diff --git a/backend/.env.test b/backend/.env.test
index a0c17077f..86bf7db22 100644
--- a/backend/.env.test
+++ b/backend/.env.test
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # -- GENERAL --
 # Logging level: DEBUG|INFO|WARNING|ERROR|CRITICAL
-LOG_LEVEL=ERROR
+LOG_LEVEL=DEBUG
 LOG_USE_STREAM=1
 
 # -- FRONTEND --
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ GOOGLE_TEST_PASS=
 TEST_USER_EMAIL=test@example.org
 
 # -- Redis --
-REDIS_URL=localhost
+REDIS_URL
 REDIS_PORT=6379
 REDIS_DB=0
 # No value = Python None
diff --git a/backend/src/appointment/main.py b/backend/src/appointment/main.py
index 8c9308332..c4506c463 100644
--- a/backend/src/appointment/main.py
+++ b/backend/src/appointment/main.py
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@
 
 def _common_setup():
     # load any available .env into env
-    load_dotenv()
+    if os.getenv('APP_ENV') != APP_ENV_TEST:
+        load_dotenv()
 
     # This needs to be ran before any other imports
     normalize_secrets()
diff --git a/backend/test/conftest.py b/backend/test/conftest.py
index fafdf062b..4e6b7d971 100644
--- a/backend/test/conftest.py
+++ b/backend/test/conftest.py
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@
 from factory.invite_factory import make_invite  # noqa: F401
 
 # Load our env
-load_dotenv(find_dotenv('.env.test'))
+print("Conftes.py")
+load_dotenv(find_dotenv('.env.test'), override=True)
 
 from appointment.main import server  # noqa: E402
 from appointment.database import models, repo, schemas  # noqa: E402