diff --git a/app/src/androidTest/java/de/test/antennapod/ui/PlaybackSonicTest.java b/app/src/androidTest/java/de/test/antennapod/ui/PlaybackSonicTest.java
index d65925703..d4994fb1a 100644
--- a/app/src/androidTest/java/de/test/antennapod/ui/PlaybackSonicTest.java
+++ b/app/src/androidTest/java/de/test/antennapod/ui/PlaybackSonicTest.java
@@ -49,10 +49,11 @@ public class PlaybackSonicTest extends ActivityInstrumentationTestCase2<MainActi
     public void setUp() throws Exception {
         super.setUp();
 
-        PodDBAdapter.deleteDatabase();
-
         context = getInstrumentation().getTargetContext();
 
+        PodDBAdapter.init(context);
+        PodDBAdapter.deleteDatabase();
+
         SharedPreferences prefs = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(context);
         prefs.edit()
                 .clear()
diff --git a/app/src/androidTest/java/de/test/antennapod/ui/PlaybackTest.java b/app/src/androidTest/java/de/test/antennapod/ui/PlaybackTest.java
index 016c868b4..5ce495f9a 100644
--- a/app/src/androidTest/java/de/test/antennapod/ui/PlaybackTest.java
+++ b/app/src/androidTest/java/de/test/antennapod/ui/PlaybackTest.java
@@ -46,10 +46,11 @@ public class PlaybackTest extends ActivityInstrumentationTestCase2<MainActivity>
     public void setUp() throws Exception {
         super.setUp();
 
-        PodDBAdapter.deleteDatabase();
-
         context = getInstrumentation().getTargetContext();
 
+        PodDBAdapter.init(context);
+        PodDBAdapter.deleteDatabase();
+
         SharedPreferences prefs = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(context);
         prefs.edit()
                 .clear()