diff --git a/tests/settings.py b/tests/settings.py
index ea1cce9..1c45c63 100644
--- a/tests/settings.py
+++ b/tests/settings.py
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ import os
 TIME_ZONE = 'Europe/Paris'
 LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
 
+REST_FRAMEWORK = {
+    'DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES': ['rest_framework.authentication.BasicAuthentication'],
+    'EXCEPTION_HANDLER': 'lingo.api.utils.exception_handler',
+}
+
 CACHES = {
     'default': {
         'BACKEND': 'django.core.cache.backends.locmem.LocMemCache',