diff --git a/scripts/test.sh b/scripts/test.sh
index 0c545b63a..09e9ae42e 100755
--- a/scripts/test.sh
+++ b/scripts/test.sh
@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@
 
 set -e
 
-# "./..." = all tests
+# "-count 1" = run all tests once, ignoring cache; useful for when we're running tests with different database back to back like this
 # "-p 1" = run with parallel value of 1 -- in other words, one test at a time
+# "./..." = all tests
 
 # run tests with sqlite in-memory database
-GTS_DB_TYPE="sqlite" GTS_DB_ADDRESS=":memory:" go test -p 1 ./...
+GTS_DB_TYPE="sqlite" GTS_DB_ADDRESS=":memory:" go test -count 1 -p 1 ./...
 
 # run tests with postgres database at either GTS_DB_ADDRESS or default localhost
-GTS_DB_TYPE="postgres" GTS_DB_ADDRESS="${GTS_DB_ADDRESS:-localhost}" go test -p 1 ./...
+GTS_DB_TYPE="postgres" GTS_DB_ADDRESS="${GTS_DB_ADDRESS:-localhost}" go test -count 1 -p 1 ./...