diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9ed6d662d009c44315b57dc4bab90f2d8d7db65b..71d4894e01fd57351d7064ea94979eb1bf78a687 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ upgrade_db: ## upgrade the dev database
 	docker-compose run --rm web flask db upgrade head
 
 test:  ## run the tests (on current directory)
-	docker-compose run --rm web pytest --cov=app -v
+	docker-compose -f docker-compose.yml run --rm web pytest --cov=app -v
 
 db_test: ## start required containers for test
 # Pass docker-compose.yml to skip docker-compose.override.yml (db not mounted as volume for speed)