diff --git a/tests/_utils/run_all_tests.sh b/tests/_utils/run_all_tests.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..926368893e25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/_utils/run_all_tests.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# NOTE: this script is outdated, so it needs to updated before running
+export DJANGO_HOME=`pwd`
+
+export PYTHONPATH=$DJANGO_HOME:$DJANGO_HOME/tests:$DJANGO_HOME/tests/singlestore_settings:$PYTHONPATH
+
+# uncomment this to run tests without unique constraints on the data base level 
+# export NOT_ENFORCED_UNIQUE=1
+
+# these are default django apps, we use ROWSTORE REFERENCE tabkes for them
+export  DJANGO_SINGLESTORE_TABLE_STORAGE_TYPE_ADMIN="ROWSTORE REFERENCE"
+export  DJANGO_SINGLESTORE_TABLE_STORAGE_TYPE_AUTH="ROWSTORE REFERENCE"
+export  DJANGO_SINGLESTORE_TABLE_STORAGE_TYPE_CONTENTTYPES="ROWSTORE REFERENCE"
+export  DJANGO_SINGLESTORE_TABLE_STORAGE_TYPE_SITES="ROWSTORE REFERENCE"
+
+# the block below is here to quickly run all tests; eventually it should be removed
+# and replaced with a more fine-grained approach
+export  DJANGO_SINGLESTORE_TABLE_STORAGE_TYPE_ADMIN_INLINES="ROWSTORE REFERENCE"
+export  DJANGO_SINGLESTORE_TABLE_STORAGE_TYPE_AUTH_TESTS="REFERENCE"
+export  DJANGO_SINGLESTORE_TABLE_STORAGE_TYPE_INTROSPECTION="ROWSTORE REFERENCE"
+export  DJANGO_SINGLESTORE_TABLE_STORAGE_TYPE_VALIDATION="ROWSTORE REFERENCE"
+export  DJANGO_SINGLESTORE_TABLE_STORAGE_TYPE_CONSTRAINTS="ROWSTORE REFERENCE"
+export  DJANGO_SINGLESTORE_TABLE_STORAGE_TYPE_BULK_CREATE="ROWSTORE REFERENCE"
+
+# 12 many-to-many fields, just use reference tables to save time
+export TABLE_STORAGE_TYPE_PREFETCH_RELATED="ROWSTORE REFERENCE"
+
+# abstract models - specifying through is tricky 
+export TABLE_STORAGE_TYPE_MANY_TO_MANY="ROWSTORE REFERENCE"
+
+prepare_settings() {
+    for dir in $(find tests -maxdepth 1 -type d | awk -F '/' '{print $2}'); do
+        # echo $dir
+        sed -e "s|TEST_MODULE|$dir|g" tests/singlestore_settings_TMPL > tests/singlestore_settings/singlestore_settings_$dir.py
+    done
+}
+prepare_settings
+python run_tests_parallel.py
diff --git a/tests/lookup/models.py b/tests/lookup/models.py
index 4015e704de70..f676049ac0cc 100644
--- a/tests/lookup/models.py
+++ b/tests/lookup/models.py
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 from django.db import models
 from django.db.models.lookups import IsNull
 
+from django_singlestore.schema import ModelStorageManager
+
 
 class Alarm(models.Model):
     desc = models.CharField(max_length=100)
@@ -30,6 +32,8 @@ class Article(models.Model):
     pub_date = models.DateTimeField()
     author = models.ForeignKey(Author, models.SET_NULL, blank=True, null=True)
     slug = models.SlugField(unique=True, blank=True, null=True)
+    
+    objects = ModelStorageManager("REFERENCE")
 
     class Meta:
         ordering = ("-pub_date", "headline")