diff --git a/app/src/androidTest/java/de/test/antennapod/service/playback/PlaybackServiceMediaPlayerTest.java b/app/src/androidTest/java/de/test/antennapod/service/playback/PlaybackServiceMediaPlayerTest.java
index 526663979..f420d24d2 100644
--- a/app/src/androidTest/java/de/test/antennapod/service/playback/PlaybackServiceMediaPlayerTest.java
+++ b/app/src/androidTest/java/de/test/antennapod/service/playback/PlaybackServiceMediaPlayerTest.java
@@ -53,7 +53,10 @@ public class PlaybackServiceMediaPlayerTest extends InstrumentationTestCase {
         super.setUp();
         assertionError = null;
 
+        final Context context = getInstrumentation().getTargetContext();
+
         // create new database
+        PodDBAdapter.init(context);
         PodDBAdapter.deleteDatabase();
         PodDBAdapter adapter = PodDBAdapter.getInstance();
         adapter.open();
@@ -62,7 +65,6 @@ public class PlaybackServiceMediaPlayerTest extends InstrumentationTestCase {
         httpServer = new HTTPBin();
         httpServer.start();
 
-        final Context context = getInstrumentation().getTargetContext();
         File cacheDir = context.getExternalFilesDir("testFiles");
         if (cacheDir == null)
             cacheDir = context.getExternalFilesDir("testFiles");
diff --git a/app/src/androidTest/java/de/test/antennapod/service/playback/PlaybackServiceTaskManagerTest.java b/app/src/androidTest/java/de/test/antennapod/service/playback/PlaybackServiceTaskManagerTest.java
index 5c3d32960..6ab6e5c61 100644
--- a/app/src/androidTest/java/de/test/antennapod/service/playback/PlaybackServiceTaskManagerTest.java
+++ b/app/src/androidTest/java/de/test/antennapod/service/playback/PlaybackServiceTaskManagerTest.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ public class PlaybackServiceTaskManagerTest extends InstrumentationTestCase {
         super.setUp();
 
         // create new database
+        PodDBAdapter.init(getInstrumentation().getTargetContext());
         PodDBAdapter.deleteDatabase();
         PodDBAdapter adapter = PodDBAdapter.getInstance();
         adapter.open();
diff --git a/app/src/androidTest/java/de/test/antennapod/storage/DBNullCleanupAlgorithmTest.java b/app/src/androidTest/java/de/test/antennapod/storage/DBNullCleanupAlgorithmTest.java
index 74b34a176..7925941ec 100644
--- a/app/src/androidTest/java/de/test/antennapod/storage/DBNullCleanupAlgorithmTest.java
+++ b/app/src/androidTest/java/de/test/antennapod/storage/DBNullCleanupAlgorithmTest.java
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public class DBNullCleanupAlgorithmTest extends InstrumentationTestCase {
         assertTrue(destFolder.canWrite());
 
         // create new database
-        PodDBAdapter.init(getInstrumentation().getTargetContext());
+        PodDBAdapter.init(context);
         PodDBAdapter.deleteDatabase();
         PodDBAdapter adapter = PodDBAdapter.getInstance();
         adapter.open();
diff --git a/app/src/androidTest/java/de/test/antennapod/storage/DBTasksTest.java b/app/src/androidTest/java/de/test/antennapod/storage/DBTasksTest.java
index 3d4e78f8f..785d32e93 100644
--- a/app/src/androidTest/java/de/test/antennapod/storage/DBTasksTest.java
+++ b/app/src/androidTest/java/de/test/antennapod/storage/DBTasksTest.java
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public class DBTasksTest extends InstrumentationTestCase {
         context = getInstrumentation().getTargetContext();
 
         // create new database
-        PodDBAdapter.init(getInstrumentation().getTargetContext());
+        PodDBAdapter.init(context);
         PodDBAdapter.deleteDatabase();
         PodDBAdapter adapter = PodDBAdapter.getInstance();
         adapter.open();
diff --git a/app/src/androidTest/java/de/test/antennapod/ui/MainActivityTest.java b/app/src/androidTest/java/de/test/antennapod/ui/MainActivityTest.java
index 4e214cf81..d4c9fa2f7 100644
--- a/app/src/androidTest/java/de/test/antennapod/ui/MainActivityTest.java
+++ b/app/src/androidTest/java/de/test/antennapod/ui/MainActivityTest.java
@@ -41,10 +41,12 @@ public class MainActivityTest extends ActivityInstrumentationTestCase2<MainActiv
     @Override
     protected void setUp() throws Exception {
         super.setUp();
-        uiTestUtils = new UITestUtils(getInstrumentation().getTargetContext());
+        Context context = getInstrumentation().getTargetContext();
+        uiTestUtils = new UITestUtils(context);
         uiTestUtils.setup();
 
         // create new database
+        PodDBAdapter.init(context);
         PodDBAdapter.deleteDatabase();
         PodDBAdapter adapter = PodDBAdapter.getInstance();
         adapter.open();