diff --git a/backend/Cargo.toml b/backend/Cargo.toml
index 6164b44..7d0f290 100644
--- a/backend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0"
 rusqlite = { version = "0.38.0", features = ["bundled", "chrono"] }
 rusqlite_migration = { version = "2.4.0", features = ["from-directory"] }
+rusqlite_pool = "0.2.0"
 include_dir = "0.7.4"
 chrono = {version = "0.4.43", features = ["serde"]}
 pushover = "0.4.0"
diff --git a/backend/src/db/notifications.rs b/backend/src/db/notifications.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/backend/tests/common/mod.rs b/backend/tests/common/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7179699
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/tests/common/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+use include_dir::{Dir, include_dir};
+use log::{debug, error};
+use rusqlite::Connection;
+use rusqlite_migration::Migrations;
+use std::result::Result;
+use std::sync::LazyLock;
+use tokio::sync::Mutex;
+
+use crate::settings;
+
+static TEST_MIGRATIONS_DIR: Dir = include_dir!("$CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR/tests/database_migrations");
+
+// Define migrations. These are applied atomically.
+static TEST_MIGRATIONS: LazyLock<Migrations<'static>> =
+    LazyLock::new(|| Migrations::from_directory(&TEST_MIGRATIONS_DIR).unwrap());
+
+static INITIALISED: Mutex<bool> = Mutex::const_new(false);
+
+pub async fn setup_database() {
+    let mut initialised = INITIALISED.lock().await;
+    if *initialised {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    let conn = db::init_db().unwrap();
+    TEST_MIGRATIONS.to_latest(&mut conn).unwrap();
+
+    *initialised = true;
+}
diff --git a/backend/tests/database_migrations/01-notifications/up.sql b/backend/tests/database_migrations/01-notifications/up.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..75feec7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/tests/database_migrations/01-notifications/up.sql
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+INSERT INTO NOTIFICATIONS (id, created_on, notification_type, title, body, is_new) VALUES (1, '2026-01-03 14:13:12', 'NewDeviceFound', 'Title new device found', 'Body new device found', 1);