diff --git a/.github/workflows/github_action_test_suite.yml b/.github/workflows/github_action_test_suite.yml
index a62e88caf9..bd0c153607 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/github_action_test_suite.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/github_action_test_suite.yml
@@ -89,7 +89,9 @@ jobs:
         if: ${{ ! matrix.coverage-test }}
         working-directory: testing_mygame
         run: |
-          evennia test ${{ env.UNIT_TEST_SETTINGS }} evennia
+          echo "::group::Running tests ..."
+          evennia test ${{ env.UNIT_TEST_SETTINGS }} evennia -v 2 --parallel
+          echo "::endgroup::"
         env:
           POSTGRES_HOST: localhost
           POSTGRES_PORT: 5432
diff --git a/.github/workflows/mysql_options.cnf b/.github/workflows/mysql_options.cnf
deleted file mode 100644
index 78711ebd9b..0000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/mysql_options.cnf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-[mysqld] 
-character-set-server = utf8mb4
-collation-server = utf8mb4_unicode_ci
-innodb_large_prefix = 1
-innodb_file_format = Barracuda 
-innodb_file_per_table = 1
-
-[mysql]
-default-character-set = utf8mb4
-
-[client]
-default-character-set = utf8mb4