diff --git a/backend/tests/tests_email/conftest.py b/backend/tests/tests_email/conftest.py
index dde5ac2..60d2868 100644
--- a/backend/tests/tests_email/conftest.py
+++ b/backend/tests/tests_email/conftest.py
@@ -6,12 +6,13 @@
 
 
 from fastapi import status
-from pytest import fixture
+import pytest
 
 
-@fixture(scope="function")
-def email_row(client, hood_id, auth_header):
-    response = client.post(
+@pytest.fixture(scope="function")
+@pytest.mark.anyio
+async def email_row(asyncclient, hood_id, auth_header):
+    response = await asyncclient.post(
         "/api/hoods/{0}/email/".format(hood_id),
         json={"name": "kibicara-test"},
         headers=auth_header,
@@ -19,6 +20,6 @@ def email_row(client, hood_id, auth_header):
     assert response.status_code == status.HTTP_201_CREATED
     email_id = int(response.headers["Location"])
     yield response.json()
-    client.delete(
+    await asyncclient.delete(
         "/api/hoods/{0}/email/{1}".format(hood_id, email_id), headers=auth_header
     )
diff --git a/backend/tests/tests_email/test_api_email_happy_path.py b/backend/tests/tests_email/test_api_email_happy_path.py
index d220288..eea483e 100644
--- a/backend/tests/tests_email/test_api_email_happy_path.py
+++ b/backend/tests/tests_email/test_api_email_happy_path.py
@@ -8,13 +8,14 @@ from re import findall
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
 from fastapi import status
-from pytest import skip
+import pytest
 
 from kibicara.webapi.admin import to_token
 
 
-def test_email_subscribe_unsubscribe(client, hood_id, receive_email):
-    response = client.post(
+@pytest.mark.anyio
+async def test_email_subscribe_unsubscribe(asyncclient, hood_id, receive_email):
+    response = await asyncclient.post(
         "/api/hoods/{0}/email/subscribe/".format(hood_id),
         json={"email": "test@localhost"},
     )
@@ -27,37 +28,41 @@ def test_email_subscribe_unsubscribe(client, hood_id, receive_email):
         body,
     )[0]
     start = len("token=")
-    response = client.post(
+    response = await asyncclient.post(
         "/api/hoods/{0}/email/subscribe/confirm/{1}".format(
             hood_id, urlparse(confirm_url).query[start:]
         )
     )
     assert response.status_code == status.HTTP_201_CREATED
-    response = client.post(
+    response = await asyncclient.post(
         "/api/hoods/{0}/email/subscribe/confirm/{1}".format(
             hood_id, urlparse(confirm_url).query[start:]
         )
     )
     assert response.status_code == status.HTTP_409_CONFLICT
     token = to_token(email=mail["to"], hood=hood_id)
-    response = client.delete(
+    response = await asyncclient.delete(
         "/api/hoods/{0}/email/unsubscribe/{1}".format(hood_id, token)
     )
     assert response.status_code == status.HTTP_204_NO_CONTENT
 
 
-def test_email_message(client, hood_id, trigger_id, email_row):
+@pytest.mark.anyio
+async def test_email_message(asyncclient, hood_id, trigger_id, email_row):
     body = {
         "text": "test",
         "author": "test@localhost",
         "secret": email_row["secret"],
     }
-    response = client.post("/api/hoods/{0}/email/messages/".format(hood_id), json=body)
+    response = await asyncclient.post(
+        "/api/hoods/{0}/email/messages/".format(hood_id), json=body
+    )
     assert response.status_code == status.HTTP_201_CREATED
 
 
-def test_email_send_mda(trigger_id, email_row):
-    skip("Only works if kibicara is listening on port 8000, and only sometimes")
+@pytest.mark.anyio
+async def test_email_send_mda(trigger_id, email_row):
+    pytest.skip("Only works if kibicara is listening on port 8000, and only sometimes")
     mail = """From test@example.com Tue Jun 16 15:33:19 2020
 Return-path: <test@example.com>
 Envelope-to: hood@localhost
diff --git a/backend/tests/tests_email/test_api_email_unauthorized.py b/backend/tests/tests_email/test_api_email_unauthorized.py
index f86f20c..c029d3a 100644
--- a/backend/tests/tests_email/test_api_email_unauthorized.py
+++ b/backend/tests/tests_email/test_api_email_unauthorized.py
@@ -5,21 +5,27 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: 0BSD
 
 from fastapi import status
+import pytest
 
 
-def test_email_create_unauthorized(client, hood_id):
-    response = client.post("/api/hoods/{0}/email/".format(hood_id))
+@pytest.mark.anyio
+async def test_email_create_unauthorized(asyncclient, hood_id):
+    response = await asyncclient.post("/api/hoods/{0}/email/".format(hood_id))
     assert response.status_code == status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED
 
 
-def test_email_delete_unauthorized(client, hood_id, email_row):
-    response = client.delete(
+@pytest.mark.anyio
+async def test_email_delete_unauthorized(asyncclient, hood_id, email_row):
+    response = await asyncclient.delete(
         "/api/hoods/{0}/email/{1}".format(hood_id, email_row["id"])
     )
     assert response.status_code == status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED
 
 
-def test_email_message_unauthorized(client, hood_id, email_row):
+@pytest.mark.anyio
+async def test_email_message_unauthorized(asyncclient, hood_id, email_row):
     body = {"text": "test", "author": "author", "secret": "wrong"}
-    response = client.post("/api/hoods/{0}/email/messages/".format(hood_id), json=body)
+    response = await asyncclient.post(
+        "/api/hoods/{0}/email/messages/".format(hood_id), json=body
+    )
     assert response.status_code == status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED
diff --git a/backend/tests/tests_email/test_api_email_wrong.py b/backend/tests/tests_email/test_api_email_wrong.py
index 69566c6..5c164bb 100644
--- a/backend/tests/tests_email/test_api_email_wrong.py
+++ b/backend/tests/tests_email/test_api_email_wrong.py
@@ -5,16 +5,19 @@
 
 from fastapi import status
 from nacl.exceptions import CryptoError
+import pytest
 
 
-def test_email_subscribe_empty(client, hood_id):
-    response = client.post("/api/hoods/{0}/email/subscribe/".format(hood_id))
+@pytest.mark.anyio
+async def test_email_subscribe_empty(asyncclient, hood_id):
+    response = await asyncclient.post("/api/hoods/{0}/email/subscribe/".format(hood_id))
     assert response.status_code == status.HTTP_422_UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY
 
 
-def test_email_subscribe_confirm_wrong_token(client, hood_id):
+@pytest.mark.anyio
+async def test_email_subscribe_confirm_wrong_token(asyncclient, hood_id):
     try:
-        response = client.post(
+        response = await asyncclient.post(
             "/api/hoods/{0}/email/subscribe/confirm/".format(hood_id)
             + "asdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdf"
         )
@@ -23,26 +26,31 @@ def test_email_subscribe_confirm_wrong_token(client, hood_id):
         pass
 
 
-def test_email_subscribe_confirm_wrong_hood(client):
-    response = client.delete(
+@pytest.mark.anyio
+async def test_email_subscribe_confirm_wrong_hood(asyncclient):
+    response = await asyncclient.delete(
         "/api/hoods/99999/email/unsubscribe/asdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdf"
     )
     assert response.json()["detail"] == "Not Found"
 
 
-def test_email_message_wrong(client, hood_id, email_row):
+@pytest.mark.anyio
+async def test_email_message_wrong(asyncclient, hood_id, email_row):
     body = {
         "text": "",
         "author": "test@localhost",
         "secret": email_row["secret"],
     }
-    response = client.post("/api/hoods/{0}/email/messages/".format(hood_id), json=body)
+    response = await asyncclient.post(
+        "/api/hoods/{0}/email/messages/".format(hood_id), json=body
+    )
     assert response.status_code == status.HTTP_451_UNAVAILABLE_FOR_LEGAL_REASONS
 
 
-def test_email_unsubscribe_wrong_token(client, hood_id):
+@pytest.mark.anyio
+async def test_email_unsubscribe_wrong_token(asyncclient, hood_id):
     try:
-        client.delete(
+        await asyncclient.delete(
             "/api/hoods/{0}/email/unsubscribe/asdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdf".format(
                 hood_id
             )
@@ -51,8 +59,9 @@ def test_email_unsubscribe_wrong_token(client, hood_id):
         pass
 
 
-def test_email_unsubscribe_wrong_hood(client):
-    response = client.delete(
+@pytest.mark.anyio
+async def test_email_unsubscribe_wrong_hood(asyncclient):
+    response = await asyncclient.delete(
         "/api/hoods/99999/email/unsubscribe/asdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdf"
     )
     assert response.json()["detail"] == "Not Found"