diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 1e0dbf1b..7b57dafb 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 
 from sqlalchemy import create_engine, text
 from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker, scoped_session
-from app.models import Base 
-from app.interface import HarvesterDBInterface
+# from app.models import Base 
+# from app.interface import HarvesterDBInterface
 
 from harvester.utils import open_json
 
@@ -16,34 +16,34 @@
 HARVEST_SOURCES = Path(__file__).parents[0] / "harvest-sources"
 
 
-@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
-def db_session():
-    DATABASE_SERVER = os.getenv("DATABASE_SERVER")
-    DATABASE_URI = os.getenv("DATABASE_URI")
-    TEST_SCHEMA = "test_schema"
-    modified_uri = DATABASE_URI.replace("@" + DATABASE_SERVER, "@localhost")
-    engine = create_engine(modified_uri)
+# @pytest.fixture(scope="session")
+# def db_session():
+#     DATABASE_SERVER = os.getenv("DATABASE_SERVER")
+#     DATABASE_URI = os.getenv("DATABASE_URI")
+#     TEST_SCHEMA = "test_schema"
+#     modified_uri = DATABASE_URI.replace("@" + DATABASE_SERVER, "@localhost")
+#     engine = create_engine(modified_uri)
 
-    with engine.connect() as connection:
-        connection.execute(text(f"CREATE SCHEMA IF NOT EXISTS {TEST_SCHEMA};"))
-        connection.execute(text(f"SET search_path TO {TEST_SCHEMA};"))
+#     with engine.connect() as connection:
+#         connection.execute(text(f"CREATE SCHEMA IF NOT EXISTS {TEST_SCHEMA};"))
+#         connection.execute(text(f"SET search_path TO {TEST_SCHEMA};"))
 
-    Base.metadata.create_all(engine)
-    SessionLocal = sessionmaker(bind=engine)
+#     Base.metadata.create_all(engine)
+#     SessionLocal = sessionmaker(bind=engine)
 
-    session = scoped_session(SessionLocal)
-    yield session
+#     session = scoped_session(SessionLocal)
+#     yield session
 
-    session.remove()
-    engine.dispose()
+#     session.remove()
+#     engine.dispose()
 
-    with engine.begin() as connection:
-        connection.execute(text(f"DROP SCHEMA IF EXISTS {TEST_SCHEMA} CASCADE;"))
+#     with engine.begin() as connection:
+#         connection.execute(text(f"DROP SCHEMA IF EXISTS {TEST_SCHEMA} CASCADE;"))
 
 
-@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
-def db_interface(db_session):
-    return HarvesterDBInterface(db_session)
+# @pytest.fixture(scope="session")
+# def db_interface(db_session):
+#     return HarvesterDBInterface(db_session)
 
 
 @pytest.fixture