diff --git a/src/tests_authentik/authentik_plugin.py b/src/tests_authentik/authentik_plugin.py
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+# will be loaded in conftest.py
+# will provide context for other tests (wordpress etc.)
+# that depend on authentik (which is all of them)
diff --git a/src/tests_authentik/authentik_setup_nonpytest.py b/src/tests_authentik/authentik_setup_nonpytest.py
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+# put authentik setup here and run at beginning of runner