diff --git a/tests/chatmaild/conftest.py b/tests/chatmaild/conftest.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5e22e19f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/chatmaild/conftest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+
+import pytest
+from chatmaild.database import Database
+
+
+@pytest.fixture()
+def db(tmpdir):
+    db_path = tmpdir / "passdb.sqlite"
+    print("database path:", db_path)
+    return Database(db_path)
+
diff --git a/tests/chatmaild/test_dictproxy.py b/tests/chatmaild/test_dictproxy.py
index 85575c76..ee88f13a 100644
--- a/tests/chatmaild/test_dictproxy.py
+++ b/tests/chatmaild/test_dictproxy.py
@@ -4,14 +4,7 @@ import pytest
 
 import chatmaild.dictproxy
 from chatmaild.dictproxy import get_user_data, lookup_passdb
-from chatmaild.database import Database, DBError
-
-
-@pytest.fixture()
-def db(tmpdir):
-    db_path = tmpdir / "passdb.sqlite"
-    print("database path:", db_path)
-    return Database(db_path)
+from chatmaild.database import DBError
 
 
 def test_basic(db, tmpdir, monkeypatch):