diff --git a/scipost/factories.py b/scipost/factories.py
index 05f9239b6c345ccc0596ac64143fee46914deb69..80a4c045804aa2cf133823d882323c7d20013927 100644
--- a/scipost/factories.py
+++ b/scipost/factories.py
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ class ContributorFactory(factory.django.DjangoModelFactory):
 
     title = "MR"
     user = factory.SubFactory(UserFactory, contributor=None)
+    status = 1
+    vetted_by = factory.SubFactory(ContributorFactory)
 
 
 class UserFactory(factory.django.DjangoModelFactory):
diff --git a/theses/factories.py b/theses/factories.py
index 60e67d1ae827327e9c73d9056e46b70130eb915f..522f63b96b6f98c899a217f6ca094695d1a35c7f 100644
--- a/theses/factories.py
+++ b/theses/factories.py
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 import factory
 from .models import ThesisLink
+from scipost.factories import UserFactory, ContributorFactory
 
 
 class ThesisLinkFactory(factory.django.DjangoModelFactory):
     class Meta:
         model = ThesisLink
 
-    # requested_by = factory.SubFactory(ContributorFactory)
+    requested_by = factory.SubFactory(ContributorFactory)
     type = ThesisLink.MASTER_THESIS
     title = factory.Sequence(lambda n: "thesis {0}".format(n))
     pub_link = factory.Faker('uri')