diff --git a/packages/xpub-faraday-server/src/AuthorBackend.js b/packages/xpub-faraday-server/src/AuthorBackend.js
index f6b6d8908f582f55316e5cf2c0f33ceb006a679b..f17cc851d5783d453c70dc653d1503b016c9cc84 100644
--- a/packages/xpub-faraday-server/src/AuthorBackend.js
+++ b/packages/xpub-faraday-server/src/AuthorBackend.js
@@ -63,9 +63,6 @@ const AuthorBackend = app => {
               let newUser = new app.locals.models.User(userBody)
               newUser = await newUser.save()
               fragment.owners.push(newUser.id)
-            } else {
-              res.status(e.status).json(e)
-              return
             }
           }
         }
diff --git a/packages/xpub-faraday-server/src/AuthorBackend.test.js b/packages/xpub-faraday-server/src/AuthorBackend.test.js
index d381356d44d7e72d33ad3e151694827a83a3235c..c5e73107ac12cd4918a24b6aedd0eb726a1c9e0d 100644
--- a/packages/xpub-faraday-server/src/AuthorBackend.test.js
+++ b/packages/xpub-faraday-server/src/AuthorBackend.test.js
@@ -10,15 +10,15 @@ const passport = require('passport')
 const BearerStrategy = require('passport-http-bearer').Strategy
 const cloneDeep = require('lodash/cloneDeep')
 
-function makeApp(fragment, user, existingUser) {
+function makeApp(fragment, standardUser, existingUser) {
   const app = express()
   app.use(bodyParser.json())
-  // Passport strategies
+
   app.use(passport.initialize())
   passport.use(
     'bearer',
     new BearerStrategy((token, done) =>
-      done(null, fixtures.user, { scope: 'all' }),
+      done(null, fixtures.users.standardUser, { scope: 'all' }),
     ),
   )
 
@@ -32,18 +32,7 @@ function makeApp(fragment, user, existingUser) {
             : Promise.resolve(fragment),
       ),
     },
-    User: {
-      find: jest.fn(
-        () =>
-          user instanceof Error ? Promise.reject(user) : Promise.resolve(user),
-      ),
-      findByEmail: jest.fn(
-        () =>
-          existingUser instanceof Error
-            ? Promise.reject(existingUser)
-            : Promise.resolve(existingUser),
-      ),
-    },
+    User: {},
   }
   function UserMock(properties) {
     this.type = 'user'
@@ -54,7 +43,9 @@ function makeApp(fragment, user, existingUser) {
 
   UserMock.find = jest.fn(
     () =>
-      user instanceof Error ? Promise.reject(user) : Promise.resolve(user),
+      standardUser instanceof Error
+        ? Promise.reject(standardUser)
+        : Promise.resolve(standardUser),
   )
   UserMock.findByEmail = jest.fn(
     () =>
@@ -85,7 +76,7 @@ describe('Author Backend API', () => {
     return makeApp(error)
       .post('/api/fragments/123/authors')
       .set('Authorization', 'Bearer 123')
-      .send(testFixtures.author)
+      .send(testFixtures.authors.standardAuthor)
       .expect(404, '{"error":"Fragment not found"}')
   })
 
@@ -98,63 +89,74 @@ describe('Author Backend API', () => {
     return makeApp(error)
       .post('/api/fragments/123/authors')
       .set('Authorization', 'Bearer 123')
-      .send(testFixtures.invalidAuthor)
+      .send(testFixtures.authors.invalidAuthor)
       .expect(404, '{"error":"firstName is required"}')
   })
 
   it('should return an error if an author already exists with the same email', () =>
-    makeApp(testFixtures.fragment)
+    makeApp(testFixtures.fragments.standardFragment)
       .post('/api/fragments/123-valid-id/authors')
       .set('Authorization', 'Bearer 123')
-      .send(testFixtures.author)
+      .send(testFixtures.authors.standardAuthor)
       .expect(400, '{"error":"Author with the same email already exists"}'))
 
   it('should return an error if there already is a submitting author', () =>
-    makeApp(testFixtures.fragment)
+    makeApp(testFixtures.fragments.standardFragment)
       .post('/api/fragments/123-valid-id/authors')
       .set('Authorization', 'Bearer 123')
-      .send(testFixtures.newSubmittingAuthor)
+      .send(testFixtures.authors.newSubmittingAuthor)
       .expect(400, '{"error":"There can only be one sumbitting author"}'))
 
   it('should return success when saving a new author', () =>
-    makeApp(testFixtures.fragment, testFixtures.user)
+    makeApp(
+      testFixtures.fragments.standardFragment,
+      testFixtures.users.standardUser,
+    )
       .post('/api/fragments/123-valid-id/authors')
       .set('Authorization', 'Bearer 123')
-      .send(testFixtures.newAuthor)
+      .send(testFixtures.authors.newAuthor)
       .expect(200, '')
-      .then(() => expect(testFixtures.fragment.save).toHaveBeenCalled()))
+      .then(() =>
+        expect(testFixtures.fragments.standardFragment.save).toHaveBeenCalled(),
+      ))
 
   it('should return success when the admin adds a submitting author and the author already has a corresponding user account', () =>
     makeApp(
-      testFixtures.adminFragment,
-      testFixtures.admin,
-      testFixtures.existingUser,
+      testFixtures.fragments.adminFragment,
+      testFixtures.users.admin,
+      testFixtures.users.existingUser,
     )
       .post('/api/fragments/123-valid-id/authors')
       .set('Authorization', 'Bearer 123')
-      .send(testFixtures.author)
+      .send(testFixtures.authors.standardAuthor)
       .expect(200, '')
       .then(() => {
-        expect(testFixtures.adminFragment.save).toHaveBeenCalled()
-        expect(testFixtures.adminFragment.owners.length).toBeGreaterThan(0)
-        expect(testFixtures.adminFragment.owners[0]).toBe('123987')
+        expect(testFixtures.fragments.adminFragment.save).toHaveBeenCalled()
+        expect(
+          testFixtures.fragments.adminFragment.owners.length,
+        ).toBeGreaterThan(0)
+        expect(testFixtures.fragments.adminFragment.owners[0]).toBe('123987')
       }))
 
   it('should return success when the admin adds a submitting author and creates a corresponding user account', () => {
     const error = new Error()
     error.name = 'NotFoundError'
     error.status = 404
-
-    // console.log(testFixtures.adminFragment)
-    return makeApp(testFixtures.adminFragment, testFixtures.admin, error)
+    return makeApp(
+      testFixtures.fragments.adminFragment,
+      testFixtures.users.admin,
+      error,
+    )
       .post('/api/fragments/123-valid-id/authors')
       .set('Authorization', 'Bearer 123')
-      .send(testFixtures.author)
+      .send(testFixtures.authors.standardAuthor)
       .expect(200, '')
       .then(() => {
-        expect(testFixtures.adminFragment.save).toHaveBeenCalled()
-        expect(testFixtures.adminFragment.owners.length).toBeGreaterThan(0)
-        expect(testFixtures.adminFragment.owners[0]).toBe('111222')
+        expect(testFixtures.fragments.adminFragment.save).toHaveBeenCalled()
+        expect(
+          testFixtures.fragments.adminFragment.owners.length,
+        ).toBeGreaterThan(0)
+        expect(testFixtures.fragments.adminFragment.owners[0]).toBe('111222')
       })
   })
 })
diff --git a/packages/xpub-faraday-server/src/fixtures/authors.js b/packages/xpub-faraday-server/src/fixtures/authors.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..16f8d33738f14ad14e18079c86ebe60318d29f4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/xpub-faraday-server/src/fixtures/authors.js
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+const authors = {
+  standardAuthor: {
+    firstName: 'Andrew',
+    middleName: '',
+    lastName: 'Smith',
+    email: 'email@email.com',
+    affiliation: 'University',
+    country: '',
+    isCorresponding: false,
+    isSubmitting: true,
+    id: '123',
+  },
+  newAuthor: {
+    firstName: 'Robert',
+    middleName: '',
+    lastName: 'Smith',
+    email: 'email_robert@email.com',
+    affiliation: 'University',
+    country: '',
+    isCorresponding: true,
+    isSubmitting: false,
+    id: '456',
+  },
+  invalidAuthor: {
+    firstName: '',
+    middleName: '',
+    lastName: 'Jones',
+    email: 'email2@email.com',
+    affiliation: 'University',
+    country: '',
+    isCorresponding: false,
+    isSubmitting: false,
+    id: '768',
+  },
+  newSubmittingAuthor: {
+    firstName: 'Andrew',
+    middleName: '',
+    lastName: 'Smith',
+    email: 'email3@email.com',
+    affiliation: 'University',
+    country: '',
+    isCorresponding: false,
+    isSubmitting: true,
+    id: '879',
+  },
+}
+
+module.exports = authors
diff --git a/packages/xpub-faraday-server/src/fixtures/fixtures.js b/packages/xpub-faraday-server/src/fixtures/fixtures.js
index 80759aaa41e0ce2ecfb6b248d91123bac079d164..2d96a7abd59a92428a0b7c8e5fb517d0e536f58d 100644
--- a/packages/xpub-faraday-server/src/fixtures/fixtures.js
+++ b/packages/xpub-faraday-server/src/fixtures/fixtures.js
@@ -1,103 +1,9 @@
-const author = {
-  firstName: 'Andrew',
-  middleName: '',
-  lastName: 'Smith',
-  email: 'email@email.com',
-  affiliation: 'University',
-  country: '',
-  isCorresponding: false,
-  isSubmitting: true,
-  id: '123',
-}
-
-const newAuthor = {
-  firstName: 'Robert',
-  middleName: '',
-  lastName: 'Smith',
-  email: 'email_robert@email.com',
-  affiliation: 'University',
-  country: '',
-  isCorresponding: true,
-  isSubmitting: false,
-  id: '456',
-}
-
-const invalidAuthor = {
-  firstName: '',
-  middleName: '',
-  lastName: 'Jones',
-  email: 'email2@email.com',
-  affiliation: 'University',
-  country: '',
-  isCorresponding: false,
-  isSubmitting: false,
-  id: '768',
-}
-
-const newSubmittingAuthor = {
-  firstName: 'Andrew',
-  middleName: '',
-  lastName: 'Smith',
-  email: 'email3@email.com',
-  affiliation: 'University',
-  country: '',
-  isCorresponding: false,
-  isSubmitting: true,
-  id: '879',
-}
-
-const fragment = {
-  type: 'fragment',
-  fragmentType: 'blogpost',
-  title: 'Just your regular blogpost',
-  source: '<blog></blog>',
-  presentation: '<p></p>',
-  authors: [author],
-  save: jest.fn(),
-}
-
-const adminFragment = {
-  type: 'fragment',
-  fragmentType: 'blogpost',
-  title: 'Just your admin blogpost',
-  source: '<blog></blog>',
-  presentation: '<p></p>',
-  authors: [],
-  save: jest.fn(),
-  owners: [],
-}
-
-const user = {
-  type: 'user',
-  username: 'testuser',
-  email: 'test@example.com',
-  password: 'test',
-}
-
-const admin = {
-  type: 'user',
-  username: 'admin',
-  email: 'admin@example.com',
-  password: 'test',
-  admin: true,
-}
-
-const existingUser = {
-  type: 'user',
-  username: 'authoruser',
-  email: 'email@email.com',
-  password: 'test',
-  id: '123987',
-}
+const authors = require('./authors')
+const fragments = require('./fragments')
+const users = require('./users')
 
 module.exports = {
-  author,
-  invalidAuthor,
-  fragment,
-  newSubmittingAuthor,
-  newAuthor,
-  user,
-  admin,
-  adminFragment,
-  existingUser,
+  authors,
+  users,
+  fragments,
 }
diff --git a/packages/xpub-faraday-server/src/fixtures/fragments.js b/packages/xpub-faraday-server/src/fixtures/fragments.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7bf3f31de4a4326bb5c0f11560c44045b0869419
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/xpub-faraday-server/src/fixtures/fragments.js
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+const authors = require('./authors')
+
+const fragments = {
+  standardFragment: {
+    type: 'fragment',
+    fragmentType: 'blogpost',
+    title: 'Just your regular blogpost',
+    source: '<blog></blog>',
+    presentation: '<p></p>',
+    authors: [authors.standardAuthor],
+    save: jest.fn(),
+  },
+
+  adminFragment: {
+    type: 'fragment',
+    fragmentType: 'blogpost',
+    title: 'Just your admin blogpost',
+    source: '<blog></blog>',
+    presentation: '<p></p>',
+    authors: [],
+    save: jest.fn(),
+    owners: [],
+  },
+}
+
+module.exports = fragments
diff --git a/packages/xpub-faraday-server/src/fixtures/users.js b/packages/xpub-faraday-server/src/fixtures/users.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..25e63b0790dc2a648775df008b6ec5c98421f811
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/xpub-faraday-server/src/fixtures/users.js
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+const users = {
+  standardUser: {
+    type: 'user',
+    username: 'testuser',
+    email: 'test@example.com',
+    password: 'test',
+  },
+  admin: {
+    type: 'user',
+    username: 'admin',
+    email: 'admin@example.com',
+    password: 'test',
+    admin: true,
+  },
+  existingUser: {
+    type: 'user',
+    username: 'authoruser',
+    email: 'email@email.com',
+    password: 'test',
+    id: '123987',
+  },
+}
+
+module.exports = users