diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f058494623..0f320fae50 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     "db-migrate": "db-migrate",
     "lint": "eslint .",
     "pretest": "npm run lint",
-    "test": "NODE_ENV=test PORT=4243 ava lib/*.test.js lib/**/*.test.js lib/**/**/*.test.js lib/**/**/**/*.test.js test",
+    "test": "NODE_ENV=test PORT=4243 ava",
     "test:docker": "./scripts/docker-postgres.sh",
     "test:watch": "npm run test -- --watch",
     "test:pg-virtualenv": "pg_virtualenv npm run test:pg-virtualenv-chai",
@@ -55,6 +55,12 @@
       "lib/**/*.js"
     ]
   },
+  "ava": {
+    "helpers": [
+      "**/helpers/**/*",
+      "**/fixtures/**/*"
+    ]
+  },
   "dependencies": {
     "async": "^3.0.1",
     "commander": "^2.19.0",