diff --git a/models/fixtures/users.yml b/models/fixtures/users.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dd96038
--- /dev/null
+++ b/models/fixtures/users.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+-
+  id: 1
+  name: 'John Doe'
+  username: 'user1'
+  password: '1234'
+  email: 'johndoe@example.com'
+  is_admin:  true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/models/unit_tests.go b/models/unit_tests.go
index 6734098..0230fdf 100644
--- a/models/unit_tests.go
+++ b/models/unit_tests.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 // MainTest creates the test engine
 func MainTest(m *testing.M, pathToRoot string) {
 	var err error
-	fixturesDir := filepath.Join(pathToRoot, "models")
+	fixturesDir := filepath.Join(pathToRoot, "models", "fixtures")
 	if err = createTestEngine(fixturesDir); err != nil {
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error creating test engine: %v\n", err)
 		os.Exit(1)