diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b101e993..a451dbcb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -43,13 +43,15 @@ unittest-db:
 	sqlite3 database/unittest.sqlite ""
 	php artisan migrate:refresh --env unittest
 
+.PHONY: tests
 tests: test
 
 .PHONY: test
 test:
-	echo "" > storage/logs/laravel.log
-	-vendor/bin/phpunit --testdox tests
-	cat storage/logs/laravel.log
+	@echo "" > storage/logs/laravel.log
+	@chmod 0777 storage/logs/*
+	@vendor/bin/phpunit --testdox tests
+	@cat storage/logs/laravel.log
 
 .PHONY: schema
 schema:
diff --git a/config/app.php b/config/app.php
index 71e57255..cd0c45b8 100755
--- a/config/app.php
+++ b/config/app.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ return [
     'env' => env('APP_ENV', 'dev'),
     'debug' => env('APP_DEBUG', true),
     'url' => env('APP_URL', 'http://localhost'),
-    'version' => '2.0',
+    'version' => '4.0',
 
     'timezone' => env('APP_TIMEZONE', 'UTC'),
     'locale' => env('APP_LOCALE', 'en'),
diff --git a/phpunit.xml b/phpunit.xml
index b6e88fef..01271e96 100755
--- a/phpunit.xml
+++ b/phpunit.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <phpunit backupGlobals="false"
          backupStaticAttributes="false"
          bootstrap="bootstrap/autoload.php"
-         colors="true"
+         colors="true" verbose="true"
          convertErrorsToExceptions="true"
          convertNoticesToExceptions="true"
          convertWarningsToExceptions="true"
@@ -22,10 +22,12 @@
         <env name="APP_ENV" value="testing"/>
         <env name="APP_KEY" value="base64:ve66Z5Kt/zTN3p++0zOPu854PHfZkwJE5VuoFAlzHtI="/>
         <env name="APP_DEBUG" value="true"/>
+        <env name="APP_LOG_LEVEL" value="debug"/>
         <env name="DB_CONNECTION" value="unittest"/>
         <env name="CACHE_DRIVER" value="array"/>
         <env name="SESSION_DRIVER" value="array"/>
         <env name="QUEUE_DRIVER" value="sync"/>
+        <ini name="error_reporting" value="E_ALL" />
         <ini name="display_errors" value="On" />
         <ini name="display_startup_errors" value="On" />
     </php>
diff --git a/tests/AircraftTest.php b/tests/AircraftTest.php
index 2275d7ba..598a9574 100644
--- a/tests/AircraftTest.php
+++ b/tests/AircraftTest.php
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ class AircraftTest extends TestCase
     public function setUp()
     {
         parent::setUp();
-        $this->addData('aircraft_test');
+        $this->addData('aircraft');
     }
 
     protected function getAircraftClass()
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class AircraftTest extends TestCase
         return $this->findByICAO($this->ICAO);
     }
 
-    public function testAircraftFaresNoOverride()
+    public function XtestAircraftFaresNoOverride()
     {
         $this->markTestIncomplete(
             'This test has not been implemented yet.'
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class AircraftTest extends TestCase
         $this->assertCount(0, $fare_svc->getForAircraft($aircraft));
     }
 
-    public function testAircraftFaresOverride()
+    public function XtestAircraftFaresOverride()
     {
         $this->markTestSkipped(
             'This test has not been implemented yet.'
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ class AircraftTest extends TestCase
     /**
      * @expectedException Exception
      */
-    public function testAircraftMissingField()
+    public function XtestAircraftMissingField()
     {
         $this->markTestSkipped(
             'This test has not been implemented yet.'
diff --git a/tests/FlightTest.php b/tests/FlightTest.php
index 09f39a9e..a4c026ec 100644
--- a/tests/FlightTest.php
+++ b/tests/FlightTest.php
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class FlightTest extends TestCase
     /**
      * mainly to test the model relationships work correctly
      */
-    public function testAddFlight()
+    public function XtestAddFlight()
     {
         $this->markTestSkipped(
             'This test has not been implemented yet.'
diff --git a/tests/PIREPTest.php b/tests/PIREPTest.php
index 8b72084a..8f69ed6b 100644
--- a/tests/PIREPTest.php
+++ b/tests/PIREPTest.php
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ use App\Models\Pirep;
 
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\WithoutMiddleware;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\DatabaseMigrations;
-use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\DatabaseTransactions;
 
 class PIREPTest extends TestCase
 {
     use WithoutMiddleware;
+    #use DatabaseMigrations;
 
     protected $pirepSvc;
     protected $SAMPLE_PIREP
diff --git a/tests/TestCase.php b/tests/TestCase.php
index fe7e1bc1..a9ac5efa 100755
--- a/tests/TestCase.php
+++ b/tests/TestCase.php
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ abstract class TestCase extends Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\TestCase
         parent::__construct($name, $data, $dataName);
     }
 
-    protected function reset_db(){
+    protected function reset_db() {
         exec('make -f ' . __DIR__ . '/../Makefile unittest-db');
     }