diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 50f93033..4d38dbc3 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ jobs:
           # fallback to using the latest cache if no exact match is found
           - v1-dependencies-
       - run: npm install
+      - run: npm run refresh-db
       - run: npm test
       - save_cache:
           paths:
diff --git a/backend/package.json b/backend/package.json
index 3da54aab..6058113e 100644
--- a/backend/package.json
+++ b/backend/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
     "test": "mocha './src/test/**/*.test.js'",
     "start": "node src/test/expressApis.js",
     "refresh-db": "node ./src/main/database/index.js",
-    "refresh-test-db": "node ./src/test/database/refreshDatabase.js",
     "deploy-sls": "sls deploy"
   },
   "dependencies": {