diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 2fa9cfb..2bd96c5 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+import os
+import sys
+
+# NOTE: Not sure if that was really necessary or whether this
+# is just my quirky venv setup
+CURRENT_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+PROJECT_ROOT = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(CURRENT_DIR, '..'))
+
+if PROJECT_ROOT not in sys.path:
+    sys.path.insert(0, PROJECT_ROOT)
+
 import pytest as pytest
 from starlette.testclient import TestClient