diff --git a/tests/factories.py b/tests/factories.py
index aacae64..17b5e36 100644
--- a/tests/factories.py
+++ b/tests/factories.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 import factory
+import fastapi
 import app.activitypub as ap
 from app import models
 
@@ -61,3 +62,10 @@ class ActorFactory(factory.alchemy.SQLAlchemyModelFactory):
 
     ap_type = "Person"
     ap_id = "stub"
+
+
+
+async def inbox_prechecker(
+    request: fastapi.Request,
+) -> bool:
+    return True
diff --git a/tests/test_inbox.py b/tests/test_inbox.py
index ffe18f6..648cc3c 100644
--- a/tests/test_inbox.py
+++ b/tests/test_inbox.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import fastapi
 import respx
 import httpx
 from uuid import uuid4
-from tests import factories # type: ignore
+from tests import factories
 
 from unittest import mock
 from app.main import app
@@ -24,11 +24,6 @@ def test_inbox_follow_request(
     respx_mock: respx.MockRouter,
 ) -> None:
 
-    async def inbox_prechecker(
-        request: fastapi.Request,
-    ) -> bool:
-        return True
-
     # build test actor
     ra = factories.RemoteActorFactory(
         base_url="https://example.com",
@@ -37,7 +32,7 @@ def test_inbox_follow_request(
     )
 
     ap_id = ra.ap_id # type: ignore
-    app.dependency_overrides[precheck.inbox_prechecker] = inbox_prechecker
+    app.dependency_overrides[precheck.inbox_prechecker] = factories.inbox_prechecker
 
     # mock request
     respx_mock.get(ap_id).mock(return_value=httpx.Response(200,json=ra.ap_actor))