diff --git a/spec/controllers/api/nonprofits_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/api/nonprofits_controller_spec.rb
index f4e41b44..793bc499 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/api/nonprofits_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/api/nonprofits_controller_spec.rb
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ describe Api::NonprofitsController, type: :request do
       
       expect(response.parsed_body['id']).to be > 0
       expect(response.parsed_body.except('id')).to eq expected_np
+
+      expect(Nonprofit.find(1).billing_plan).to_not be_nil
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/lib/cancel_billing_subscriptions_spec.rb b/spec/lib/cancel_billing_subscriptions_spec.rb
index a0ca0734..f956acbf 100644
--- a/spec/lib/cancel_billing_subscriptions_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/cancel_billing_subscriptions_spec.rb
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ describe CancelBillingSubscription do
 
       create(:card, holder: @np, stripe_customer_id: @stripe_customer.id)
       @np.billing_subscription = build(:billing_subscription, billing_plan: bp, stripe_subscription_id: @original_str_subscription.id)
-      @default_plan = create(:billing_plan, id: Houdini.default_bp)
+      @default_plan = BillingPlan.find(Houdini.default_bp)
     end
 
     it 'handles failure of stripe properly' do
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index a486730c..996b6864 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ RSpec.configure do |config|
   config.before(:suite) do
     DatabaseCleaner.strategy = :transaction
     DatabaseCleaner.clean_with(:truncation, reset_ids: true)
+    Rails.application.load_seed
   end
 
   config.around(:each) do |example|