diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 7f3acda9..28b98d46 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ jobs:
         pip install tox
     - name: Run tests
       env:
+        PROTOCOL_BUFFERS_PYTHON_IMPLEMENTATION: python
         VANNA_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.VANNA_API_KEY }}
         OPENAI_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.OPENAI_API_KEY }}
         MISTRAL_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.MISTRAL_API_KEY }}
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 69698f91..a4be8700 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,3 +18,5 @@ htmlcov
 chroma.sqlite3
 *.bin
 .coverage.*
+milvus.db
+.milvus.db.lock