diff --git a/src/test/java/org/caosdb/server/transaction/UpdateTest.java b/src/test/java/org/caosdb/server/transaction/UpdateTest.java
index b06ea0c7f9021174f52f425843ce5ae21643e54e..fb121c260a7706e806ddc73e9005ea4a440f1510 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/caosdb/server/transaction/UpdateTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/caosdb/server/transaction/UpdateTest.java
@@ -29,16 +29,23 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
 import org.caosdb.server.CaosDBException;
+import org.caosdb.server.CaosDBServer;
 import org.caosdb.server.datatype.GenericValue;
 import org.caosdb.server.entity.Entity;
 import org.caosdb.server.entity.EntityInterface;
 import org.caosdb.server.entity.StatementStatus;
 import org.caosdb.server.entity.wrapper.Property;
 import org.caosdb.server.utils.EntityStatus;
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 public class UpdateTest {
 
+  @BeforeClass
+  public static void setup() throws IOException {
+    CaosDBServer.initServerProperties();
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testDeriveUpdate_SameName()
       throws NoSuchAlgorithmException, IOException, CaosDBException {