diff --git a/backend/setup.cfg b/backend/setup.cfg
index 6f11b83..7a4f884 100644
--- a/backend/setup.cfg
+++ b/backend/setup.cfg
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ commands =
 deps =
     pytest
     pytest-asyncio
+    trio
 commands =
     pytest tests
 
diff --git a/backend/tests/conftest.py b/backend/tests/conftest.py
index 6c7cd08..f715e13 100644
--- a/backend/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/backend/tests/conftest.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
 from fastapi import FastAPI, status
 from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
+from httpx import AsyncClient
 from pytest import fixture
 
 from kibicara import email
@@ -24,6 +25,15 @@ def client():
     return TestClient(app)
 
 
+@fixture(scope="module")
+def asyncclient():
+    Mapping.drop_all()
+    Mapping.create_all()
+    app = FastAPI()
+    app.include_router(router, prefix="/api")
+    return AsyncClient(app=app, base_url="http://test")
+
+
 @fixture(scope="module")
 def monkeymodule():
     from _pytest.monkeypatch import MonkeyPatch
diff --git a/backend/tests/tests_core/test_api_admin.py b/backend/tests/tests_core/test_api_admin.py
index 167a664..aec3989 100644
--- a/backend/tests/tests_core/test_api_admin.py
+++ b/backend/tests/tests_core/test_api_admin.py
@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: 0BSD
 
 from fastapi import status
+import pytest
 
 
-def test_hoods_unauthorized(client):
-    response = client.get("/api/admin/hoods/")
+@pytest.mark.anyio
+async def test_hoods_unauthorized(asyncclient):
+    response = await asyncclient.get("/api/admin/hoods/")
     assert response.status_code == status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED
 
 
diff --git a/setup.sh b/setup.sh
index 13b674f..553e0f8 100755
--- a/setup.sh
+++ b/setup.sh
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ ln -sf ../../git-hooks/commit-msg .git/hooks/commit-msg
 
 # create virtualenv
 virtualenv -p $(which python3.10) backend/.venv
-backend/.venv/bin/pip install tox black pytest pytest-aiohttp
+backend/.venv/bin/pip install tox black pytest pytest-aiohttp trio