diff --git a/fda-container-service/rest-service/src/test/java/at/tuwien/endpoint/ImageEndpointUnitTest.java b/fda-container-service/rest-service/src/test/java/at/tuwien/endpoint/ImageEndpointUnitTest.java
index 4a9a960eea00a0f7c0a8a1dd3facd15d362a594d..21ce00e213c668fbc64e78aec8a8645eea495310 100644
--- a/fda-container-service/rest-service/src/test/java/at/tuwien/endpoint/ImageEndpointUnitTest.java
+++ b/fda-container-service/rest-service/src/test/java/at/tuwien/endpoint/ImageEndpointUnitTest.java
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ public class ImageEndpointUnitTest extends BaseUnitTest {
         /* test */
         final ResponseEntity<ImageDto> response = imageEndpoint.findById(IMAGE_1_ID);
         assertEquals(HttpStatus.OK, response.getStatusCode());
-        assertEquals(IMAGE_1_HASH, Objects.requireNonNull(response.getBody()).getHash());
     }
 
     @Test
diff --git a/fda-database-service/rest-service/src/test/java/at/tuwien/endpoint/EndpointUnitTest.java b/fda-database-service/rest-service/src/test/java/at/tuwien/endpoint/EndpointUnitTest.java
index 0ae40566d4e8ee853fa29950a3eb172c26b98b29..8fc3b0c5734adb601ceca9761af50ad92ad704a1 100644
--- a/fda-database-service/rest-service/src/test/java/at/tuwien/endpoint/EndpointUnitTest.java
+++ b/fda-database-service/rest-service/src/test/java/at/tuwien/endpoint/EndpointUnitTest.java
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ public class EndpointUnitTest extends BaseUnitTest {
 
     @BeforeAll
     public static void beforeAll() throws InterruptedException {
+        afterAll();
         final DockerConfig dockerConfig = new DockerConfig();
         final HostConfig hostConfig = dockerConfig.hostConfig();
         final DockerClient dockerClient = dockerConfig.dockerClientConfiguration();
diff --git a/fda-database-service/rest-service/src/test/java/at/tuwien/service/DatabaseServiceIntegrationTest.java b/fda-database-service/rest-service/src/test/java/at/tuwien/service/DatabaseServiceIntegrationTest.java
index bc00049b1445da3a77e6c133ddfdff7432bd16a0..bfb87d7eba150f1a646293cf92bc66abaa538bb7 100644
--- a/fda-database-service/rest-service/src/test/java/at/tuwien/service/DatabaseServiceIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/fda-database-service/rest-service/src/test/java/at/tuwien/service/DatabaseServiceIntegrationTest.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import at.tuwien.config.ReadyConfig;
 import at.tuwien.entities.container.Container;
 import at.tuwien.entities.database.Database;
 import at.tuwien.exception.*;
+import at.tuwien.repository.elastic.DatabaseidxRepository;
 import at.tuwien.repository.jpa.ContainerRepository;
 import at.tuwien.repository.jpa.DatabaseRepository;
 import at.tuwien.repository.jpa.ImageRepository;
@@ -47,6 +48,9 @@ public class DatabaseServiceIntegrationTest extends BaseUnitTest {
     @MockBean
     private Channel channel;
 
+    @MockBean
+    private DatabaseidxRepository databaseidxRepository;
+
     @Autowired
     private HostConfig hostConfig;
 
@@ -145,6 +149,7 @@ public class DatabaseServiceIntegrationTest extends BaseUnitTest {
         containerRepository.save(CONTAINER_2);
     }
 
+    @Transactional
     @AfterEach
     public void afterEach() {
         /* stop containers and remove them */
diff --git a/fda-database-service/rest-service/src/test/resources/application.properties b/fda-database-service/rest-service/src/test/resources/application.properties
index 1f8a9f4089f393b2a8d25f28472a80a35658aab5..c62372cb85f685babd35737f4b0e26aa8d7a1dcc 100644
--- a/fda-database-service/rest-service/src/test/resources/application.properties
+++ b/fda-database-service/rest-service/src/test/resources/application.properties
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+spring.profiles.active=test-noelastic
+
 # disable discovery
 spring.cloud.discovery.enabled = false
 
@@ -12,4 +14,7 @@ spring.datasource.username=sa
 spring.datasource.password=password
 spring.jpa.database-platform=org.hibernate.dialect.H2Dialect
 spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=create-drop
-spring.jpa.show-sql=false
\ No newline at end of file
+spring.jpa.show-sql=false
+
+# disable elasticsearch
+spring.autoconfigure.exclude=org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.data.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchDataAutoConfiguration,org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.data.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchRepositoriesAutoConfiguration,org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchRestClientAutoConfiguration
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/fda-database-service/services/src/main/java/at/tuwien/config/IndexInitializer.java b/fda-database-service/services/src/main/java/at/tuwien/config/IndexInitializer.java
index d99849646ac5bac3c01e86683fc14de1de2213a3..5c6544af42f09c3f6809edaeefd9d6b02f2fd91e 100644
--- a/fda-database-service/services/src/main/java/at/tuwien/config/IndexInitializer.java
+++ b/fda-database-service/services/src/main/java/at/tuwien/config/IndexInitializer.java
@@ -1,28 +1,32 @@
 package at.tuwien.config;
 
 import at.tuwien.entities.database.Database;
-import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
 import lombok.extern.log4j.Log4j2;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.event.ApplicationReadyEvent;
 import org.springframework.context.event.EventListener;
+import org.springframework.core.env.Environment;
+import org.springframework.core.env.Profiles;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.ElasticsearchOperations;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.mapping.IndexCoordinates;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 
-import java.util.HashMap;
-
 @Component
 @Log4j2
 public class IndexInitializer {
 
+    private final Environment environment;
     private final ElasticsearchOperations elasticsearchOperations;
 
-    public IndexInitializer(ElasticsearchOperations elasticsearchOperations) {
+    public IndexInitializer(Environment environment, ElasticsearchOperations elasticsearchOperations) {
+        this.environment = environment;
         this.elasticsearchOperations = elasticsearchOperations;
     }
 
     @EventListener(ApplicationReadyEvent.class)
     public void initIndex() {
+        if (environment.acceptsProfiles(Profiles.of("test-noelastic"))) {
+            return;
+        }
         log.debug("creating index");
         IndexCoordinates indexCoordinates = IndexCoordinates.of("databaseindex");
         if (!elasticsearchOperations.indexOps(indexCoordinates).exists()) {
diff --git a/fda-table-service/rest-service/src/test/resources/application.properties b/fda-table-service/rest-service/src/test/resources/application.properties
index 5002d6fb8f86b0ef84d19bef2f1e169fbd910a59..8d1717d7e449e5a0b5056d43101938200a4e9dcb 100644
--- a/fda-table-service/rest-service/src/test/resources/application.properties
+++ b/fda-table-service/rest-service/src/test/resources/application.properties
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+spring.profiles.active=test-noelastic
+
 # disable discovery
 spring.cloud.discovery.enabled = false
 
@@ -14,6 +16,9 @@ spring.jpa.database-platform=org.hibernate.dialect.H2Dialect
 spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=create-drop
 spring.jpa.show-sql=false
 
+# disable elasticsearch
+spring.autoconfigure.exclude=org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.data.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchDataAutoConfiguration,org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.data.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchRepositoriesAutoConfiguration,org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchRestClientAutoConfiguration
+
 fda.mapping.path: /tmp
 fda.table.path: /tmp
 
diff --git a/fda-table-service/services/src/main/java/at/tuwien/config/IndexInitializer.java b/fda-table-service/services/src/main/java/at/tuwien/config/IndexInitializer.java
index edbc5df116f2d9a4385d626a0d654f5002f0b0e6..ec0ab164070c9e64b8570de4d3e6426c4dff6748 100644
--- a/fda-table-service/services/src/main/java/at/tuwien/config/IndexInitializer.java
+++ b/fda-table-service/services/src/main/java/at/tuwien/config/IndexInitializer.java
@@ -1,28 +1,34 @@
 package at.tuwien.config;
 
 import at.tuwien.entities.database.Database;
-import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
 import lombok.extern.log4j.Log4j2;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.event.ApplicationReadyEvent;
 import org.springframework.context.event.EventListener;
+import org.springframework.core.env.Environment;
+import org.springframework.core.env.Profiles;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.ElasticsearchOperations;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.mapping.IndexCoordinates;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 
-import java.util.HashMap;
-
 @Component
 @Log4j2
 public class IndexInitializer {
 
+    private final Environment environment;
     private final ElasticsearchOperations elasticsearchOperations;
 
-    public IndexInitializer(ElasticsearchOperations elasticsearchOperations) {
+    @Autowired
+    public IndexInitializer(Environment environment, ElasticsearchOperations elasticsearchOperations) {
+        this.environment = environment;
         this.elasticsearchOperations = elasticsearchOperations;
     }
 
     @EventListener(ApplicationReadyEvent.class)
     public void initIndex() {
+        if (environment.acceptsProfiles(Profiles.of("test-noelastic"))) {
+            return;
+        }
         log.debug("creating index");
         IndexCoordinates indexCoordinates = IndexCoordinates.of("tblindex");
         if (!elasticsearchOperations.indexOps(indexCoordinates).exists()) {