diff --git a/.scrutinizer.yml b/.scrutinizer.yml
index 2153fcbe..8a3a5db6 100644
--- a/.scrutinizer.yml
+++ b/.scrutinizer.yml
@@ -3,12 +3,15 @@ imports:
 - php
 
 filter:
-  excluded_paths: [ext/*/lib/*,ext/tagger/script.js,ext/chatbox/*]
+  excluded_paths: [ext/*/lib/*,ext/tagger/script.js,tests/*]
 
 build:
   nodes:
     analysis:
       tests:
+        before:
+          - mkdir -p data/config
+          - cp tests/defines.php data/config/shimmie.conf.php
         override:
           - php-scrutinizer-run
 
diff --git a/tests/defines.php b/tests/defines.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4db8a105
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/defines.php
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?php
+define("DATABASE_DSN", null);
+define("DATABASE_KA", true);
+define("DATABASE_TIMEOUT", 10000);
+define("CACHE_DSN", null);
+define("DEBUG", false);
+define("COVERAGE", false);
+define("CACHE_HTTP", false);
+define("COOKIE_PREFIX", 'shm');
+define("SPEED_HAX", false);
+define("COMPILE_ELS", false);
+define("NICE_URLS", false);
+define("SEARCH_ACCEL", false);
+define("WH_SPLITS", 1);
+define("VERSION", '2.8-dev');
+define("TIMEZONE", null);
+define("EXTRA_EXTS", "");
+define("BASE_URL", null);
+define("MIN_PHP_VERSION", '7.3');
+define("TRACE_FILE", null);
+define("TRACE_THRESHOLD", 0.0);
+define("ENABLED_MODS", "imageboard");
+define("SCORE_VERSION", 'develop/'.VERSION);