diff --git a/SAS/TMSS/test/t_tmssapp_scheduling_django.py b/SAS/TMSS/test/t_tmssapp_scheduling_django.py
index ce25ece5ddc34ca6302da39e3503ef1ceb01e6b0..494bdc7359c87c9abb1cc25afe9e3c632dab04af 100755
--- a/SAS/TMSS/test/t_tmssapp_scheduling_django.py
+++ b/SAS/TMSS/test/t_tmssapp_scheduling_django.py
@@ -32,11 +32,21 @@ logging.basicConfig(format='%(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(message)s', level=loggin
 # todo: Tags? -> Decide how to deal with them first.
 # todo: Immutability of Blueprints on db level?
 
+# Do Mandatory setup steps:
+# Setup step 1:
 # use setup/teardown magic for tmss test database
+# (ignore pycharm unused import statement, python unittests does use at RunTime the tmss_database_unittest_setup module)
 from lofar.sas.tmss.test.tmss_database_unittest_setup import *
 
-# now it's safe to import django modules
+# Setup step 2:
+# now it's safe to import django modules, and mandatory to set env DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE and do django.setup()
+import django
+django.setup()
+
+# Setup step 3:
+# Do the actual tmss  imports
 from lofar.sas.tmss.tmss.tmssapp import models
+
 from django.db.utils import IntegrityError
 
 from lofar.sas.tmss.test.t_tmssapp_specification_django import TaskBlueprint_test_data, TaskRelationBlueprint_test_data
diff --git a/SAS/TMSS/test/t_tmssapp_specification_django.py b/SAS/TMSS/test/t_tmssapp_specification_django.py
index 46e7d80c193cbeb9d665d9a90d235c011cfa02bb..345ebeb57f17d75083a06cc70c48e67a056059d9 100755
--- a/SAS/TMSS/test/t_tmssapp_specification_django.py
+++ b/SAS/TMSS/test/t_tmssapp_specification_django.py
@@ -31,11 +31,22 @@ logging.basicConfig(format='%(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(message)s', level=loggin
 # todo: Tags? -> Decide how to deal with them first.
 # todo: Immutability of Blueprints on db level?
 
+# Do Mandatory setup steps:
+# Setup step 1:
 # use setup/teardown magic for tmss test database
+# (ignore pycharm unused import statement, python unittests does use at RunTime the tmss_database_unittest_setup module)
 from lofar.sas.tmss.test.tmss_database_unittest_setup import *
 
-# now it's safe to import django modules
+# Setup step 2:
+# now it's safe to import django modules, and mandatory to set env DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE and do django.setup()
+import django
+django.setup()
+
+# Setup step 3:
+# Do the actual tmss  imports
 from lofar.sas.tmss.tmss.tmssapp import models
+
+
 from django.db.utils import IntegrityError
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 
@@ -44,8 +55,8 @@ from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 # client = rest_framework.test.APIClient()
 # from lofar.sas.tmss.test.test_utils import assertDataWithUrls, assertUrlList
 
-def GeneratorTemplate_test_data():
-    return {"name": "observation",
+def GeneratorTemplate_test_data(name="my_GeneratorTemplate"):
+    return {"name": name,
             "description": 'My one observation',
             "version": 'v0.314159265359',
             "schema": {"mykey": "my value"},
@@ -107,27 +118,21 @@ class GeneratorTemplateTest(unittest.TestCase):
     #         self.assertIn(item, response2.data.items())
 
 
-def DefaultGeneratorTemplate_test_data():
-    return {'name': 'default',
-             'template': None,
-             'tags':[]}
+def DefaultGeneratorTemplate_test_data(name=None, template=None):
+    return {'name': name if name is not None else "DefaultGeneratorTemplate_"+str(uuid.uuid4()),
+            'template': template,
+            'tags':[]}
 
 
 class DefaultGeneratorTemplateTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_DefaultGeneratorTemplate_prevents_same_name(self):
+        common_forbidden_name = "my_name"
+        template = models.GeneratorTemplate.objects.create(**GeneratorTemplate_test_data())
 
-        templ1 = models.GeneratorTemplate.objects.create(**GeneratorTemplate_test_data())
-        templ2 = models.GeneratorTemplate.objects.create(**GeneratorTemplate_test_data())
-
-        # setup
-        test_data_1 = dict(DefaultGeneratorTemplate_test_data())
-        test_data_2 = dict(DefaultGeneratorTemplate_test_data())
-        test_data_1['template'] = templ1
-        test_data_2['template'] = templ2
-
+        test_data_1 = DefaultGeneratorTemplate_test_data(common_forbidden_name, template)
         models.DefaultGeneratorTemplate.objects.create(**test_data_1)
 
-        # assert
+        test_data_2 = DefaultGeneratorTemplate_test_data(common_forbidden_name, template)
         with self.assertRaises(IntegrityError):
             models.DefaultGeneratorTemplate.objects.create(**test_data_2)
 
diff --git a/SAS/TMSS/test/test_utils.py b/SAS/TMSS/test/test_utils.py
index ee5c81e1f21efe5a149910e7f93b000fe8386e13..30f8f664e924688d8a50d7a90eec4c444b004ee8 100644
--- a/SAS/TMSS/test/test_utils.py
+++ b/SAS/TMSS/test/test_utils.py
@@ -76,23 +76,25 @@ class TMSSTestDatabaseInstance(PostgresTestDatabaseInstance):
     def apply_database_schema(self):
         logger.info('applying TMSS sql schema to %s', self.dbcreds)
 
-        def _migrate_helper():
-            # a TMSSTestDatabaseInstance needs to run in a clean env,
-            # with these variables set to the current test values.
-            os.environ["TMSS_DBCREDENTIALS"] = self.dbcreds_id
-            os.environ["DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE"] = "lofar.sas.tmss.tmss.settings"
+        # a TMSSTestDatabaseInstance needs to run in a clean env,
+        # with these variables set to the current test values.
+        import os
+        os.environ["TMSS_DBCREDENTIALS"] = self.dbcreds_id
+        os.environ["DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE"] = "lofar.sas.tmss.tmss.settings"
 
+        # run migrate in a seperate process so the needed django setup does not pollute our current apps environment
+        def _migrate_helper():
             # use django management modules to apply database schema via initial migration
             import django
             django.setup()
             django.core.management.call_command('migrate')
 
-        #
         self._server_process = Process(target=_migrate_helper, daemon=True)
         self._server_process.start()
         self._server_process.join()
 
 
+
 class TMSSPostgresTestMixin(PostgresTestMixin):
     '''
     A common test mixin class from which you can derive to get a freshly setup postgres testing instance with the latest TMSS sql schema.