diff --git a/server/reflector/pipelines/runner.py b/server/reflector/pipelines/runner.py
index 4105d51f..708a4265 100644
--- a/server/reflector/pipelines/runner.py
+++ b/server/reflector/pipelines/runner.py
@@ -106,6 +106,14 @@ class PipelineRunner(BaseModel):
             if not self.pipeline:
                 self.pipeline = await self.create()
 
+            if not self.pipeline:
+                # no pipeline created in create, just finish it then.
+                await self._set_status("ended")
+                self._ev_done.set()
+                if self.on_ended:
+                    await self.on_ended()
+                return
+
             # start the loop
             await self._set_status("started")
             while not self._ev_done.is_set():
diff --git a/server/tests/conftest.py b/server/tests/conftest.py
index aaf42884..532ebff9 100644
--- a/server/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/server/tests/conftest.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from unittest.mock import patch
+from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile
 
 import pytest
 
@@ -7,7 +8,6 @@ import pytest
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def setup_database():
     from reflector.settings import settings
-    from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile
 
     with NamedTemporaryFile() as f:
         settings.DATABASE_URL = f"sqlite:///{f.name}"
@@ -103,6 +103,25 @@ async def dummy_llm():
         yield
 
 
+@pytest.fixture
+async def dummy_storage():
+    from reflector.storage.base import Storage
+
+    class DummyStorage(Storage):
+        async def _put_file(self, *args, **kwargs):
+            pass
+
+        async def _delete_file(self, *args, **kwargs):
+            pass
+
+        async def _get_file_url(self, *args, **kwargs):
+            return "http://fake_server/audio.mp3"
+
+    with patch("reflector.storage.base.Storage.get_instance") as mock_storage:
+        mock_storage.return_value = DummyStorage()
+        yield
+
+
 @pytest.fixture
 def nltk():
     with patch("reflector.llm.base.LLM.ensure_nltk") as mock_nltk:
@@ -133,10 +152,17 @@ def celery_enable_logging():
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope="session")
 def celery_config():
-    import tempfile
-
-    with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile() as fd:
+    with NamedTemporaryFile() as f:
         yield {
             "broker_url": "memory://",
-            "result_backend": "db+sqlite://" + fd.name,
+            "result_backend": f"db+sqlite:///{f.name}",
         }
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
+def fake_mp3_upload():
+    with patch(
+        "reflector.db.transcripts.TranscriptController.move_mp3_to_storage"
+    ) as mock_move:
+        mock_move.return_value = True
+        yield
diff --git a/server/tests/test_transcripts_rtc_ws.py b/server/tests/test_transcripts_rtc_ws.py
index b33b1db5..8502a0d9 100644
--- a/server/tests/test_transcripts_rtc_ws.py
+++ b/server/tests/test_transcripts_rtc_ws.py
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ async def test_transcript_rtc_and_websocket(
     dummy_transcript,
     dummy_processors,
     dummy_diarization,
+    dummy_storage,
+    fake_mp3_upload,
     ensure_casing,
     appserver,
     sentence_tokenize,
@@ -220,6 +222,8 @@ async def test_transcript_rtc_and_websocket_and_fr(
     dummy_transcript,
     dummy_processors,
     dummy_diarization,
+    dummy_storage,
+    fake_mp3_upload,
     ensure_casing,
     appserver,
     sentence_tokenize,