diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 2e27272..ea2e09c 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 src/db.sqlite3
-src/functional_tests/management
diff --git a/container.db.sqlite3 b/container.db.sqlite3
index 226a71f..d95a78b 100644
Binary files a/container.db.sqlite3 and b/container.db.sqlite3 differ
diff --git a/infra/deploy-playbook.yaml b/infra/deploy-playbook.yaml
index 366a56a..1e7c9ad 100644
--- a/infra/deploy-playbook.yaml
+++ b/infra/deploy-playbook.yaml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
         env:
           DJANGO_DEBUG_FALSE: "1"
           DJANGO_SECRET_KEY: "{{ secret_key.content | b64decode }}"
-          DJANGO_ALLOWED_HOST: "localhost,staging.earthmanrpg.me,www.earthmanrpg.me,dashboard.earthmanrpg.me,earthmanrpg.me,104.131.184.0"
+          DJANGO_ALLOWED_HOST: "localhost,staging.earthmanrpg.me,www.earthmanrpg.me,dashboard.earthmanrpg.me,earthmanrpg.me,167.172.29.172"
           DJANGO_DB_PATH: "/home/nonroot/db.sqlite3"
           EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD: "{{ lookup('env', 'EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD') }}"
         ports:
diff --git a/src/core/settings.py b/src/core/settings.py
index 4f77465..e590263 100644
--- a/src/core/settings.py
+++ b/src/core/settings.py
@@ -48,11 +48,12 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     # Custom apps
     'apps.dashboard',
     'apps.lyric',
+    'functional_tests',
     # Depend apps
 ]
 
-if 'DJANGO_DEBUG_FALSE' not in os.environ:
-    INSTALLED_APPS += ['functional_tests']
+# if 'DJANGO_DEBUG_FALSE' not in os.environ:
+#     INSTALLED_APPS += ['functional_tests']
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
     'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
diff --git a/src/functional_tests/base.py b/src/functional_tests/base.py
index 6c29c5d..a3e5577 100644
--- a/src/functional_tests/base.py
+++ b/src/functional_tests/base.py
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ from selenium import webdriver
 from selenium.common.exceptions import WebDriverException
 from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
 
+from .container_commands import reset_database
+
 MAX_WAIT = 5
 
 
@@ -30,6 +32,7 @@ class FunctionalTest(StaticLiveServerTestCase):
         self.test_server = os.environ.get("TEST_SERVER")
         if self.test_server:
             self.live_server_url = 'http://' + self.test_server
+            reset_database(self.test_server)
     
     def tearDown(self):
         self.browser.quit()
diff --git a/src/functional_tests/container_commands.py b/src/functional_tests/container_commands.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb74014
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/functional_tests/container_commands.py
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import subprocess
+
+USER = "discoman"
+
+
+def reset_database(host):
+    return _exec_in_container(
+        host, ["/.venv/bin/python", "/src/manage.py", "flush", "--noinput"]
+    )
+
+def create_session_on_server(host, email):
+    return _exec_in_container(
+        host, ["/.venv/bin/python", "/src/manage.py", "create_session", email]
+    )
+
+def _exec_in_container(host, commands):
+    if "localhost" in host:
+        return _exec_in_container_locally(commands)
+    else:
+        return _exec_in_container_on_server(host, commands)
+
+def _exec_in_container_locally(commands):
+    print(f"Running {commands} on inside local docker container")
+    return _run_commands(["docker", "exec", _get_container_id()] + commands)
+
+def _exec_in_container_on_server(host, commands):
+    print(f"Running {commands!r} on {host} inside docker container")
+    return _run_commands(
+        [
+            "ssh",
+            "-i",
+            "c:/Users/adamc/.ssh/digitalocean_keys/id_ed25519_wsl_python-tdd",
+            f"{USER}@{host}",
+            "docker",
+            "exec",
+            "gamearray",
+        ] + commands
+    )
+
+def _get_container_id():
+    return subprocess.check_output(
+        ["docker", "ps", "-q", "--filter", "ancestor=gamearray"]
+    ).strip()
+
+def _run_commands(commands):
+    process = subprocess.run(
+        commands,
+        stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+        stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,
+        check=False,
+    )
+    result = process.stdout.decode()
+    if process.returncode != 0:
+        raise Exception(result)
+    print(f"Result: {result!r}")
+    return result.strip()
diff --git a/src/functional_tests/test_my_lists.py b/src/functional_tests/test_my_lists.py
index b65f644..11f7288 100644
--- a/src/functional_tests/test_my_lists.py
+++ b/src/functional_tests/test_my_lists.py
@@ -2,24 +2,25 @@ from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.auth import BACKEND_SESSION_KEY, SESSION_KEY, get_user_model
 from django.contrib.sessions.backends.db import SessionStore
 from .base import FunctionalTest
+from .container_commands import create_session_on_server
+from .management.commands.create_session import create_pre_authenticated_session
 
 User = get_user_model()
 
 
 class MyListsTest(FunctionalTest):
     def create_pre_authenticated_session(self, email):
-        user = User.objects.create(email=email)
-        session = SessionStore()
-        session[SESSION_KEY] = user.pk
-        session[BACKEND_SESSION_KEY] = settings.AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS[0]
-        session.save()
+        if self.test_server:
+            session_key = create_session_on_server(self.test_server, email)
+        else:
+            session_key = create_pre_authenticated_session(email)
         ## to set a cookie we need to first visit the domain
         ## 404 pages load the quickest!
         self.browser.get(self.live_server_url + "/404_no_such_url/")
         self.browser.add_cookie(
             dict(
                 name=settings.SESSION_COOKIE_NAME,
-                value=session.session_key,
+                value=session_key,
                 path="/",
             )
         )