diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_bats_hub.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci_bats_hub.yaml
index f2ec6946b..5182c87f1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_bats_hub.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_bats_hub.yaml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: "Install bats dependencies"
       run: |
-        sudo apt install daemonize netcat-openbsd
+        sudo apt install -qq daemonize netcat-openbsd
         GO111MODULE=on go get github.com/mikefarah/yq/v4
 
     - name: "BATS: build crowdsec"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_bats_mariadb.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci_bats_mariadb.yaml
index be313a878..026c7fe3d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_bats_mariadb.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_bats_mariadb.yaml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: "Install bats dependencies"
       run: |
-        sudo apt install daemonize netcat-openbsd
+        sudo apt install -qq daemonize netcat-openbsd
         GO111MODULE=on go get github.com/mikefarah/yq/v4
 
     - name: "BATS: build crowdsec"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_bats_mysql.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci_bats_mysql.yaml
index 9571d11e1..829f0a603 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_bats_mysql.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_bats_mysql.yaml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: "Install bats dependencies"
       run: |
-        sudo apt install daemonize netcat-openbsd
+        sudo apt install -qq daemonize netcat-openbsd
         GO111MODULE=on go get github.com/mikefarah/yq/v4
 
     - name: "BATS: build crowdsec"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_bats_postgres.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci_bats_postgres.yaml
index ebb941b73..d54b8346f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_bats_postgres.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_bats_postgres.yaml
@@ -46,11 +46,29 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: "Install bats dependencies"
       run: |
-        sudo apt install daemonize netcat-openbsd
+        sudo apt install -qq daemonize netcat-openbsd
         GO111MODULE=on go get github.com/mikefarah/yq/v4
 
-    - name: "BATS: build crowdsec"
-      run: make bats-clean bats-build
+    - name: "BATS: build crowdsec (DB_BACKEND: pgx)"
+      run: make clean bats-build
+      env:
+        DB_BACKEND: pgx
+        POSTGRES_HOST: 127.0.0.1
+        POSTGRES_PORT: 5432
+        POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.DATABASE_PASSWORD }}
+        POSTGRES_USER: postgres
+
+    - name: "BATS: run tests (DB_BACKEND: pgx)"
+      run: make bats-test
+      env:
+        DB_BACKEND: pgx
+        POSTGRES_HOST: 127.0.0.1
+        POSTGRES_PORT: 5432
+        POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.DATABASE_PASSWORD }}
+        POSTGRES_USER: postgres
+
+    - name: "BATS: build crowdsec (DB_BACKEND: postgres)"
+      run: make clean bats-build
       env:
         DB_BACKEND: postgres
         POSTGRES_HOST: 127.0.0.1
@@ -58,7 +76,7 @@ jobs:
         POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.DATABASE_PASSWORD }}
         POSTGRES_USER: postgres
 
-    - name: "BATS: run tests"
+    - name: "BATS: run tests (DB_BACKEND: postgres)"
       run: make bats-test
       env:
         DB_BACKEND: postgres
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_bats_sqlite.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci_bats_sqlite.yaml
index e278a41bd..5b23a5efe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_bats_sqlite.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_bats_sqlite.yaml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: "Install bats dependencies"
       run: |
-        sudo apt install daemonize netcat-openbsd
+        sudo apt install -qq daemonize netcat-openbsd
         GO111MODULE=on go get github.com/mikefarah/yq/v4
 
     - name: "BATS: build crowdsec"
diff --git a/tests/instance-data b/tests/instance-data
index dc0642acf..35db55816 100755
--- a/tests/instance-data
+++ b/tests/instance-data
@@ -98,8 +98,6 @@ make_init_data() {
     "${CSCLI}" lapi status
     "${TEST_DIR}/instance-crowdsec" stop
 
-    # we deal with the database separately (might be mysql, postgres)
-
     mkdir -p "${LOCAL_INIT_DIR}"
 
     ./instance-db dump "${LOCAL_INIT_DIR}/database"
diff --git a/tests/lib/db/instance-pgx b/tests/lib/db/instance-pgx
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..204ddaf38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/lib/db/instance-pgx
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -eu
+script_name=$0
+
+die() {
+    echo >&2 "$@"
+    exit 1
+}
+
+POSTGRES_HOST=${POSTGRES_HOST:-127.0.0.1}
+POSTGRES_PORT=${POSTGRES_PORT:-5432}
+POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${POSTGRES_PASSWORD:-postgres}
+POSTGRES_USER=${POSTGRES_USER:-postgres}
+
+about() {
+    die "usage: $script_name [ config_yaml | setup | dump <backup_file> | restore <backup_file> ]"
+}
+
+check_postgres_client() {
+    if ! command -v psql >/dev/null; then
+        die "missing required program 'psql' as a postgres client (package postgres-client-13 on debian like system)"
+    fi
+}
+
+exec_sql() {
+    cmd="${1?Missing required sql command}"
+    PGPASSWORD="${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}" psql -h "${POSTGRES_HOST}" --user "${POSTGRES_USER}" "--port=${POSTGRES_PORT}" <<< "$cmd"
+}
+
+requirements() {
+    check_mysql_client
+}
+
+setup() {
+    exec_sql "DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS crowdsec_test;"
+    exec_sql "CREATE DATABASE crowdsec_test;"
+    exec_sql "DROP USER IF EXISTS crowdsec_test;"
+    exec_sql "CREATE USER crowdsec_test WITH ENCRYPTED PASSWORD 'crowdsec_test';"
+    exec_sql "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE crowdsec_test TO crowdsec_test;"
+}
+
+dump() {
+    backup_file="${1?Missing file to backup database to}"
+    PGPASSWORD="${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}" pg_dump -Ft --host "${POSTGRES_HOST}" --port "${POSTGRES_PORT}"  --username "${POSTGRES_USER}" --dbname crowdsec_test > "$backup_file"
+}
+
+restore() {
+    backup_file="${1?missing file to restore database from}"
+    [ -f "$backup_file" ] || die "Backup file $backup_file doesn't exist"
+    PGPASSWORD="${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}" pg_restore --username "${POSTGRES_USER}" --host "${POSTGRES_HOST}" --port "${POSTGRES_PORT}" --dbname crowdsec_test --clean < "$backup_file"
+}
+
+config_yaml() {
+    POSTGRES_PORT=${POSTGRES_PORT} POSTGRES_HOST=${POSTGRES_HOST} yq '
+        .db_config.type="pgx"|
+        .db_config.user="crowdsec_test" |
+        .db_config.password="crowdsec_test" |
+        .db_config.db_name="crowdsec_test"  |
+        .db_config.host=strenv(POSTGRES_HOST) |
+        .db_config.port=env(POSTGRES_PORT) |
+        .db_config.sslmode="disable" |
+        del(.db_config.db_path)
+    ' -i "${CONFIG_YAML}"
+}
+
+[ $# -lt 1 ] && about
+
+case "$1" in
+    setup)
+        setup
+        ;;
+    config-yaml)
+        config_yaml
+        ;;
+    dump)
+        shift
+        dump "$@"
+        ;;
+    restore)
+        shift
+        restore "$@"
+        ;;
+    *)
+        about
+        ;;
+esac;
diff --git a/tests/lib/db/instance-postgres b/tests/lib/db/instance-postgres
index 58c731f1e..4c7ee9c57 100755
--- a/tests/lib/db/instance-postgres
+++ b/tests/lib/db/instance-postgres
@@ -49,8 +49,6 @@ restore() {
     backup_file="${1?missing file to restore database from}"
     [ -f "$backup_file" ] || die "Backup file $backup_file doesn't exist"
     PGPASSWORD="${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}" pg_restore --username "${POSTGRES_USER}" --host "${POSTGRES_HOST}" --port "${POSTGRES_PORT}" --dbname crowdsec_test --clean < "$backup_file"
-    # make sure data is ready when crowdsec needs it
-    sleep 0.3
 }
 
 config_yaml() {