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@@ -254,6 +254,9 @@ We do not maintain any hooks in this repository.
 # install dependencies, etc.
 make bootstrap
 
+# Create test database
+createdb test_notification_api
+
 make test
 ```
 
@@ -262,8 +265,6 @@ This will run:
 - isort for import styling
 - pytest for the test suite
 
-If you see an error about a missing test database, run `createdb test_notification_api`.
-
 On GitHub, in addition to these tests, we run:
 - bandit for code security
 - pip-audit for dependency vulnerabilities