diff --git a/setup-jest.ts b/setup-jest.ts
index 371ad9a4..173c0ea3 100644
--- a/setup-jest.ts
+++ b/setup-jest.ts
@@ -14,16 +14,11 @@ beforeAll(async () => {
     password: "wri",
     database: "terramatch_microservices_test",
     models: Object.values(Entities),
-    logging: false
+    logging: false,
+    sync: { alter: true }
   });
 
-  try {
-    await sequelize.sync();
-  } catch (e) {
-    // We can ignore this in most cases because it probably means another task has already synced
-    // the DB
-    console.info("Error Synchronizing DB Schema", e);
-  }
+  await sequelize.sync();
   FactoryGirl.setAdapter(new SequelizeAdapter());
 });