["host"], port=uvicorn["port"])
-
     uvicorn_settings = request.config.uvicorn  # type: ignore
 
     process = Process(target=run_uvicorn, args=(uvicorn_settings,))  # type: ignore
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ def pytest_configure(config: pytest.Config) -> None:
     os.environ["APP_DATABASE_SCHEME"] = "sqlite"
 
     config.uvicorn = {  # type: ignore
-        "host": "localhost",
+        "host": "127.0.0.1",
         "port": 8756,
     }
 
@@ -79,9 +80,9 @@ def browser(
     context = browser.new_context(base_url=run_server)
     page = context.new_page()
 
-    transport = httpx.HTTPTransport(retries=5)
+    transport = httpx.HTTPTransport(retries=5, local_address="127.0.0.1")
     with httpx.Client(transport=transport, verify=False) as client:  # noqa: S501
-        client.get(f"{run_server}/", timeout=0.3)
+        client.get(f"{run_server}/", timeout=0.8)
 
     yield page
     browser.close()
diff --git a/tests/database_test_utils.py b/tests/database_test_utils.py
index 37a22b99a..4fbdc4c24 100644
--- a/tests/database_test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/database_test_utils.py
@@ -11,9 +11,8 @@ def __init__(self, session: Session) -> None:
         self.models: list[BaseModel] = []
 
     def __del__(self):
-        for model in self.models:
-            self.session.delete(model)
-        self.session.commit()
+        SQLModel.metadata.drop_all(get_engine())
+        SQLModel.metadata.create_all(get_engine())
 
     def given(self, models: list[BaseModel]) -> None:
         self.models.extend(models)