diff --git a/alembic/env.py b/alembic/env.py
index 9393056..8051754 100644
--- a/alembic/env.py
+++ b/alembic/env.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from sqlalchemy import pool
 from alembic import context
 
 from foxnouns.db import Base
-from foxnouns.settings import SYNC_DATABASE_URL
+from foxnouns.db.sync import SYNC_DATABASE_URL
 
 # this is the Alembic Config object, which provides
 # access to the values within the .ini file in use.
diff --git a/foxnouns/app.py b/foxnouns/app.py
index 1ba7148..6729c51 100644
--- a/foxnouns/app.py
+++ b/foxnouns/app.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from quart import Quart, make_response, jsonify, request, g
+from quart import Quart, request, g
 from quart_schema import QuartSchema, RequestSchemaValidationError
 
 from .blueprints import users_blueprint
diff --git a/foxnouns/blueprints/v2/users.py b/foxnouns/blueprints/v2/users.py
index 5451ac5..fdb5c56 100644
--- a/foxnouns/blueprints/v2/users.py
+++ b/foxnouns/blueprints/v2/users.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from pydantic import BaseModel, Field, field_validator
-from quart import Blueprint, request
+from quart import Blueprint
 from quart_schema import validate_response, validate_request
 
 from foxnouns.db.aio import async_session
diff --git a/foxnouns/db/aio.py b/foxnouns/db/aio.py
index 060b651..c43ae47 100644
--- a/foxnouns/db/aio.py
+++ b/foxnouns/db/aio.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from sqlalchemy import URL
 from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import create_async_engine, async_sessionmaker
 
-from foxnouns.settings import DATABASE
+from foxnouns.settings import DATABASE, ECHO_SQL
 
 ASYNC_DATABASE_URL = URL.create(
     "postgresql+asyncpg",
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@ ASYNC_DATABASE_URL = URL.create(
     database=DATABASE["NAME"],
 )
 
-engine = create_async_engine(ASYNC_DATABASE_URL)
+engine = create_async_engine(ASYNC_DATABASE_URL, echo=ECHO_SQL)
 async_session = async_sessionmaker(engine, expire_on_commit=False)
diff --git a/foxnouns/db/sync.py b/foxnouns/db/sync.py
index c3e2006..97556ef 100644
--- a/foxnouns/db/sync.py
+++ b/foxnouns/db/sync.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from sqlalchemy import URL, create_engine
 
-from foxnouns.settings import DATABASE
+from foxnouns.settings import DATABASE, ECHO_SQL
 
 SYNC_DATABASE_URL = URL.create(
     "postgresql+psycopg",
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ SYNC_DATABASE_URL = URL.create(
     database=DATABASE["NAME"],
 )
 
-engine = create_engine(SYNC_DATABASE_URL)
+engine = create_engine(SYNC_DATABASE_URL, echo=ECHO_SQL)
diff --git a/foxnouns/models/user.py b/foxnouns/models/user.py
index 79b8694..d640145 100644
--- a/foxnouns/models/user.py
+++ b/foxnouns/models/user.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import re
-
 from pydantic import Field
 
 from . import BaseSnowflakeModel
diff --git a/foxnouns/settings.py b/foxnouns/settings.py
index 290b5da..0ac3c3b 100644
--- a/foxnouns/settings.py
+++ b/foxnouns/settings.py
@@ -20,3 +20,6 @@ SHORT_DOMAIN = env("SHORT_DOMAIN", "prns.localhost")
 
 # Secret key for signing tokens, generate with (for example) `openssl rand -base64 32`
 SECRET_KEY = env("SECRET_KEY")
+
+# Whether to echo SQL statements to the logs.
+ECHO_SQL = env.bool("ECHO_SQL", False)
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 1f6c3f2..1fd8593 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -1,8 +1,61 @@
+import pytest
 import pytest_asyncio
+from sqlalchemy import text, delete
+
+from foxnouns.db import Base
+from foxnouns.settings import DATABASE
+
+
+# Override the database name to the testing database
+DATABASE["NAME"] = f"{DATABASE['NAME']}_test"
+
+
+def pytest_collection_modifyitems(items):
+    """Ensure that all async tests use the same event loop."""
+
+    pytest_asyncio_tests = (
+        item for item in items if pytest_asyncio.is_async_test(item)
+    )
+    session_scope_marker = pytest.mark.asyncio(scope="session")
+    for async_test in pytest_asyncio_tests:
+        async_test.add_marker(session_scope_marker, append=False)
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="session", autouse=True)
+def setup():
+    """Migrate the testing database to the latest migration, and once the tests complete, clear the database again."""
+
+    from foxnouns.db.sync import engine
+    from alembic import command, config
+
+    cfg = config.Config("alembic.ini")
+    cfg.attributes["connection"] = engine.connect()
+    command.upgrade(cfg, "head")
+
+    yield
+
+    with engine.begin() as session:
+        Base.metadata.drop_all(session)
+        session.execute(text("DROP TABLE alembic_version"))
+        session.commit()
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="function", autouse=True)
+def clean_tables_after_tests():
+    """Clean tables after every test."""
+
+    yield
+
+    from foxnouns.db.sync import engine
+
+    with engine.begin() as session:
+        for table in reversed(Base.metadata.sorted_tables):
+            session.execute(delete(table))
+        session.commit()
 
 
 @pytest_asyncio.fixture(scope="session", autouse=True)
-async def setup():
-    print("hello from setup!")
-    yield
-    print("bye from setup!")
+async def app():
+    from foxnouns.app import app
+
+    return app
diff --git a/tests/test_hello.py b/tests/test_hello.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 54f0f46..0000000
--- a/tests/test_hello.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-import pytest
-
-from foxnouns import hello
-
-
-@pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_hello():
-    assert (await hello()) == "Hello world!"
diff --git a/tests/test_users.py b/tests/test_users.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d6f158
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_users.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import pytest
+from quart import Quart
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+class TestUsers:
+    async def test_get_me_returns_403_if_unauthenticated(self, app: Quart):
+        resp = await app.test_client().get("/api/v2/users/@me")
+        assert resp.status_code == 403
+
+    async def test_get_users_returns_404_if_user_not_found(self, app: Quart):
+        resp = await app.test_client().get("/api/v2/users/unknown_user")
+        assert resp.status_code == 404