diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 86cac36f4e04..56e30d55c3bd 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ RUN echo "crfpp-container"
 ###############################################
 FROM python-base as production
 ENV PRODUCTION=true
-ENV TESTING = false
+ENV TESTING=false
 
 # curl for used by healthcheck
 RUN apt-get update \
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 1d63a61ea35d..005e1eeed594 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
-import os
+from pytest import MonkeyPatch, fixture
+
+mp = MonkeyPatch()
+mp.setenv("PRODUCTION", "True")
+mp.setenv("TESTING", "True")
 
-os.environ["PRODUCTION"] = "True"
-os.environ["TESTING"] = "True"
 
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
-from pytest import fixture
 
 from mealie.app import app
 from mealie.core import config