diff --git a/.env-sample b/.env-sample
index 39c32e2..8672dfc 100644
--- a/.env-sample
+++ b/.env-sample
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 export POSTGRES_DATABASE_URL="postgres://postgres:password@localhost:5432/postgres"
-export SQLITE_TMP="$(pwd)/database/db-sqlx-sqlite/tmp"
+export SQLITE_TMP="$(pwd)/db/db-sqlx-sqlite/tmp"
 export SQLITE_DATABASE_URL="sqlite://$SQLITE_TMP/admin.db"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/coverage.yml b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
index 330dba4..f8bddd2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
@@ -53,17 +53,19 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: load env
         run: |
+          mkdir -p db/db-sqlx-sqlite/tmp &&
           source .env-sample \
             && echo "POSTGRES_DATABASE_URL=$POSTGRES_DATABASE_URL" >> $GITHUB_ENV \
             && echo "SQLITE_DATABASE_URL=$SQLITE_DATABASE_URL" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
-      - name: launch gitea
-        timeout-minutes: 10
-        run: docker-compose -f docker-compose-dev-deps.yml up --detach
-
-      - name: Install and setup Gitea
-        timeout-minutes: 10
-        run: python ./scripts/gitea.py
+      # usually run as part of `make test` but because this workflow doesn't run
+      # that command, `make dev-env` is used
+      - name: setup dev environment
+        run: make dev-env
+        env:
+          GIT_HASH: 8e77345f1597e40c2e266cb4e6dee74888918a61 # dummy value
+          POSTGRES_DATABASE_URL: "${{ env.POSTGRES_DATABASE_URL }}"
+          SQLITE_DATABASE_URL: "${{ env.SQLITE_DATABASE_URL }}"
 
       - name: run migrations
         run: make migrate
diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux.yml b/.github/workflows/linux.yml
index 23c75d7..0843694 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux.yml
@@ -63,16 +63,24 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: load env
         run: |
+          mkdir -p db/db-sqlx-sqlite/tmp &&
           source .env-sample \
             && echo "POSTGRES_DATABASE_URL=$POSTGRES_DATABASE_URL" >> $GITHUB_ENV \
             && echo "SQLITE_DATABASE_URL=$SQLITE_DATABASE_URL" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
+      - name: run migrations
+        run: make migrate
+        env:
+          GIT_HASH: 8e77345f1597e40c2e266cb4e6dee74888918a61 # dummy value
+          POSTGRES_DATABASE_URL: "${{ env.POSTGRES_DATABASE_URL }}"
+          SQLITE_DATABASE_URL: "${{ env.SQLITE_DATABASE_URL }}"
+
       - name: build
         run:
           make
-          #        env:
-          #          POSTGRES_DATABASE_URL: "${{ env.POSTGRES_DATABASE_URL }}"
-          #          SQLITE_DATABASE_URL: "${{ env.SQLITE_DATABASE_URL }}"
+        env:
+          POSTGRES_DATABASE_URL: "${{ env.POSTGRES_DATABASE_URL }}"
+          SQLITE_DATABASE_URL: "${{ env.SQLITE_DATABASE_URL }}"
 
           #      - name: build docker images
           #        if: matrix.version == 'stable'
@@ -82,13 +90,6 @@ jobs:
           #        if: matrix.version == 'stable' && (github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' || github.event_name == 'push') && github.repository == 'forgeflux-org/starchart'
           #        run: make docker-publish
           #
-      - name: run migrations
-        run: make migrate
-        env:
-          GIT_HASH: 8e77345f1597e40c2e266cb4e6dee74888918a61 # dummy value
-          POSTGRES_DATABASE_URL: "${{ env.POSTGRES_DATABASE_URL }}"
-          SQLITE_DATABASE_URL: "${{ env.SQLITE_DATABASE_URL }}"
-
       - name: run tests
         timeout-minutes: 40
         run: