diff --git a/pyinfra/test/unit_tests/conftest.py b/pyinfra/test/unit_tests/conftest.py
index 9eab856..40c0645 100644
--- a/pyinfra/test/unit_tests/conftest.py
+++ b/pyinfra/test/unit_tests/conftest.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ def storage(client_name, bucket_name, request):
     storage.clear_bucket(bucket_name)
 
 
-@pytest.fixture(scope="session", autouse=True)
+@pytest.fixture(scope="session", autouse=False)
 def docker_compose(sleep_seconds=30):
     logger.info(f"Starting docker containers with {COMPOSE_PATH}/docker-compose.yml...")
     compose = testcontainers.compose.DockerCompose(COMPOSE_PATH, compose_file_name="docker-compose.yml")