diff --git a/test/factories/repositories.rb b/test/factories/repositories.rb
index 00923b2481..77ff80bcbb 100644
--- a/test/factories/repositories.rb
+++ b/test/factories/repositories.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,11 @@
   factory :repository do
     name { Faker::Lorem.word + Faker::Number.unique.number(digits: 8).to_s }
     remote { "git@github.com:dodona-edu/#{name}.git" }
-    association :judge, factory: %i[judge git_stubbed]
+    judge { Judge.find(1) } # load python judge fixture
+
+    trait :generated_judge do
+      association :judge, factory: %i[judge git_stubbed]
+    end
 
     trait :git_stubbed do
       path { "#{name}.git" }
diff --git a/test/runners/submission_runner_test.rb b/test/runners/submission_runner_test.rb
index b5025fc591..a53451b3c4 100644
--- a/test/runners/submission_runner_test.rb
+++ b/test/runners/submission_runner_test.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 class SubmissionRunnerTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
   setup do
-    @repository = create :repository, :git_stubbed
+    @repository = create :repository, :git_stubbed, :generated_judge
     @judge = @repository.judge
     @course = create :course
     @user = create :user, courses: [@course]
diff --git a/test/test_helper.rb b/test/test_helper.rb
index 4ee600aaed..6593f900d6 100644
--- a/test/test_helper.rb
+++ b/test/test_helper.rb
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ class ActiveSupport::TestCase
   include RemoteHelper
   include SeriesZipHelper
 
+  fixtures :all
+
   # Run tests in parallel with specified workers
   parallelize(workers: :number_of_processors)