diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index cd304ddd..7745649b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ test: frontend-test frontend ## Run all available tests
 	cd db/db-sqlx-postgres &&\
 		DATABASE_URL=${POSTGRES_DATABASE_URL}\
 		cargo test --no-fail-fast
-#	./scripts/tests.sh
+	./scripts/tests.sh
 #	cargo test --all-features --no-fail-fast
 
 xml-test-coverage: migrate ## Generate code coverage report in XML format
diff --git a/db/db-core/src/lib.rs b/db/db-core/src/lib.rs
index 9650cba7..5447e648 100644
--- a/db/db-core/src/lib.rs
+++ b/db/db-core/src/lib.rs
@@ -125,6 +125,16 @@ pub trait MCDatabase: std::marker::Send + std::marker::Sync + CloneSPDatabase {
 
     /// update username
     async fn update_username(&self, current: &str, new: &str) -> DBResult<()>;
+
+    /// get a user's secret
+    async fn get_secret(&self, username: &str) -> DBResult<Secret>;
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
+/// datastructure representing a user's secret
+pub struct Secret {
+    /// user's secret
+    pub secret: String,
 }
 
 /// Trait to clone MCDatabase
diff --git a/db/db-core/src/tests.rs b/db/db-core/src/tests.rs
index 5323c298..a45f728e 100644
--- a/db/db-core/src/tests.rs
+++ b/db/db-core/src/tests.rs
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ pub async fn database_works<'a, T: MCDatabase>(db: &T, p: &Register<'a>) {
     }
     db.register(p).await.unwrap();
 
+    // testing get secret
+    let secret = db.get_secret(&p.username).await.unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(secret.secret, p.secret, "user secret matches");
+
     // testing get_password
 
     // with username