diff --git a/jest.config.ts b/jest.config.ts
index 6b3f2d6..7d35575 100644
--- a/jest.config.ts
+++ b/jest.config.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import { getJestProjectsAsync } from '@nx/jest';
+import { getJestProjectsAsync } from "@nx/jest";
 
 export default async () => ({
-  projects: await getJestProjectsAsync(),
+  projects: await getJestProjectsAsync()
 });
diff --git a/jest.preset.js b/jest.preset.js
index ee18844..6ee150a 100644
--- a/jest.preset.js
+++ b/jest.preset.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const nxPreset = require('@nx/jest/preset').default;
+const nxPreset = require("@nx/jest/preset").default;
 
 module.exports = {
   ...nxPreset,
@@ -8,9 +8,10 @@ module.exports = {
       branches: 85,
       functions: 95,
       lines: 95,
-      statements: 95,
+      statements: 95
     }
   },
 
-  setupFilesAfterEnv: ['./setup-jest.ts'],
-}
+  globalSetup: "./jest/setup-jest-global.ts",
+  setupFilesAfterEnv: ["./jest/setup-jest.ts"]
+};
diff --git a/jest/setup-jest-global.ts b/jest/setup-jest-global.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c1c599
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jest/setup-jest-global.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+const { Sequelize } = require("sequelize-typescript");
+const Entities = require("../libs/database/src/lib/entities");
+
+module.exports = async () => {
+  // To create this database, run the ./setup-test-database.sh script.
+  const sequelize = new Sequelize({
+    dialect: "mariadb",
+    host: "localhost",
+    port: 3360,
+    username: "wri",
+    password: "wri",
+    database: "terramatch_microservices_test",
+    models: Object.values(Entities),
+    logging: false
+  });
+
+  await sequelize.sync();
+  await sequelize.close();
+};
diff --git a/setup-jest.ts b/jest/setup-jest.ts
similarity index 89%
rename from setup-jest.ts
rename to jest/setup-jest.ts
index 173c0ea..a672300 100644
--- a/setup-jest.ts
+++ b/jest/setup-jest.ts
@@ -14,11 +14,9 @@ beforeAll(async () => {
     password: "wri",
     database: "terramatch_microservices_test",
     models: Object.values(Entities),
-    logging: false,
-    sync: { alter: true }
+    logging: false
   });
 
-  await sequelize.sync();
   FactoryGirl.setAdapter(new SequelizeAdapter());
 });