diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 6dcb5c931..1e6544ecb 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -81,9 +81,9 @@ steps:
     user: root
     commands:
       - apt-get update
-      - apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends bash curl
+      - apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends bash curl postgresql-client
       - cd api_tests/
-      - sh prepare-drone-federation-test.sh
+      - bash prepare-drone-federation-test.sh
       - yarn
       - yarn api-test
 
diff --git a/api_tests/prepare-drone-federation-test.sh b/api_tests/prepare-drone-federation-test.sh
index 297503b95..d8f66a12a 100755
--- a/api_tests/prepare-drone-federation-test.sh
+++ b/api_tests/prepare-drone-federation-test.sh
@@ -11,14 +11,6 @@ export LEMMY_CAPTCHA__ENABLED=false
 export RUST_BACKTRACE=1
 export RUST_LOG=debug
 
-pwd
-ls -la
-ls -la ..
-ls -la ../target/
-ls -la ../target/debug/
-ls -la ../target/debug/lemmy_server
-
-# TODO: i suppose this doesnt run because of libc or some deps missing
 echo "start alpha"
 LEMMY_HOSTNAME=lemmy-alpha:8541 \
   LEMMY_PORT=8541 \