diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
index c72f0f0..90eb3d2 100644
--- a/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
                 options: {
                     reporter: 'spec',
                 },
-                src: ['test/core/contentTypeCheckerTest.js']
+                src: ['test/api/apiTest.js']
             }
         },
         env: {
@@ -217,6 +217,10 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
         }
     });
 
+    // Custom task that sets a variable for tests
+    grunt.registerTask('test-settings', function() {
+        process.env.IS_TEST = true;
+    });
 
     grunt.registerTask('icons', [
         'webfont:icons',
@@ -257,6 +261,7 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
     ]);
 
     grunt.registerTask('test', [
+        'test-settings',
         'build',
         'express:testSuite',
         'express:test',
@@ -265,6 +270,7 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
     ]);
 
     grunt.registerTask('test-current-work', [
+        'test-settings',
         'jshint',
         'express:testSuite',
         'express:test-current-work',
diff --git a/lib/server/controllers/apiController.js b/lib/server/controllers/apiController.js
index 715a57c..fab7781 100644
--- a/lib/server/controllers/apiController.js
+++ b/lib/server/controllers/apiController.js
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ var ScreenshotHandler   = require('../../screenshotHandler');
 var RunsQueue           = require('../datastores/runsQueue');
 var RunsDatastore       = require('../datastores/runsDatastore');
 var ResultsDatastore    = require('../datastores/resultsDatastore');
-var serverSettings      = require('../../../server_config/settings.json');
+
+var serverSettings      = (process.env.IS_TEST) ? require('../../../test/fixtures/settings.json') : require('../../../server_config/settings.json');
 
 var ApiController = function(app) {
     'use strict';
diff --git a/lib/server/middlewares/apiLimitsMiddleware.js b/lib/server/middlewares/apiLimitsMiddleware.js
index cce5df2..7e2c643 100644
--- a/lib/server/middlewares/apiLimitsMiddleware.js
+++ b/lib/server/middlewares/apiLimitsMiddleware.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-var config      = require('../../../server_config/settings.json');
+var config = (process.env.IS_TEST) ? require('../../../test/fixtures/settings.json') : require('../../../server_config/settings.json');
 
-var debug       = require('debug')('apiLimitsMiddleware');
+var debug = require('debug')('apiLimitsMiddleware');
 
 
 var apiLimitsMiddleware = function(req, res, next) {
diff --git a/lib/server/middlewares/authMiddleware.js b/lib/server/middlewares/authMiddleware.js
index e5335e6..d7094e2 100644
--- a/lib/server/middlewares/authMiddleware.js
+++ b/lib/server/middlewares/authMiddleware.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-var config      = require('../../../server_config/settings.json');
+var config = (process.env.IS_TEST) ? require('../../../test/fixtures/settings.json') : require('../../../server_config/settings.json');
 
-var debug       = require('debug')('authMiddleware');
+var debug = require('debug')('authMiddleware');
 
 
 var authMiddleware = function(req, res, next) {