diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 606bf0dcc..230c0e003 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -28,10 +28,8 @@ nb-down:
 # runs tests
 test:
 	- docker-compose down
-	- CURRENT_UID=${CURRENT_UID} CURRENT_GID=${CURRENT_GID} TEST=True docker-compose -f docker-compose.yml up -d
-	- CURRENT_UID=${CURRENT_UID} CURRENT_GID=${CURRENT_GID} docker-compose exec newsblur_web ./manage.py migrate --database=test_newsblur
-	- CURRENT_UID=${CURRENT_UID} CURRENT_GID=${CURRENT_GID} docker-compose exec newsblur_web ./manage.py loaddata config/fixtures/bootstrap.json --database=test_newsblur
-	- CURRENT_UID=${CURRENT_UID} CURRENT_GID=${CURRENT_GID} docker-compose -f docker-compose.yml exec newsblur_web ./manage.py test --settings=newsblur_web.test_settings
+	- CURRENT_UID=${CURRENT_UID} CURRENT_GID=${CURRENT_GID} TEST=True docker-compose -f docker-compose.yml up -d newsblur_web
+	- CURRENT_UID=${CURRENT_UID} CURRENT_GID=${CURRENT_GID} docker-compose exec newsblur_web ./manage.py test --settings=newsblur_web.test_settings --exclude-dir=vendor
 
 keys:
 	- rm config/certificates
diff --git a/config/requirements.txt b/config/requirements.txt
index 3be1298ce..11a44e38c 100755
--- a/config/requirements.txt
+++ b/config/requirements.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ django-compress==1.0.1
 django-cors-middleware==1.3.1
 django-extensions==2.2.9
 django-mailgun==0.9.1
+django-nose==1.4.7
 django-oauth-toolkit==1.2.0
 django-qurl==0.1.1
 django-paypal==1.0
@@ -34,6 +35,8 @@ mongoengine==0.20.0
 PyMySQL==0.9.3
 ndg-httpsclient==0.4.2
 nltk==3.4.5
+nose==1.3.7
+nose-exclude==0.5.0
 numpy==1.18.5
 oauth2==1.9.0.post1
 pillow==7.0.0
diff --git a/newsblur_web/__init__.py b/newsblur_web/__init__.py
index ea0f0073d..08b9787e1 100644
--- a/newsblur_web/__init__.py
+++ b/newsblur_web/__init__.py
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ __all__ = ['celery_app']
 
 import pymysql
 
-pymysql.install_as_MySQLdb()
\ No newline at end of file
+pymysql.install_as_MySQLdb()
+pymysql.version_info = (1, 3, 13, "final", 0)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/newsblur_web/settings.py b/newsblur_web/settings.py
index a5bf3f5d3..f3b8612a9 100644
--- a/newsblur_web/settings.py
+++ b/newsblur_web/settings.py
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ INTERNAL_IPS            = ('127.0.0.1',)
 LOGGING_LOG_SQL         = True
 APPEND_SLASH            = False
 SESSION_ENGINE          = 'redis_sessions.session'
-TEST_RUNNER             = "utils.testrunner.TestRunner"
+TEST_RUNNER             = "django_nose.NoseTestSuiteRunner"
 SESSION_COOKIE_NAME     = 'newsblur_sessionid'
 SESSION_COOKIE_AGE      = 60*60*24*365*10 # 10 years
 SESSION_COOKIE_DOMAIN   = '.newsblur.com'
@@ -338,6 +338,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = (
     'vendor.zebra',
     'oauth2_provider',
     'corsheaders',
+    'django_nose',
 )
 
 # ==========