diff --git a/internal/handlers/common_test.go b/internal/handlers/common_test.go
index 6cbd9ef..87fd7dc 100644
--- a/internal/handlers/common_test.go
+++ b/internal/handlers/common_test.go
@@ -258,10 +258,7 @@ func RunTests(m *testing.M) int {
 	}
 	defer db.Close()
 
-	err = db.DbMap.TruncateTables()
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
-	}
+	db.Empty() // clear the DB tables
 
 	server = httptest.NewTLSServer(&handlers.APIHandler{Store: db})
 	defer server.Close()
diff --git a/internal/store/db/db.go b/internal/store/db/db.go
index d8b043b..ba01e61 100644
--- a/internal/store/db/db.go
+++ b/internal/store/db/db.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import (
 // implementation's string type specified by the same.
 const luaMaxLengthBuffer int = 4096
 
-func GetDbMap(db *sql.DB, dbtype config.DbType) (*gorp.DbMap, error) {
+func getDbMap(db *sql.DB, dbtype config.DbType) (*gorp.DbMap, error) {
 	var dialect gorp.Dialect
 	if dbtype == config.SQLite {
 		dialect = gorp.SqliteDialect{}
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func GetDbMap(db *sql.DB, dbtype config.DbType) (*gorp.DbMap, error) {
 	return dbmap, nil
 }
 
-func GetDSN(dbtype config.DbType, dsn string) string {
+func getDSN(dbtype config.DbType, dsn string) string {
 	if dbtype == config.MySQL && !strings.Contains(dsn, "parseTime=true") {
 		log.Fatalf("The DSN for MySQL MUST contain 'parseTime=True' but does not!")
 	}
@@ -63,25 +63,29 @@ func GetDSN(dbtype config.DbType, dsn string) string {
 }
 
 type DbStore struct {
-	DbMap *gorp.DbMap
+	dbMap *gorp.DbMap
+}
+
+func (db *DbStore) Empty() error {
+	return db.dbMap.TruncateTables()
 }
 
 func (db *DbStore) Begin() (store.Tx, error) {
-	tx, err := db.DbMap.Begin()
+	tx, err := db.dbMap.Begin()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return &Tx{db.DbMap.Dialect, tx}, nil
+	return &Tx{db.dbMap.Dialect, tx}, nil
 }
 
 func (db *DbStore) Close() error {
-	err := db.DbMap.Db.Close()
-	db.DbMap = nil
+	err := db.dbMap.Db.Close()
+	db.dbMap = nil
 	return err
 }
 
 func GetStore(dbtype config.DbType, dsn string) (store *DbStore, err error) {
-	dsn = GetDSN(dbtype, dsn)
+	dsn = getDSN(dbtype, dsn)
 	database, err := sql.Open(dbtype.String(), dsn)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -92,7 +96,7 @@ func GetStore(dbtype config.DbType, dsn string) (store *DbStore, err error) {
 		}
 	}()
 
-	dbmap, err := GetDbMap(database, dbtype)
+	dbmap, err := getDbMap(database, dbtype)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/internal/store/store.go b/internal/store/store.go
index 3f87880..412b7c6 100644
--- a/internal/store/store.go
+++ b/internal/store/store.go
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ type Tx interface {
 }
 
 type Store interface {
+	Empty() error
 	Begin() (Tx, error)
 	Close() error
 }