diff --git a/kallithea/tests/functional/test_pullrequests.py b/kallithea/tests/functional/test_pullrequests.py
--- a/kallithea/tests/functional/test_pullrequests.py
+++ b/kallithea/tests/functional/test_pullrequests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 import re
+import pytest
+
+from kallithea.tests.test_context import test_context
 
 from kallithea.tests.base import *
 from kallithea.tests.fixture import Fixture
@@ -207,6 +210,12 @@ class TestPullrequestsController(TestCon
 
 class TestPullrequestsGetRepoRefs(TestController):
 
+    # this tests need test_context in addition to app_fixture
+    @pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+    def app_test_context_fixture(self, app_fixture):
+        with test_context(self.app):
+            yield
+
     def setup_method(self, method):
         self.repo_name = u'main'
         repo = fixture.create_repo(self.repo_name, repo_type='hg')