diff --git a/backend/app/tasks/router.py b/backend/app/tasks/router.py
index 3fca8df6..8a75c476 100644
--- a/backend/app/tasks/router.py
+++ b/backend/app/tasks/router.py
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ from backend.app.db.models.tasks import SourceEnum, Task, SubTask
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
 from sqlalchemy import select
 
-# from sqlmodel import Session, select
-
 
 router = APIRouter(
     prefix="/tasks",
diff --git a/backend/conftest.py b/backend/conftest.py
index 5eba00ea..df7d9cd6 100644
--- a/backend/conftest.py
+++ b/backend/conftest.py
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ def engine(postgresql):
     engine = create_engine(connection_string)
 
     # Create tables once per test session
-    # Base.metadata.create_all(engine)
+    Base.metadata.create_all(engine)
+    SQLModel.metadata.create_all(engine)
 
     # Yeild will split this function into two phase. 1) setup and 2) teardown, the latter of which will run after all
     # tests have completed
@@ -47,9 +48,6 @@ def db_session(engine):
     connection = engine.connect()
     transaction = connection.begin()
 
-    Base.metadata.create_all(bind=connection)
-    SQLModel.metadata.create_all(bind=connection)
-
     session = sessionmaker(bind=connection)()
 
     yield session