diff --git a/commands/setup_test.go b/commands/setup_test.go
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+/*
+ * Portions copyright 2019-present Open Networking Foundation
+ * Original copyright 2019-present Ciena Corporation
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package commands
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/opencord/cordctl/testutils"
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// This TestMain is global to all tests in the `commands` package
+
+func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
+	err := testutils.StartMockServer("data.json")
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("Error when initializing mock server %v", err)
+		os.Exit(-1)
+	}
+	os.Exit(m.Run())
+}