diff --git a/backend/backend.log b/backend/backend.log
index fca0f05d..659c1f29 100644
--- a/backend/backend.log
+++ b/backend/backend.log
@@ -450,3 +450,13 @@ INFO:     Waiting for application startup.
 INFO:     Application startup complete.
 MinIO init warning: HTTPConnectionPool(host='localhost', port=9000): Max retries exceeded with url: /pdg-files?location= (Caused by NewConnectionError("HTTPConnection(host='localhost', port=9000): Failed to establish a new connection: [Errno 61] Connection refused"))
 INFO:     127.0.0.1:50646 - "GET /health HTTP/1.1" 200 OK
+WARNING:  WatchFiles detected changes in 'tests/test_auth.py'. Reloading...
+INFO:     Shutting down
+INFO:     Waiting for application shutdown.
+INFO:     Application shutdown complete.
+INFO:     Finished server process [35542]
+/Users/nathan/Work/DataPointer/prop-data-guard/backend/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/urllib3/__init__.py:35: NotOpenSSLWarning: urllib3 v2 only supports OpenSSL 1.1.1+, currently the 'ssl' module is compiled with 'LibreSSL 2.8.3'. See: https://github.com/urllib3/urllib3/issues/3020
+  warnings.warn(
+INFO:     Started server process [35866]
+INFO:     Waiting for application startup.
+INFO:     Application startup complete.
diff --git a/backend/tests/test_auth.py b/backend/tests/test_auth.py
index 5327c71e..74258a4e 100644
--- a/backend/tests/test_auth.py
+++ b/backend/tests/test_auth.py
@@ -3,9 +3,13 @@ from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
 from sqlalchemy import create_engine
 from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker
 
+import sys
+sys.path.insert(0, '/Users/nathan/Work/DataPointer/prop-data-guard/backend')
+
 from app.main import app
 from app.core.database import Base, get_db
-from app.core.config import settings
+from app.services.user_service import create_initial_data
+from app.services.classification_service import init_builtin_data
 
 # Use SQLite for testing
 SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URL = "sqlite:///./test.db"
@@ -28,6 +32,10 @@ client = TestClient(app)
 @pytest.fixture(scope="module", autouse=True)
 def setup_db():
     Base.metadata.create_all(bind=engine)
+    db = TestingSessionLocal()
+    create_initial_data(db)
+    init_builtin_data(db)
+    db.close()
     yield
     Base.metadata.drop_all(bind=engine)