diff --git a/util/src/test/java/com/ning/billing/dbi/DBIProvider.java b/util/src/test/java/com/ning/billing/dbi/DBIProvider.java
index d83c033..68566d2 100644
--- a/util/src/test/java/com/ning/billing/dbi/DBIProvider.java
+++ b/util/src/test/java/com/ning/billing/dbi/DBIProvider.java
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ public class DBIProvider implements Provider<IDBI>
dbConfig.setPartitionCount(1);
dbConfig.setDefaultTransactionIsolation("REPEATABLE_READ");
dbConfig.setDisableJMX(false);
+ dbConfig.setLazyInit(true);
final BoneCPDataSource ds = new BoneCPDataSource(dbConfig);
final DBI dbi = new DBI(ds);