diff --git a/toardb/test_base.py b/toardb/test_base.py
index e30e568fc4f8ab095348c13bffd9e5c0ad847498..17125e880e85ae93890933a18c3f867e1ef64dd0 100644
--- a/toardb/test_base.py
+++ b/toardb/test_base.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ async def override_dependency(request: Request):
                         "user_name": "Sabine Schröder",
                         "user_email": email,
                         "auth_user_id": db_user.id }
-    else: # pragma: no cover
+    else:
         # the user needs to be added to the database!
         # (maybe users already have the credentials (in the AAI),
         # but they also need a permanent auth_user_id related to the TOAR database)