diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7f66489..cbcf0c4 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1718,6 +1718,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "serde_yaml",
+ "serial_test",
  "sha2",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
@@ -2746,6 +2747,28 @@ dependencies = [
  "yaml-rust",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "serial_test"
+version = "0.5.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e0bccbcf40c8938196944a3da0e133e031a33f4d6b72db3bda3cc556e361905d"
+dependencies = [
+ "lazy_static",
+ "parking_lot",
+ "serial_test_derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "serial_test_derive"
+version = "0.5.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b2acd6defeddb41eb60bb468f8825d0cfd0c2a76bc03bfd235b6a1dc4f6a1ad5"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "sha-1"
 version = "0.9.4"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 63b0a31..6307052 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -79,3 +79,6 @@ ulid = { version = "0.4.1", features = ["uuid"] }
 uuid = { version = "0.8.2", features = ["serde", "v4"] }
 # Used to query ethereum node
 web3 = { version = "0.15.0", default-features = false, features = ["http", "http-tls", "signing"] }
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+serial_test = "0.5.1"
diff --git a/src/database/mod.rs b/src/database/mod.rs
index 33b2e78..ec7ec08 100644
--- a/src/database/mod.rs
+++ b/src/database/mod.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ use tokio_postgres::config::{Config as DbConfig};
 pub mod int_enum;
 pub mod migrate;
 
+#[cfg(test)]
+pub mod test_utils;
+
 pub type Pool = deadpool_postgres::Pool;
 
 pub async fn create_database_client(db_config: &DbConfig) -> tokio_postgres::Client {
diff --git a/src/database/test_utils.rs b/src/database/test_utils.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7a67853
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/database/test_utils.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+use tokio_postgres::Client;
+use tokio_postgres::config::Config;
+use super::create_database_client;
+use super::migrate::apply_migrations;
+
+const DEFAULT_CONNECTION_URL: &str = "postgres://mitra:mitra@127.0.0.1:5432/mitra-test";
+
+pub async fn create_test_database() -> Client {
+    let connection_url = std::env::var("TEST_DATABASE_URL")
+        .unwrap_or(DEFAULT_CONNECTION_URL.to_string());
+    let mut db_config: Config = connection_url.parse()
+        .expect("invalid database connection URL");
+    let db_name = db_config.get_dbname()
+        .expect("database name not specified")
+        .to_string();
+
+    // Create connection without database name
+    db_config.dbname("");
+    let db_client = create_database_client(&db_config).await;
+    let drop_db_statement = format!(
+        "DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS {db_name:?}",
+        db_name=db_name,
+    );
+    db_client.execute(drop_db_statement.as_str(), &[]).await.unwrap();
+    let create_db_statement = format!(
+        "CREATE DATABASE {db_name:?} WITH OWNER={owner:?};",
+        db_name=db_name,
+        owner=db_config.get_user().unwrap(),
+    );
+    db_client.execute(create_db_statement.as_str(), &[]).await.unwrap();
+
+    // Create new connection to database
+    db_config.dbname(&db_name);
+    let mut db_client = create_database_client(&db_config).await;
+    apply_migrations(&mut db_client).await;
+    db_client
+}
diff --git a/src/models/profiles/queries.rs b/src/models/profiles/queries.rs
index 9878b08..e39554f 100644
--- a/src/models/profiles/queries.rs
+++ b/src/models/profiles/queries.rs
@@ -382,3 +382,34 @@ pub async fn update_post_count(
     let profile = row.try_get("actor_profile")?;
     Ok(profile)
 }
+
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use serial_test::serial;
+    use crate::database::test_utils::create_test_database;
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    #[serial]
+    async fn test_create_profile() {
+        let profile_data = ProfileCreateData {
+            username: "test".to_string(),
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+        let db_client = create_test_database().await;
+        let profile = create_profile(&db_client, &profile_data).await.unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(profile.username, profile_data.username);
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    #[serial]
+    async fn test_delete_profile() {
+        let profile_data = ProfileCreateData::default();
+        let mut db_client = create_test_database().await;
+        let profile = create_profile(&db_client, &profile_data).await.unwrap();
+        let deletion_queue = delete_profile(&mut db_client, &profile.id).await.unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(deletion_queue.files.len(), 0);
+        assert_eq!(deletion_queue.ipfs_objects.len(), 0);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/models/profiles/types.rs b/src/models/profiles/types.rs
index 014b75a..8b019ed 100644
--- a/src/models/profiles/types.rs
+++ b/src/models/profiles/types.rs
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ impl Default for DbActorProfile {
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg_attr(test, derive(Default))]
 pub struct ProfileCreateData {
     pub username: String,
     pub display_name: Option<String>,