diff --git a/.circleci/run_tests.sh b/.circleci/run_tests.sh
index b6bc422..6fe6063 100644
--- a/.circleci/run_tests.sh
+++ b/.circleci/run_tests.sh
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ cd ../..
 # These tests will start and stop the pgcat server so it will need to be restarted after the tests
 #
 pip3 install -r tests/python/requirements.txt
-python3 tests/python/tests.py || exit 1
+pytest || exit 1
 
 
 #
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 40d5de1..ae13481 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@ lcov.info
 dev/.bash_history
 dev/cache
 !dev/cache/.keepme
-.venv
\ No newline at end of file
+.venv
+**/__pycache__