diff --git a/extra/admin-api/Tests/Spacebar.Tests/Abstractions/UserAbstraction.cs b/extra/admin-api/Tests/Spacebar.Tests/Abstractions/UserAbstraction.cs
index ac90c75e6..c1cc3aa46 100644
--- a/extra/admin-api/Tests/Spacebar.Tests/Abstractions/UserAbstraction.cs
+++ b/extra/admin-api/Tests/Spacebar.Tests/Abstractions/UserAbstraction.cs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ public class UserAbstraction(Config _config, SpacebarClientProviderService _clie
         var ua = await _clientProvider.GetUnauthenticatedClientAsync(_config.TestInstance);
         var tokenResponse = await ua.RegisterAsync(new() {
             Email = $"{Guid.NewGuid().ToString()}@{Guid.NewGuid().ToString()}.tld",
-            Username = Guid.NewGuid().ToString(),
+            Username = Guid.NewGuid().ToString()[..32],
             Password = Guid.NewGuid().ToString(),
             DateOfBirth = new(),
             Consent = true
diff --git a/extra/admin-api/Tests/Spacebar.Tests/Fixtures/TestFixture.cs b/extra/admin-api/Tests/Spacebar.Tests/Fixtures/TestFixture.cs
index cc9ce056f..0d7fdac02 100644
--- a/extra/admin-api/Tests/Spacebar.Tests/Fixtures/TestFixture.cs
+++ b/extra/admin-api/Tests/Spacebar.Tests/Fixtures/TestFixture.cs
@@ -25,5 +25,6 @@ public class TestFixture : TestBedFixture {
 
     protected override IEnumerable<TestAppSettings> GetTestAppSettings() {
         yield return new TestAppSettings { Filename = "appsettings.json", IsOptional = true };
+        yield return new TestAppSettings { Filename = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("TEST_APPSETTINGS_PATH"), IsOptional = true };
     }
 }
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diff --git a/extra/admin-api/Tests/Spacebar.Tests/Spacebar.Tests.csproj b/extra/admin-api/Tests/Spacebar.Tests/Spacebar.Tests.csproj
index 47c704006..2788c5801 100644
--- a/extra/admin-api/Tests/Spacebar.Tests/Spacebar.Tests.csproj
+++ b/extra/admin-api/Tests/Spacebar.Tests/Spacebar.Tests.csproj
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 
     <ItemGroup>
         <Content Include="appsettings*.json">
-            <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+            <CopyToOutputDirectory>Never</CopyToOutputDirectory>
         </Content>
     </ItemGroup>
 
diff --git a/extra/admin-api/Tests/Spacebar.Tests/Tests/AuthenticationTests.cs b/extra/admin-api/Tests/Spacebar.Tests/Tests/AuthenticationTests.cs
index 01398b4d4..5027c6453 100644
--- a/extra/admin-api/Tests/Spacebar.Tests/Tests/AuthenticationTests.cs
+++ b/extra/admin-api/Tests/Spacebar.Tests/Tests/AuthenticationTests.cs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ public class AuthenticationTests(ITestOutputHelper testOutputHelper, TestFixture
     public async Task RegisterUser() {
         var res = await Assert.SuccessfullyHttpPostAsJsonAsync($"{_config.TestInstance}/api/v9/auth/register", new RegisterRequest() {
             Email = $"{Guid.NewGuid().ToString()}@{Guid.NewGuid().ToString()}.tld",
-            Username = Guid.NewGuid().ToString(),
+            Username = Guid.NewGuid().ToString()[..32],
             Password = Guid.NewGuid().ToString(),
             DateOfBirth = new(),
             Consent = true
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public class AuthenticationTests(ITestOutputHelper testOutputHelper, TestFixture
             var sw = Stopwatch.StartNew();
             var rr = new RegisterRequest() {
                 Email = $"{Guid.NewGuid().ToString()}@{Guid.NewGuid().ToString()}.tld",
-                Username = Guid.NewGuid().ToString(),
+                Username = Guid.NewGuid().ToString()[..32],
                 Password = "password",
                 DateOfBirth = new(),
                 Consent = true
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public class AuthenticationTests(ITestOutputHelper testOutputHelper, TestFixture
     public async Task LoginUser() {
         var rr = new RegisterRequest() {
             Email = $"{Guid.NewGuid().ToString()}@{Guid.NewGuid().ToString()}.tld",
-            Username = Guid.NewGuid().ToString(),
+            Username = Guid.NewGuid().ToString()[..32],
             Password = Guid.NewGuid().ToString(),
             DateOfBirth = new(),
             Consent = true
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ public class AuthenticationTests(ITestOutputHelper testOutputHelper, TestFixture
     public async Task WhoAmI() {
         var rr = new RegisterRequest() {
             Email = $"{Guid.NewGuid().ToString()}@{Guid.NewGuid().ToString()}.tld",
-            Username = Guid.NewGuid().ToString(),
+            Username = Guid.NewGuid().ToString()[..32],
             Password = Guid.NewGuid().ToString(),
             DateOfBirth = new(),
             Consent = true