diff --git a/backend/server/docker-compose.yml b/backend/server/docker-compose.yml
index 12b4462..4a9733a 100644
--- a/backend/server/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/backend/server/docker-compose.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ services:
       POSTGRES_PASSWORD: TODO_YOUR_POSTGRES_PASSWORD_HERE
       POSTGRES_DB: hishtory
       PGDATA: /var/lib/postgresql/data/pgdata
-      HISHTORY_COMPOSE_TEST: $HISHTORY_COMPOSE_TEST
     volumes:
       - postgres-data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
     healthcheck:
@@ -42,6 +41,7 @@ services:
         delay: 3s
     environment:
       HISHTORY_POSTGRES_DB: postgresql://postgres:TODO_YOUR_POSTGRES_PASSWORD_HERE@postgres:5432/hishtory?sslmode=disable
+      HISHTORY_COMPOSE_TEST: $HISHTORY_COMPOSE_TEST
     ports:
       - 80:8080
 volumes:
diff --git a/backend/server/server.go b/backend/server/server.go
index 2c67c12..39d28b6 100644
--- a/backend/server/server.go
+++ b/backend/server/server.go
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ func OpenDB() (*database.DB, error) {
 	}
 	if os.Getenv("HISHTORY_COMPOSE_TEST") != "" {
 		// Run an extra round of migrations to test the migration code path to prevent issues like #241
+		fmt.Println("AutoMigrating DB tables a second time for test coverage")
 		err := db.AddDatabaseTables()
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create underlying DB tables: %w", err)