diff --git a/frontend/tests/controllers/student-controller.test.ts b/frontend/tests/controllers/student-controller.test.ts
index abd5985f..578c832e 100644
--- a/frontend/tests/controllers/student-controller.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/tests/controllers/student-controller.test.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,19 @@
 import { StudentController } from "../../src/controllers/students";
-import { expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { expect, it, describe, afterAll, beforeAll } from 'vitest';
+import { setup, teardown } from '../setup-backend.js';
 
-it("Get students", async () => {
-    const controller = new StudentController();
-    const data = await controller.getAll(true);
-    expect(data.students).to.have.length.greaterThan(0);
+describe('Test controller students', () => {
+    beforeAll(async () => {
+        await setup();
+    });
+
+    afterAll(async () => {
+        await teardown();
+    });
+
+    it("Get students", async () => {
+        const controller = new StudentController();
+        const data = await controller.getAll(true);
+        expect(data.students).to.have.length.greaterThan(0);
+    });
 });
diff --git a/frontend/vitest.config.ts b/frontend/vitest.config.ts
index 2269cd64..51fc91ab 100644
--- a/frontend/vitest.config.ts
+++ b/frontend/vitest.config.ts
@@ -9,8 +9,13 @@ export default mergeConfig(
             environment: "jsdom",
             exclude: [...configDefaults.exclude, "e2e/**"],
             root: fileURLToPath(new URL("./", import.meta.url)),
-            // Startup the backend server, because it is needed for some tests
-            globalSetup: ["./tests/setup-backend.ts"],
+
+            /*
+             * The test-backend server can be started for each test-file individually using `beforeAll(() => setup())`,
+             * or for all tests once using:
+             globalSetup: ["./tests/setup-backend.ts"],
+             * In this project, the backend server is started for each test-file individually.
+             */
         },
     }),
 );