diff --git a/spec/factories/badges.rb b/spec/factories/badges.rb
index 0c81d0e36..c390a3a32 100644
--- a/spec/factories/badges.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/badges.rb
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 FactoryBot.define do
-  image = Rack::Test::UploadedFile.new(
-    Rails.root.join("spec", "support", "fixtures", "images", "image1.jpeg"),
-    "image/jpeg",
-  )
+  image_path = Rails.root.join("spec", "support", "fixtures", "images", "image1.jpeg")
 
   factory :badge do
-    title { Faker::Book.title + " #{rand(1000)}" }
+    title       { Faker::Book.title + " #{rand(1000)}" }
     description { Faker::Lorem.sentence }
-    badge_image { image }
+    badge_image { Rack::Test::UploadedFile.new(image_path, "image/jpeg") }
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/factories/podcasts.rb b/spec/factories/podcasts.rb
index a6110e257..4002abb7a 100644
--- a/spec/factories/podcasts.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/podcasts.rb
@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
 FactoryBot.define do
   sequence(:podcast_slug) { |n| "slug-#{n}" }
 
-  image = Rack::Test::UploadedFile.new(
-    Rails.root.join("spec", "support", "fixtures", "images", "image1.jpeg"),
-    "image/jpeg",
-  )
+  image_path = Rails.root.join("spec", "support", "fixtures", "images", "image1.jpeg")
 
   factory :podcast do
     title           { Faker::Beer.name }
-    image           { image }
+    image           { Rack::Test::UploadedFile.new(image_path, "image/jpeg") }
     description     { Faker::Hipster.paragraph(sentence_count: 1) }
     slug            { generate :podcast_slug }
     feed_url        { Faker::Internet.url }
diff --git a/spec/factories/users.rb b/spec/factories/users.rb
index 829604af9..56c65fdb6 100644
--- a/spec/factories/users.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/users.rb
@@ -4,26 +4,23 @@ FactoryBot.define do
   sequence(:twitter_username) { |n| "twitter#{n}" }
   sequence(:github_username) { |n| "github#{n}" }
 
-  image = Rack::Test::UploadedFile.new(
-    Rails.root.join("spec", "support", "fixtures", "images", "image1.jpeg"),
-    "image/jpeg",
-  )
+  image_path = Rails.root.join("spec", "support", "fixtures", "images", "image1.jpeg")
 
   factory :user do
-    name               { Faker::Name.name }
-    email              { generate :email }
-    username           { generate :username }
-    profile_image      { image }
-    twitter_username   { generate :twitter_username }
-    github_username    { generate :github_username }
-    summary            { Faker::Lorem.paragraph[0..rand(190)] }
-    website_url        { Faker::Internet.url }
-    confirmed_at       { Time.current }
-    saw_onboarding { true }
-    checked_code_of_conduct { true }
+    name                         { Faker::Name.name }
+    email                        { generate :email }
+    username                     { generate :username }
+    profile_image                { Rack::Test::UploadedFile.new(image_path, "image/jpeg") }
+    twitter_username             { generate :twitter_username }
+    github_username              { generate :github_username }
+    summary                      { Faker::Lorem.paragraph[0..rand(190)] }
+    website_url                  { Faker::Internet.url }
+    confirmed_at                 { Time.current }
+    saw_onboarding               { true }
+    checked_code_of_conduct      { true }
     checked_terms_and_conditions { true }
-    signup_cta_variant { "navbar_basic" }
-    email_digest_periodic { false }
+    signup_cta_variant           { "navbar_basic" }
+    email_digest_periodic        { false }
 
     after(:create) do |user|
       create(:identity, user_id: user.id)