diff --git a/docker-compose.deps.yml b/docker-compose.deps.yml
index 937082a1..7127c491 100644
--- a/docker-compose.deps.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.deps.yml
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ version: '2'
 services:
   pip:
     build:
-      context: ${PWD}/tests/functional
-      dockerfile: hepcrawl_base.dockerfile
+      context: ${PWD}/tests
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile.hepcrawl_base
     image: hepcrawl_base
     command: bash -c "pip install -e .[all] && pip freeze"
     volumes:
diff --git a/docker-compose.test.yml b/docker-compose.test.yml
index 917400b8..e188e7f9 100644
--- a/docker-compose.test.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.test.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ services:
       - APP_BROKER_URL=amqp://guest:guest@rabbitmq:5672//
       - APP_CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND=amqp://guest:guest@rabbitmq:5672//
       - APP_CRAWLER_HOST_URL=http://scrapyd:6800
-      - APP_API_PIPELINE_TASK_ENDPOINT_DEFAULT=tests.functional.tasks.submit_results
+      - APP_API_PIPELINE_TASK_ENDPOINT_DEFAULT=hepcrawl.testlib.tasks.submit_results
       - COVERAGE_PROCESS_START=/code/.coveragerc
     command: py.test -vv tests/functional/WSP/test_wsp.py
     volumes: &common_volumes
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ services:
   celery:
     image: hepcrawl_base
     environment: *env_variables
-    command: celery worker --events --app tests.functional.tasks --loglevel=debug
+    command: celery worker --events --app hepcrawl.testlib.tasks --loglevel=debug
     volumes: *common_volumes
     links:
       - rabbitmq
diff --git a/tests/__init__.py b/hepcrawl/testlib/__init__.py
similarity index 68%
rename from tests/__init__.py
rename to hepcrawl/testlib/__init__.py
index e8c02e63..9d0c62af 100644
--- a/tests/__init__.py
+++ b/hepcrawl/testlib/__init__.py
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 #
 # This file is part of hepcrawl.
-# Copyright (C) 2015, 2016, 2017 CERN.
+# Copyright (C) 2017 CERN.
 #
 # hepcrawl is a free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 # under the terms of the Revised BSD License; see LICENSE file for
 # more details.
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, print_function, unicode_literals
diff --git a/hepcrawl/testlib/celery_monitor.py b/hepcrawl/testlib/celery_monitor.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..12cb86b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hepcrawl/testlib/celery_monitor.py
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# This file is part of hepcrawl.
+# Copyright (C) 2017 CERN.
+#
+# hepcrawl is a free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+# under the terms of the Revised BSD License; see LICENSE file for
+# more details.
+
+"""Celery monitor dealing with celery tasks for functional tests."""
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, print_function, unicode_literals
+
+from itertools import islice
+
+import logging
+
+LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class CeleryMonitor(object):
+    def __init__(self, app, monitor_timeout=3, monitor_iter_limit=100):
+        self.results = []
+        self.recv = None
+        self.app = app
+        self.connection = None
+        self.monitor_timeout = monitor_timeout
+        self.monitor_iter_limit = monitor_iter_limit
+
+    def __enter__(self):
+        state = self.app.events.State()
+
+        def announce_succeeded_tasks(event):
+            state.event(event)
+            task = state.tasks.get(event['uuid'])
+            LOGGER.info('TASK SUCCEEDED: %s[%s] %s' % (task.name, task.uuid, task.info(),))
+            tasks = self.app.AsyncResult(task.id)
+            for task in tasks.result:
+                self.results.append(task)
+            self.recv.should_stop = True
+
+        def announce_failed_tasks(event):
+            state.event(event)
+            task = state.tasks.get(event['uuid'])
+            LOGGER.info('TASK FAILED: %s[%s] %s' % (task.name, task.uuid, task.info(),))
+            self.results.append(task.info())
+            self.recv.should_stop = True
+
+        self.app.control.enable_events()
+        self.connection = self.app.connection()
+        self.recv = self.app.events.Receiver(self.connection, handlers={
+            'task-succeeded': announce_succeeded_tasks,
+            'task-failed': announce_failed_tasks,
+        })
+
+        return self
+
+    def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb):
+        events_iter = self.recv.itercapture(limit=None, timeout=self.monitor_timeout, wakeup=True)
+        self._wait_for_results(events_iter)
+        self.connection.__exit__()
+
+    def _wait_for_results(self, events_iter):
+        any(islice(
+            events_iter,  # iterable
+            self.monitor_iter_limit  # stop
+        ))
+
+    @classmethod
+    def do_crawl(
+        cls,
+        app,
+        monitor_timeout,
+        monitor_iter_limit,
+        crawler_instance,
+        project='hepcrawl',
+        spider='WSP',
+        settings=None,
+        **crawler_arguments
+    ):
+        settings = settings or {}
+
+        with cls(app, monitor_timeout=monitor_timeout, monitor_iter_limit=monitor_iter_limit) as my_monitor:
+            crawler_instance.schedule(
+                project=project,
+                spider=spider,
+                settings=settings,
+                **crawler_arguments
+            )
+
+        return my_monitor.results
diff --git a/tests/unit/responses/__init__.py b/hepcrawl/testlib/fixtures.py
similarity index 68%
rename from tests/unit/responses/__init__.py
rename to hepcrawl/testlib/fixtures.py
index 7502e0b2..49ef9924 100644
--- a/tests/unit/responses/__init__.py
+++ b/hepcrawl/testlib/fixtures.py
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 #
 # This file is part of hepcrawl.
-# Copyright (C) 2015 CERN.
+# Copyright (C) 2015, 2016, 2017 CERN.
 #
 # hepcrawl is a free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 # under the terms of the Revised BSD License; see LICENSE file for
 # more details.
 
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+
 import os
 
 from scrapy.http import Request, TextResponse
@@ -24,12 +26,10 @@ def fake_response_from_file(file_name, url='http://www.example.com', response_ty
 
     :returns: A scrapy HTTP response which can be used for unittesting.
     """
-    meta = {}
     request = Request(url=url)
 
     if not file_name[0] == '/':
-        responses_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
-        file_path = os.path.join(responses_dir, file_name)
+        file_path = get_responses_path(file_name)
     else:
         file_path = file_name
 
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ def fake_response_from_file(file_name, url='http://www.example.com', response_ty
 
 def fake_response_from_string(text, url='http://www.example.com', response_type=TextResponse):
     """Fake Scrapy response from a string."""
-    meta = {}
     request = Request(url=url)
     response = response_type(
         url=url,
@@ -65,6 +64,31 @@ def get_node(spider, tag, response=None, text=None, rtype="xml"):
         selector = Selector(response, type=rtype)
     elif text:
         selector = Selector(text=text, type=rtype)
+
     spider._register_namespaces(selector)
     node = selector.xpath(tag)
     return node
+
+
+def get_responses_path(*path_chunks):
+    """
+    :param path_chunks: Optional extra path element to suffix the responses directory with.
+    :return: The absolute path to the responses and if path_chuncks provided the absolute
+     path to path chunks.
+
+    :Example:
+
+        >>> get_responses_path()
+        '/home/myuser/hepcrawl/tests/responses'
+
+        >>> get_responses_path('one', 'two')
+        '/home/myuser/hepcrawl/tests/responses/one/two'
+    """
+    project_root_dir = os.path.abspath(
+        os.path.join(
+            os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)),
+            '..',
+            '..',
+        )
+    )
+    return os.path.join(project_root_dir, 'tests', 'unit', 'responses', *path_chunks)
diff --git a/tests/functional/scrapyd_coverage_runner.py b/hepcrawl/testlib/scrapyd_coverage_runner.py
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/functional/scrapyd_coverage_runner.py
rename to hepcrawl/testlib/scrapyd_coverage_runner.py
diff --git a/tests/functional/tasks.py b/hepcrawl/testlib/tasks.py
similarity index 97%
rename from tests/functional/tasks.py
rename to hepcrawl/testlib/tasks.py
index bdef104b..d76588fc 100644
--- a/tests/functional/tasks.py
+++ b/hepcrawl/testlib/tasks.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 #
 # This file is part of hepcrawl.
-# Copyright (C) 2015, 2016, 2017 CERN.
+# Copyright (C) 2017 CERN.
 #
 # hepcrawl is a free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 # under the terms of the Revised BSD License; see LICENSE file for
diff --git a/tests/functional/hepcrawl_base.dockerfile b/tests/Dockerfile.hepcrawl_base
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/functional/hepcrawl_base.dockerfile
rename to tests/Dockerfile.hepcrawl_base
diff --git a/tests/functional/docker_entrypoint.sh b/tests/docker_entrypoint.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/functional/docker_entrypoint.sh
rename to tests/docker_entrypoint.sh
diff --git a/tests/functional/WSP/__init__.py b/tests/functional/WSP/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e8c02e63..00000000
--- a/tests/functional/WSP/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-#
-# This file is part of hepcrawl.
-# Copyright (C) 2015, 2016, 2017 CERN.
-#
-# hepcrawl is a free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
-# under the terms of the Revised BSD License; see LICENSE file for
-# more details.
diff --git a/tests/functional/WSP/test_wsp.py b/tests/functional/WSP/test_wsp.py
index dbd6c443..8c75f89d 100644
--- a/tests/functional/WSP/test_wsp.py
+++ b/tests/functional/WSP/test_wsp.py
@@ -15,86 +15,11 @@
 import json
 import os
 
-from itertools import islice
 from scrapyd_api import ScrapydAPI
 from time import sleep
 
-from tests.functional.tasks import app
-
-
-class CeleryMonitor(object):
-    def __init__(self, app, monitor_timeout=3, monitor_iter_limit=100):
-        self.results = []
-        self.recv = None
-        self.app = app
-        self.connection = None
-        self.monitor_timeout = monitor_timeout
-        self.monitor_iter_limit = monitor_iter_limit
-
-    def __enter__(self):
-        state = self.app.events.State()
-
-        def announce_succeeded_tasks(event):
-            state.event(event)
-            task = state.tasks.get(event['uuid'])
-            print('TASK SUCCEEDED: %s[%s] %s' % (task.name, task.uuid, task.info(),))
-            tasks = app.AsyncResult(task.id)
-            for task in tasks.result:
-                self.results.append(task)
-            self.recv.should_stop = True
-
-        def announce_failed_tasks(event):
-            state.event(event)
-            task = state.tasks.get(event['uuid'])
-            print('TASK FAILED: %s[%s] %s' % (task.name, task.uuid, task.info(),))
-            self.results.append(task.info())
-            self.recv.should_stop = True
-
-        self.app.control.enable_events()
-        self.connection = self.app.connection()
-        self.recv = self.app.events.Receiver(self.connection, handlers={
-            'task-succeeded': announce_succeeded_tasks,
-            'task-failed': announce_failed_tasks,
-        })
-
-        return self
-
-    def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb):
-        events_iter = self.recv.itercapture(limit=None, timeout=self.monitor_timeout, wakeup=True)
-        self._wait_for_results(events_iter)
-        self.connection.__exit__()
-
-    def _wait_for_results(self, events_iter):
-        any(islice(
-            events_iter,  # iterable
-            self.monitor_iter_limit  # stop
-        ))
-
-    @classmethod
-    def do_crawl(
-        cls,
-        app,
-        monitor_timeout,
-        monitor_iter_limit,
-        crawler_instance,
-        project='hepcrawl',
-        spider='WSP',
-        settings=None,
-        **crawler_arguments
-    ):
-
-        if settings is None:
-            settings = {}
-
-        with cls(app, monitor_timeout=monitor_timeout, monitor_iter_limit=monitor_iter_limit) as my_monitor:
-            crawler_instance.schedule(
-                project=project,
-                spider=spider,
-                settings=settings or {},
-                **crawler_arguments
-            )
-
-        return my_monitor.results
+from hepcrawl.testlib.tasks import app as celery_app
+from hepcrawl.testlib.celery_monitor import CeleryMonitor
 
 
 def get_crawler_instance(crawler_host, *args, **kwargs):
@@ -149,7 +74,7 @@ def test_wsp_normal_set_of_records(set_up_environment, expected_results):
     sleep(10)
 
     results = CeleryMonitor.do_crawl(
-        app=app,
+        app=celery_app,
         monitor_timeout=5,
         monitor_iter_limit=100,
         crawler_instance=crawler,
diff --git a/tests/functional/__init__.py b/tests/functional/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e8c02e63..00000000
--- a/tests/functional/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-#
-# This file is part of hepcrawl.
-# Copyright (C) 2015, 2016, 2017 CERN.
-#
-# hepcrawl is a free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
-# under the terms of the Revised BSD License; see LICENSE file for
-# more details.
diff --git a/tests/functional/scrapyd_coverage_runner.conf b/tests/functional/scrapyd_coverage_runner.conf
index 3851724e..426f9e3c 100644
--- a/tests/functional/scrapyd_coverage_runner.conf
+++ b/tests/functional/scrapyd_coverage_runner.conf
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@
 
 
 [scrapyd]
-runner = tests.functional.scrapyd_coverage_runner
+runner = hepcrawl.testlib.scrapyd_coverage_runner
diff --git a/tests/unit/__init__.py b/tests/unit/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 8d1c8b69..00000000
--- a/tests/unit/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
- 
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_alpha.py b/tests/unit/test_alpha.py
index ac683ac6..eaa32bf4 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_alpha.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_alpha.py
@@ -13,14 +13,19 @@
 
 from hepcrawl.spiders import alpha_spider
 
-from .responses import fake_response_from_file
+from hepcrawl.testlib.fixtures import fake_response_from_file
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def results():
     """Return results generator from the Alpha spider."""
     spider = alpha_spider.AlphaSpider()
-    records = list(spider.parse(fake_response_from_file('alpha/test_1.htm')))
+    records = list(
+        spider.parse(
+            fake_response_from_file('alpha/test_1.htm')
+        )
+    )
+
     assert records
     return records
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_aps.py b/tests/unit/test_aps.py
index 39c8b01d..4e774e91 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_aps.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_aps.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 import pytest
 
 from hepcrawl.spiders import aps_spider
-from .responses import fake_response_from_file
+from hepcrawl.testlib.fixtures import fake_response_from_file
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ def results():
             )
         )
     )
+
     assert records
     return records
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_arxiv_all.py b/tests/unit/test_arxiv_all.py
index 2b9e4c80..f0e8d07e 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_arxiv_all.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_arxiv_all.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 from hepcrawl.pipelines import InspireCeleryPushPipeline
 from hepcrawl.spiders import arxiv_spider
-from .responses import fake_response_from_file
+from hepcrawl.testlib.fixtures import fake_response_from_file
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
@@ -32,12 +32,15 @@ def one_result(spider):
     """
     from scrapy.http import TextResponse
 
-    records = list(spider.parse(
-        fake_response_from_file(
-            'arxiv/sample_arxiv_record0.xml',
-            response_type=TextResponse
+    records = list(
+        spider.parse(
+            fake_response_from_file(
+                'arxiv/sample_arxiv_record0.xml',
+                response_type=TextResponse,
+            )
         )
-    ))
+    )
+
     assert records
     pipeline = InspireCeleryPushPipeline()
     pipeline.open_spider(spider)
@@ -51,12 +54,15 @@ def many_results(spider):
     """
     from scrapy.http import TextResponse
 
-    records = list(spider.parse(
-        fake_response_from_file(
-            'arxiv/sample_arxiv_record.xml',
-            response_type=TextResponse
+    records = list(
+        spider.parse(
+            fake_response_from_file(
+                'arxiv/sample_arxiv_record.xml',
+                response_type=TextResponse,
+            )
         )
-    ))
+    )
+
     assert records
     pipeline = InspireCeleryPushPipeline()
     pipeline.open_spider(spider)
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_arxiv_single.py b/tests/unit/test_arxiv_single.py
index 009f56e3..700a1517 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_arxiv_single.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_arxiv_single.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 from hepcrawl.pipelines import InspireCeleryPushPipeline
 from hepcrawl.spiders import arxiv_spider
-from .responses import fake_response_from_file
+from hepcrawl.testlib.fixtures import fake_response_from_file
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
@@ -27,12 +27,15 @@ def results():
 
     crawler = Crawler(spidercls=arxiv_spider.ArxivSpider)
     spider = arxiv_spider.ArxivSpider.from_crawler(crawler)
-    records = list(spider.parse(
-        fake_response_from_file(
-            'arxiv/sample_arxiv_record0.xml',
-            response_type=TextResponse
+    records = list(
+        spider.parse(
+            fake_response_from_file(
+                'arxiv/sample_arxiv_record0.xml',
+                response_type=TextResponse,
+            )
         )
-    ))
+    )
+
     assert records
     pipeline = InspireCeleryPushPipeline()
     pipeline.open_spider(spider)
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_base.py b/tests/unit/test_base.py
index 657d8b48..18110426 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_base.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_base.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 import hepcrawl
 from hepcrawl.spiders import base_spider
 
-from .responses import (
+from hepcrawl.testlib.fixtures import (
     fake_response_from_file,
     fake_response_from_string,
     get_node,
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ def record():
     """Return built HEPRecord from the BASE spider."""
     spider = base_spider.BaseSpider()
     response = fake_response_from_file('base/test_1.xml')
+
     selector = Selector(response, type='xml')
     spider._register_namespaces(selector)
     nodes = selector.xpath('.//%s' % spider.itertag)
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_brown.py b/tests/unit/test_brown.py
index 5b669b60..42f34573 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_brown.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_brown.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 from hepcrawl.spiders import brown_spider
 
-from .responses import (
+from hepcrawl.testlib.fixtures import (
     fake_response_from_file,
     fake_response_from_string,
 )
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_dnb.py b/tests/unit/test_dnb.py
index b03bbe8f..efb34094 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_dnb.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_dnb.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 from hepcrawl.spiders import dnb_spider
 from hepcrawl.items import HEPRecord
 
-from .responses import (
+from hepcrawl.testlib.fixtures import (
     fake_response_from_file,
     fake_response_from_string,
     get_node,
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ def record(scrape_pos_page_body):
     return request.callback(response)
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skip(reason='connecting to external source - Issue #120')
 def test_title(record):
     """Test title."""
     title = "Auslegung und Messungen einer supraleitenden 325 MHz CH-Struktur für Strahlbetrieb"
@@ -61,12 +62,14 @@ def test_title(record):
     assert record["title"] == title
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skip(reason='connecting to external source - Issue #120')
 def test_date_published(record):
     """Test date_published."""
     assert "date_published" in record
     assert record["date_published"] == "2015"
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skip(reason='connecting to external source - Issue #120')
 def test_authors(record):
     """Test authors."""
     authors = ["Busch, Marco"]
@@ -86,30 +89,35 @@ def test_authors(record):
         ]
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skip(reason='connecting to external source - Issue #120')
 def test_supervisors(record):
     """Test thesis supervisors"""
     assert "thesis_supervisor" in record
     assert record["thesis_supervisor"][0]["full_name"] == "Podlech, Holger"
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skip(reason='connecting to external source - Issue #120')
 def test_source(record):
     """Test thesis source"""
     assert "source" in record
     assert record["source"] == 'Univ.-Bibliothek Frankfurt am Main'
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skip(reason='connecting to external source - Issue #120')
 def test_language(record):
     """Test thesis language"""
     assert "language" in record
     assert record["language"][0] == u'German'
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skip(reason='connecting to external source - Issue #120')
 def test_files(record):
     """Test files."""
     assert "file_urls" in record
     assert record["file_urls"][0] == "http://d-nb.info/1079912991/34"
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skip(reason='connecting to external source - Issue #120')
 def test_urls(record):
     """Test url in record."""
     urls = [
@@ -127,12 +135,14 @@ def test_urls(record):
         seen_urls.add(url['value'])
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skip(reason='connecting to external source - Issue #120')
 def test_doctype(record):
     """Test doctype"""
     assert "thesis" in record
     assert record["thesis"]["degree_type"] == "PhD"
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skip(reason='connecting to external source - Issue #120')
 def test_abstract(record):
     """Test that abstract has been fetched correctly."""
     abstract = (
@@ -184,6 +194,8 @@ def test_abstract(record):
     assert "abstract" in record
     assert record["abstract"] == abstract
 
+
+@pytest.mark.skip(reason='connecting to external source - Issue #120')
 def test_page_nr(record):
     """Test that page range is correct."""
     assert "page_nr" in record
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_edp.py b/tests/unit/test_edp.py
index 9da52cf1..8331a6e8 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_edp.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_edp.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 from scrapy.http import HtmlResponse, Request
 
-from .responses import (
+from hepcrawl.testlib.fixtures import (
     fake_response_from_file,
     fake_response_from_string,
     get_node,
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_elsevier.py b/tests/unit/test_elsevier.py
index 40f8dbef..9f2c7a8b 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_elsevier.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_elsevier.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 from hepcrawl.spiders import elsevier_spider
 
-from .responses import (
+from hepcrawl.testlib.fixtures import (
     fake_response_from_file,
     fake_response_from_string,
     get_node,
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_extensions.py b/tests/unit/test_extensions.py
index 8e97f999..a378f641 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_extensions.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_extensions.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 from hepcrawl.extensions import ErrorHandler
 from hepcrawl.spiders.wsp_spider import WorldScientificSpider
 
-from .responses import fake_response_from_file
+from hepcrawl.testlib.fixtures import fake_response_from_file
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_hindawi.py b/tests/unit/test_hindawi.py
index d7d9d4ea..05593a52 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_hindawi.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_hindawi.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 from hepcrawl.spiders import hindawi_spider
 
-from .responses import (
+from hepcrawl.testlib.fixtures import (
     fake_response_from_file,
     get_node,
 )
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_infn.py b/tests/unit/test_infn.py
index 09004806..b54cc91a 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_infn.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_infn.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 import hepcrawl
 from hepcrawl.spiders import infn_spider
 
-from .responses import (
+from hepcrawl.testlib.fixtures import (
     fake_response_from_file,
     fake_response_from_string,
 )
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_iop.py b/tests/unit/test_iop.py
index 8cea9852..d07b6abb 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_iop.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_iop.py
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@
 
 from hepcrawl.spiders import iop_spider
 
-from .responses import (
+from hepcrawl.testlib.fixtures import (
     fake_response_from_file,
     fake_response_from_string,
     get_node,
+    get_responses_path,
 )
 
-tests_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
-test_pdf_dir = os.path.join(tests_dir, "responses/iop/pdf/")
+TEST_PDF_DIR = get_responses_path('iop', 'pdf')
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ def record():
     spider = iop_spider.IOPSpider()
     response = fake_response_from_file('iop/xml/test_standard.xml')
     node = get_node(spider, "Article", response)
-    spider.pdf_files = test_pdf_dir
+    spider.pdf_files = TEST_PDF_DIR
     parsed_record = spider.parse_node(response, node)
     assert parsed_record
     return parsed_record
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ def test_files(record):
     assert "additional_files" in record
     assert record["additional_files"][1]["access"] == 'INSPIRE-HIDDEN'
     assert record["additional_files"][1]["type"] == 'Fulltext'
-    assert record["additional_files"][1]["url"] == test_pdf_dir + pdf_filename
+    assert record["additional_files"][1]["url"] == os.path.join(TEST_PDF_DIR, pdf_filename)
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
@@ -173,8 +173,7 @@ def erratum_open_access_record():
     """
     response = fake_response_from_string(body)
     node = get_node(spider, "Article", response)
-    tests_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
-    spider.pdf_files = os.path.join(tests_dir, "responses/iop/pdf/")
+    spider.pdf_files = get_responses_path('iop', 'pdf')
     parsed_record = spider.parse_node(response, node)
     assert parsed_record
     return parsed_record
@@ -190,7 +189,7 @@ def test_files_erratum_open_access_record(erratum_open_access_record):
     assert erratum_open_access_record[
         "additional_files"][1]["type"] == 'Erratum'
     assert erratum_open_access_record["additional_files"][
-        1]["url"] == test_pdf_dir + pdf_filename
+        1]["url"] == os.path.join(TEST_PDF_DIR, pdf_filename)
 
 
 def test_not_published_record():
@@ -210,8 +209,7 @@ def test_not_published_record():
     """
     response = fake_response_from_string(body)
     node = get_node(spider, "Article", response)
-    tests_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
-    spider.pdf_files = os.path.join(tests_dir, "responses/iop/pdf/")
+    spider.pdf_files = get_responses_path('iop', 'pdf')
     records = spider.parse_node(response, node)
     assert records is None
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_magic.py b/tests/unit/test_magic.py
index 783febfd..15539ff7 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_magic.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_magic.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 from hepcrawl.spiders import magic_spider
 
-from .responses import (
+from hepcrawl.testlib.fixtures import (
     fake_response_from_file,
     fake_response_from_string,
     get_node,
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_mit.py b/tests/unit/test_mit.py
index 59ac75d6..4dee43e8 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_mit.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_mit.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 from hepcrawl.spiders import mit_spider
 
-from .responses import (
+from hepcrawl.testlib.fixtures import (
     fake_response_from_file,
     fake_response_from_string,
     get_node,
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_phenix.py b/tests/unit/test_phenix.py
index da1c4cba..19efa2da 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_phenix.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_phenix.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 from hepcrawl.spiders import phenix_spider
 
-from .responses import (
+from hepcrawl.testlib.fixtures import (
     fake_response_from_file,
     fake_response_from_string,
     get_node,
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_phil.py b/tests/unit/test_phil.py
index c2fe073f..326a7c8b 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_phil.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_phil.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 from hepcrawl.spiders import phil_spider
 
-from .responses import fake_response_from_file
+from hepcrawl.testlib.fixtures import fake_response_from_file
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_pipelines.py b/tests/unit/test_pipelines.py
index ea9c3600..1cbde74b 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_pipelines.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_pipelines.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 from hepcrawl.spiders import arxiv_spider
 from hepcrawl.pipelines import InspireAPIPushPipeline
 
-from .responses import fake_response_from_file
+from hepcrawl.testlib.fixtures import fake_response_from_file
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_pos.py b/tests/unit/test_pos.py
index c4e67d28..32ac588e 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_pos.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_pos.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 from hepcrawl.pipelines import InspireCeleryPushPipeline
 from hepcrawl.spiders import pos_spider
 
-from .responses import fake_response_from_file
+from hepcrawl.testlib.fixtures import fake_response_from_file
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_t2k.py b/tests/unit/test_t2k.py
index 4043bb19..c228b88b 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_t2k.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_t2k.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 from hepcrawl.spiders import t2k_spider
 
-from .responses import fake_response_from_file
+from hepcrawl.testlib.fixtures import fake_response_from_file
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_world_scientific.py b/tests/unit/test_world_scientific.py
index 458b9f45..f0785384 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_world_scientific.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_world_scientific.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 from hepcrawl.pipelines import InspireCeleryPushPipeline
 from hepcrawl.spiders import wsp_spider
 
-from .responses import fake_response_from_file
+from hepcrawl.testlib.fixtures import fake_response_from_file
 
 
 def create_spider():