diff --git a/modules/t/MultiTestDB.conf.default b/modules/t/MultiTestDB.conf.default
index 096d28f94fe8777cc2b996165bba6a2a8fc4051b..c3bc1fde9c0b0d7c641d0e5fb4e0cbea72c5c479 100644
--- a/modules/t/MultiTestDB.conf.default
+++ b/modules/t/MultiTestDB.conf.default
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
   'databases' => {
     'homo_sapiens' => { 
       'core' => 'Bio::EnsEMBL::DBSQL::DBAdaptor',
+      'patch' => 'Bio::EnsEMBL::DBSQL::DBAdaptor',
       'empty' => 'Bio::EnsEMBL::DBSQL::DBAdaptor',
     },
     'circ' => {