diff --git a/cookbook/models.py b/cookbook/models.py
index 93983d26..83bf3b9b 100644
--- a/cookbook/models.py
+++ b/cookbook/models.py
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ class TreeModel(MP_Node):
         return self.get_children().count()
 
     # use self.objects.get_or_create() instead
+
     @classmethod
     def add_root(self, **kwargs):
         with scopes_disabled():
diff --git a/cookbook/tests/api/test_api_food.py b/cookbook/tests/api/test_api_food.py
index cb6843fe..8d92325e 100644
--- a/cookbook/tests/api/test_api_food.py
+++ b/cookbook/tests/api/test_api_food.py
@@ -4,8 +4,11 @@ import pytest
 from django.contrib import auth
 from django.urls import reverse
 from django_scopes import scopes_disabled
+from pytest_factoryboy import LazyFixture, register
 
 from cookbook.models import Food, Ingredient, ShoppingList, ShoppingListEntry
+from cookbook.tests.conftest import get_random_json_recipe
+from cookbook.tests.factories import FoodFactory
 
 #    ------------------ IMPORTANT -------------------
 #
@@ -26,9 +29,14 @@ else:
     node_location = 'last-child'
 
 
-@pytest.fixture()
-def obj_1(space_1):
-    return Food.objects.get_or_create(name='test_1', space=space_1)[0]
+register(FoodFactory, 'obj_1', space=LazyFixture('space_1'))
+register(FoodFactory, 'obj_2', space=LazyFixture('space_1'))
+register(FoodFactory, 'obj_3', space=LazyFixture('space_2'))
+
+
+# @pytest.fixture()
+# def obj_1(food_factory, space_1):
+#     return food_factory(space=space_1)
 
 
 @pytest.fixture()
@@ -41,14 +49,14 @@ def obj_1_1_1(obj_1_1, space_1):
     return obj_1_1.add_child(name='test_1_1_1', space=space_1)
 
 
-@pytest.fixture
-def obj_2(space_1):
-    return Food.objects.get_or_create(name='test_2', space=space_1)[0]
+# @pytest.fixture()
+# def obj_2(food_factory, space_1):
+#     return food_factory(space=space_1)
 
 
-@pytest.fixture()
-def obj_3(space_2):
-    return Food.objects.get_or_create(name='test_3', space=space_2)[0]
+# @pytest.fixture()
+# def obj_3(food_factory, space_2):
+#     return food_factory(space=space_2)
 
 
 @pytest.fixture()
@@ -127,7 +135,10 @@ def test_list_filter(obj_1, obj_2, u1_s1):
     assert r.status_code == 200
     response = json.loads(r.content)
     assert response['count'] == 2
-    assert response['results'][0]['name'] == obj_1.name
+
+    assert obj_1.name in [x['name'] for x in response['results']]
+    assert obj_2.name in [x['name'] for x in response['results']]
+    assert response['results'][0]['name'] < response['results'][1]['name']
 
     response = json.loads(u1_s1.get(f'{reverse(LIST_URL)}?page_size=1').content)
     assert len(response['results']) == 1
@@ -193,7 +204,6 @@ def test_add(arg, request, u1_s2):
         assert r.status_code == 404
 
 
-@pytest.mark.django_db(transaction=True)
 def test_add_duplicate(u1_s1, u1_s2, obj_1, obj_3):
     assert json.loads(u1_s1.get(reverse(LIST_URL)).content)['count'] == 1
     assert json.loads(u1_s2.get(reverse(LIST_URL)).content)['count'] == 1
diff --git a/cookbook/tests/conftest.py b/cookbook/tests/conftest.py
index 7b9b945c..bef27215 100644
--- a/cookbook/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/cookbook/tests/conftest.py
@@ -7,12 +7,19 @@ import pytest
 from django.contrib import auth
 from django.contrib.auth.models import Group, User
 from django_scopes import scopes_disabled
+from pytest_factoryboy import register
 
 from cookbook.models import Food, Ingredient, Recipe, Space, Step, Unit
+from cookbook.tests.factories import FoodFactory, SpaceFactory
+
+register(SpaceFactory, 'space_1')
+register(SpaceFactory, 'space_2')
 
 
 # hack from https://github.com/raphaelm/django-scopes to disable scopes for all fixtures
 # does not work on yield fixtures as only one yield can be used per fixture (i think)
+
+
 @pytest.hookimpl(hookwrapper=True)
 def pytest_fixture_setup(fixturedef, request):
     if inspect.isgeneratorfunction(fixturedef.func):
@@ -27,16 +34,16 @@ def enable_db_access_for_all_tests(db):
     pass
 
 
-@pytest.fixture()
-def space_1():
-    with scopes_disabled():
-        return Space.objects.get_or_create(name='space_1')[0]
+# @pytest.fixture()
+# def space_1():
+#     with scopes_disabled():
+#         return Space.objects.get_or_create(name='space_1')[0]
 
 
-@pytest.fixture()
-def space_2():
-    with scopes_disabled():
-        return Space.objects.get_or_create(name='space_2')[0]
+# @pytest.fixture()
+# def space_2():
+#     with scopes_disabled():
+#         return Space.objects.get_or_create(name='space_2')[0]
 
 
 # ---------------------- OBJECT FIXTURES ---------------------
diff --git a/cookbook/tests/factories/__init__.py b/cookbook/tests/factories/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..84110f95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cookbook/tests/factories/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import factory
+from django_scopes import scopes_disabled
+from faker import Factory as FakerFactory
+
+faker = FakerFactory.create()
+
+
+class SpaceFactory(factory.django.DjangoModelFactory):
+    """Space factory."""
+    name = factory.LazyAttribute(lambda x: faker.word())
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _create(cls, model_class, **kwargs):
+        with scopes_disabled():
+            return super()._create(model_class, **kwargs)
+
+    class Meta:
+        model = 'cookbook.Space'
+
+
+class FoodFactory(factory.django.DjangoModelFactory):
+    """Food factory."""
+    name = factory.LazyAttribute(lambda x: faker.sentence(nb_words=3))
+    description = factory.LazyAttribute(lambda x: faker.sentence(nb_words=10))
+    space = factory.SubFactory(SpaceFactory)
+
+    class Meta:
+        model = 'cookbook.Food'
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 64c3b7d1..ce1e9304 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -41,4 +41,5 @@ boto3==1.20.19
 django-prometheus==2.1.0
 django-hCaptcha==0.1.0
 python-ldap==3.4.0
-django-auth-ldap==3.0.0
\ No newline at end of file
+django-auth-ldap==3.0.0
+factory-boy==3.2.1