diff --git a/.github/workflows/server-test.yml b/.github/workflows/server-test.yml
index 9de168e6..51cc7630 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/server-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/server-test.yml
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ jobs:
             scheduler/target/
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-cargo-${{ hashFiles('**/Cargo.lock') }}
 
+      # Install Nextest
+      - name: Install nextest
+        uses: taiki-e/install-action@nextest
+
       - name: Run migrations
         run: |
           cd scheduler
@@ -84,4 +88,4 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run server tests
         run: |
           cd scheduler
-          cargo test --all
+          cargo nextest run --workspace
diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index 23bbfe37..ee42f034 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ export DATABASE_URL := "postgresql://postgres:postgres@localhost:45432/nettusche
 # Install minimal tools
 install_tools: 
 	cargo install sqlx-cli --no-default-features --features postgres
+	cargo install cargo-nextest
 
 # Install all tools
 install_all_tools: install_tools
@@ -26,9 +27,9 @@ _setup_client_node:
 dev: _setup_db
 	cd scheduler && cargo run
 
-# Test
-test: _setup_db
-	cd scheduler && cargo test --all
+# Run the tests on a temporary DB container
+test:
+	bash ./scripts/run_tests.sh
 
 # Lint
 lint: _setup_db
diff --git a/scheduler/.config/nextest.toml b/scheduler/.config/nextest.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..373c500c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scheduler/.config/nextest.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# Test group for running some tests serially
+[test-groups]
+serial-integration = { max-threads = 1 }
+
+# Tests that contain `serial_` are run serially
+[[profile.default.overrides]]
+filter = 'test(serial_)'
+test-group = 'serial-integration'
diff --git a/scheduler/crates/api/src/event/get_upcoming_reminders.rs b/scheduler/crates/api/src/event/get_upcoming_reminders.rs
index 08a39d32..37bfb3f5 100644
--- a/scheduler/crates/api/src/event/get_upcoming_reminders.rs
+++ b/scheduler/crates/api/src/event/get_upcoming_reminders.rs
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[actix_web::main]
     #[serial_test::serial]
     #[test]
-    async fn get_upcoming_reminders() {
+    async fn serial_get_upcoming_reminders() {
         let mut ctx = setup_context().await;
         ctx.sys = Arc::new(StaticTimeSys1 {});
 
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[actix_web::main]
     #[serial_test::serial]
     #[test]
-    async fn updating_event_also_updates_reminders() {
+    async fn serial_updating_event_also_updates_reminders() {
         let mut ctx = setup_context().await;
         ctx.sys = Arc::new(StaticTimeSys1 {});
 
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[actix_web::main]
     #[serial_test::serial]
     #[test]
-    async fn deleting_event_reminder_setting_also_deletes_reminders() {
+    async fn serial_deleting_event_reminder_setting_also_deletes_reminders() {
         let mut ctx = setup_context().await;
         ctx.sys = Arc::new(StaticTimeSys1 {});
 
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[actix_web::main]
     #[serial_test::serial]
     #[test]
-    async fn deleting_event_also_deletes_reminders() {
+    async fn serial_deleting_event_also_deletes_reminders() {
         let mut ctx = setup_context().await;
         ctx.sys = Arc::new(StaticTimeSys1 {});
 
diff --git a/scripts/run_tests.sh b/scripts/run_tests.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..03201af4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/run_tests.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+#! /bin/bash
+
+# Script to run all the (Rust) tests of the scheduler project
+# It launches a temporary PostgreSQL container, runs the migrations, runs the tests and then stops and removes the container
+
+# Function to clean up the containers
+CLEANUP_CALLED=false
+cleanup() {
+  if [ "$CLEANUP_CALLED" = true ]; then
+    return
+  fi
+  echo "Cleaning up..."
+  CLEANUP_CALLED=true
+
+  if [ -n "$NC_PID" ] && kill -0 $NC_PID 2>/dev/null; then
+    kill $NC_PID >/dev/null 2>&1
+  fi
+
+  if [ "$(docker ps -q -f name=$RANDOM_NAME)" ]; then
+    docker stop $RANDOM_NAME >/dev/null 2>&1
+  fi
+
+  if [ "$(docker ps -q -f name=ryuk)" ]; then
+    docker stop ryuk >/dev/null 2>&1
+  fi
+}
+
+# Set up a trap to call the cleanup function on EXIT, SIGINT, and SIGTERM
+trap cleanup EXIT SIGINT SIGTERM
+
+# Search for a free port to bind the temporary PG container
+BASE_PORT=1234
+INCREMENT=1
+
+PORT=$BASE_PORT
+IS_FREE=$(netstat -taln | grep $PORT)
+
+while [[ -n "$IS_FREE" ]]; do
+  PORT=$((PORT + INCREMENT))
+  IS_FREE=$(netstat -taln | grep $PORT)
+done
+
+# Generate a random name for the temporary PG container
+RANDOM_NAME="pg_test_$(date +%s)"
+
+LABEL="nittei_testing=true"
+
+cd scheduler && cargo build --workspace
+
+# Launch the resource reaper (like testcontainers)
+docker run -d --name ryuk --rm -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock -e RYUK_VERBOSE=true -e RYUK_PORT=8080 -p 8080:8080 testcontainers/ryuk:0.8.1 >/dev/null 2>&1
+
+# Keep the connection open and send the label to Ryuk
+TIMEOUT=60
+(
+  echo "label=${LABEL}"
+  # Keep the connection open to Ryuk and read the ACK response
+  while [ $((TIMEOUT--)) -gt 0 ]; do
+    sleep 1
+  done
+) | nc localhost 8080 &
+>/dev/null 2>&1
+NC_PID=$!
+
+# Launch a PG container
+docker run --rm -d -l ${LABEL} --name $RANDOM_NAME -p $PORT:5432 -e POSTGRES_USER=postgres -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=postgres -e POSTGRES_DB=scheduler postgres:13 >/dev/null 2>&1
+
+# Set the DATABASE_URL environment variable
+export DATABASE_URL="postgres://postgres:postgres@localhost:${PORT}/scheduler"
+
+# Run the migrations
+cd crates/infra && sqlx migrate run && cd ../..
+
+# Run the tests
+cargo nextest run --workspace && cd ..
+
+# The cleanup function will be called automatically