fixed up the testing function

output.xml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <OTA_ResRetrieveRS xmlns="http://www.opentravel.org/OTA/2003/05" Version="7.000">
   <ReservationsList>
-    <HotelReservation CreateDateTime="2025-09-29T11:03:09.401052+00:00" ResStatus="Requested" RoomStayReservation="true">
+    <HotelReservation CreateDateTime="2025-09-29T12:08:55.313540+00:00" ResStatus="Requested" RoomStayReservation="true">
       <UniqueID Type="14" ID="e084006b-ae83-4e4d-b2f5-074118cdb3b1"/>
       <RoomStays>
         <RoomStay>

src/alpine_bits_python/main.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import logging
 from .alpinebits_guestrequests import ResGuest, RoomStay
 from .generated import alpinebits as ab
 from io import BytesIO
@@ -20,20 +21,40 @@ from .simplified_access import (
 
 # DB and config
 from .db import (
+    Base,
     Customer as DBCustomer,
     Reservation as DBReservation,
     HashedCustomer,
-    get_async_session,
+    get_database_url,
 )
 from .config_loader import load_config
 import hashlib
 import json
 import os
-
+from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import create_async_engine, AsyncSession, async_sessionmaker
 import asyncio
 
 from alpine_bits_python import db
 
+# Configure logging
+logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
+_LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+
+async def setup_db(config):
+    DATABASE_URL = get_database_url(config)
+    engine = create_async_engine(DATABASE_URL, echo=True)
+    AsyncSessionLocal = async_sessionmaker(engine, expire_on_commit=False)
+
+    # Create tables
+    async with engine.begin() as conn:
+        await conn.run_sync(Base.metadata.create_all)
+    _LOGGER.info("Database tables checked/created at startup.")
+
+    return engine, AsyncSessionLocal
+
+
 
 async def main():
     print("🚀 Starting AlpineBits XML generation script...")
@@ -58,12 +79,14 @@ async def main():
             print(f"Deleted existing SQLite DB at {db_path} for clean testing.")
 
     # # Ensure DB schema is created (async)
-    from .db import engine, Base
+
+
+    engine, AsyncSessionLocal = await setup_db(config)
 
     async with engine.begin() as conn:
         await conn.run_sync(Base.metadata.create_all)
 
-    async for db in get_async_session():
+    async with AsyncSessionLocal() as db:
         # Load data from JSON file
         json_path = os.path.join(
             os.path.dirname(__file__),