diff --git a/.github/workflows/github_action_test_suite.yml b/.github/workflows/github_action_test_suite.yml
index 45ddf2aa35..cab529dcf6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/github_action_test_suite.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/github_action_test_suite.yml
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 35
 
     env:
-      # UNIT_TEST_SETTINGS: "--settings=settings --keepdb --parallel 4 --timing"
-      UNIT_TEST_SETTINGS: "--settings=settings --timing"
+      UNIT_TEST_SETTINGS: "--settings=settings --keepdb --parallel 4 --timing"
       COVERAGE_TEST_SETTINGS: "--settings=settings --timing"
 
     steps:
diff --git a/evennia/scripts/tests.py b/evennia/scripts/tests.py
index 11492ef43e..eb5f205d13 100644
--- a/evennia/scripts/tests.py
+++ b/evennia/scripts/tests.py
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ Unit tests for the scripts package
 from collections import defaultdict
 from unittest import TestCase, mock
 
-from parameterized import parameterized
-
 from evennia import DefaultScript
 from evennia.objects.objects import DefaultObject
 from evennia.scripts.manager import ScriptDBManager
@@ -18,6 +16,7 @@ from evennia.scripts.tickerhandler import TickerHandler
 from evennia.utils.create import create_script
 from evennia.utils.dbserialize import dbserialize
 from evennia.utils.test_resources import BaseEvenniaTest
+from parameterized import parameterized
 
 
 class TestScript(BaseEvenniaTest):
diff --git a/evennia/utils/test_resources.py b/evennia/utils/test_resources.py
index af00d99041..84c2d11939 100644
--- a/evennia/utils/test_resources.py
+++ b/evennia/utils/test_resources.py
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ DEFAULT_SETTING_RESETS = dict(
     BASE_GUEST_TYPECLASS="evennia.accounts.accounts.DefaultGuest",
     # a special setting boolean TEST_ENVIRONMENT is set by the test runner
     # while the test suite is running.
+    TEST_ENVIRONMENT=True
 )
 
 DEFAULT_SETTINGS = {**all_from_module(settings_default), **DEFAULT_SETTING_RESETS}