diff --git a/ProjectLighthouse.Tests/DatabaseFact.cs b/ProjectLighthouse.Tests/DatabaseFact.cs
index df9a357c..a62ecd5a 100644
--- a/ProjectLighthouse.Tests/DatabaseFact.cs
+++ b/ProjectLighthouse.Tests/DatabaseFact.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ namespace LBPUnion.ProjectLighthouse.Tests
     {
         public DatabaseFact()
         {
+            ServerSettings.Instance = new ServerSettings();
             ServerSettings.Instance.DbConnectionString = "server=127.0.0.1;uid=root;pwd=lighthouse;database=lighthouse";
             if (!ServerStatics.DbConnected)
             {
diff --git a/ProjectLighthouse/Types/Settings/ServerSettings.cs b/ProjectLighthouse/Types/Settings/ServerSettings.cs
index ae80e28e..7b9b8c04 100644
--- a/ProjectLighthouse/Types/Settings/ServerSettings.cs
+++ b/ProjectLighthouse/Types/Settings/ServerSettings.cs
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ namespace LBPUnion.ProjectLighthouse.Types.Settings
     {
         static ServerSettings()
         {
+            if (ServerStatics.IsUnitTesting) return; // Unit testing, we don't want to read configurations here since the tests will provide their own
+
             if (File.Exists(ConfigFileName))
             {
                 string configFile = File.ReadAllText(ConfigFileName);
diff --git a/ProjectLighthouse/Types/Settings/ServerStatics.cs b/ProjectLighthouse/Types/Settings/ServerStatics.cs
index 24be656f..a6b29548 100644
--- a/ProjectLighthouse/Types/Settings/ServerStatics.cs
+++ b/ProjectLighthouse/Types/Settings/ServerStatics.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #nullable enable
 using System;
+using System.Linq;
 using Kettu;
 using LBPUnion.ProjectLighthouse.Logging;
 
@@ -29,5 +30,7 @@ namespace LBPUnion.ProjectLighthouse.Types.Settings
                 }
             }
         }
+
+        public static bool IsUnitTesting => AppDomain.CurrentDomain.GetAssemblies().Any(assembly => assembly.FullName.StartsWith("xunit"));
     }
 }
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