diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 4c6314763aa117c465e77783b4a94d1129abbb39..87ea77735c2b90dceb0f8600b351429b1e42fec3 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ group :test do
   gem 'simplecov', require: false
   gem 'webmock'
   gem 'rspec-sidekiq'
+  gem 'faker'
 end
 
 group :development do
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 26c7b9962e0545e286b29e8467d8235d181351c5..a774a89babc6aa8dd4196675d790385f29a6a6fd 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -149,6 +149,8 @@ GEM
     erubis (2.7.0)
     execjs (2.7.0)
     fabrication (2.15.2)
+    faker (1.6.6)
+      i18n (~> 0.5)
     fast_blank (1.0.0)
     font-awesome-rails (4.6.3.1)
       railties (>= 3.2, < 5.1)
@@ -470,6 +472,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   doorkeeper
   dotenv-rails
   fabrication
+  faker
   fast_blank
   font-awesome-rails
   fuubar
diff --git a/app/models/block.rb b/app/models/block.rb
index 9c55703c97264524c32e6559eca7d6675e213ed1..ae456a6b6bf798cc2201ef700cff60837f91fd1a 100644
--- a/app/models/block.rb
+++ b/app/models/block.rb
@@ -3,9 +3,8 @@
 class Block < ApplicationRecord
   include Paginable
 
-  belongs_to :account
-  belongs_to :target_account, class_name: 'Account'
+  belongs_to :account, required: true
+  belongs_to :target_account, class_name: 'Account', required: true
 
-  validates :account, :target_account, presence: true
   validates :account_id, uniqueness: { scope: :target_account_id }
 end
diff --git a/app/models/follow.rb b/app/models/follow.rb
index 8bfe8b2f6c9fc82ad9d2b4d2a422b8cd17ee83ab..fd7325f05932c24a3dccb4b63778fe9b22237376 100644
--- a/app/models/follow.rb
+++ b/app/models/follow.rb
@@ -3,11 +3,14 @@
 class Follow < ApplicationRecord
   include Paginable
 
-  belongs_to :account, counter_cache: :following_count
-  belongs_to :target_account, class_name: 'Account', counter_cache: :followers_count
+  belongs_to :account, counter_cache: :following_count, required: true
+  
+  belongs_to :target_account,
+             class_name: 'Account',
+             counter_cache: :followers_count,
+             required: true
 
   has_one :notification, as: :activity, dependent: :destroy
 
-  validates :account, :target_account, presence: true
   validates :account_id, uniqueness: { scope: :target_account_id }
 end
diff --git a/app/models/follow_request.rb b/app/models/follow_request.rb
index 4224ab15d97f9fc7585c8ae90ad49b6d017eb506..20e1332ddd23f1beca82c553c7ef58ed18594b70 100644
--- a/app/models/follow_request.rb
+++ b/app/models/follow_request.rb
@@ -3,12 +3,11 @@
 class FollowRequest < ApplicationRecord
   include Paginable
 
-  belongs_to :account
-  belongs_to :target_account, class_name: 'Account'
+  belongs_to :account, required: true
+  belongs_to :target_account, class_name: 'Account', required: true
 
   has_one :notification, as: :activity, dependent: :destroy
 
-  validates :account, :target_account, presence: true
   validates :account_id, uniqueness: { scope: :target_account_id }
 
   def authorize!
diff --git a/app/models/mention.rb b/app/models/mention.rb
index 10a9cb1cd1a39a564aa4f296f303893daf795632..03e76fcc423169a9dd04bb769871681dbec85302 100644
--- a/app/models/mention.rb
+++ b/app/models/mention.rb
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 class Mention < ApplicationRecord
-  belongs_to :account, inverse_of: :mentions
-  belongs_to :status
+  belongs_to :account, inverse_of: :mentions, required: true
+  belongs_to :status, required: true
 
   has_one :notification, as: :activity, dependent: :destroy
 
-  validates :account, :status, presence: true
   validates :account, uniqueness: { scope: :status }
 end
diff --git a/config/database.yml b/config/database.yml
index 5ec342f939f8bf31283b5cd7ed8c01f91adf0e8f..3901134806623d05a18e7df66db14ce2f9c27525 100644
--- a/config/database.yml
+++ b/config/database.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ default: &default
   pool: <%= ENV["DB_POOL"] || ENV['MAX_THREADS'] || 5 %>
   timeout: 5000
   encoding: unicode
+  host: localhost
+  username: samy
+  password: tardis
+  port: 32769
 
 development:
   <<: *default
diff --git a/spec/fabricators/account_fabricator.rb b/spec/fabricators/account_fabricator.rb
index 3a7c00bf55206a13f37fd05ff9704f649530d179..567de05f4bb1cd73619b726b405031cbde56c4c2 100644
--- a/spec/fabricators/account_fabricator.rb
+++ b/spec/fabricators/account_fabricator.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 Fabricator(:account) do
-  username "alice"
+  username { Faker::Internet.user_name(nil, %w(_)) }
 end
diff --git a/spec/fabricators/block_fabricator.rb b/spec/fabricators/block_fabricator.rb
index 9a5a6808f1ea34d8fe4b283a69e4493c6ffb57f9..379931ba654b89ae17a5945bf529c16e939c70b5 100644
--- a/spec/fabricators/block_fabricator.rb
+++ b/spec/fabricators/block_fabricator.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 Fabricator(:block) do
-
+  account
+  target_account { Fabricate(:account) }
 end
diff --git a/spec/fabricators/follow_fabricator.rb b/spec/fabricators/follow_fabricator.rb
index 9d9d06f125ceee091ef8ef29bfc6a8c81cdcfc5c..9b25dc547bbdb5a9303a7ce0fba7a9dd0ddf588a 100644
--- a/spec/fabricators/follow_fabricator.rb
+++ b/spec/fabricators/follow_fabricator.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 Fabricator(:follow) do
-
+  account
+  target_account { Fabricate(:account) }
 end
diff --git a/spec/fabricators/follow_request_fabricator.rb b/spec/fabricators/follow_request_fabricator.rb
index 9c3733cef8db90c3b57659208b9c6a6ade64b753..78a057919dc201ab141ad026fa7e74806110325f 100644
--- a/spec/fabricators/follow_request_fabricator.rb
+++ b/spec/fabricators/follow_request_fabricator.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 Fabricator(:follow_request) do
-
+  account
+  target_account { Fabricate(:account) }
 end
diff --git a/spec/fabricators/mention_fabricator.rb b/spec/fabricators/mention_fabricator.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..cb5fe4299a0115b074fb9b28e8722cd80d7f395e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/fabricators/mention_fabricator.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Fabricator(:mention) do
+  account
+  status
+end
diff --git a/spec/fabricators/user_fabricator.rb b/spec/fabricators/user_fabricator.rb
index c08559137feae7229941292475a87e7dab871106..16b3b1f6f659362179ed1931e07b327d976f4903 100644
--- a/spec/fabricators/user_fabricator.rb
+++ b/spec/fabricators/user_fabricator.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Fabricator(:user) do
   account
-  email        "alice@example.com"
+  email        { Faker::Internet.email }
   password     "123456789"
   confirmed_at { Time.now }
 end
diff --git a/spec/models/account_spec.rb b/spec/models/account_spec.rb
index 91c8d75cf4f049e39db39e93a7c54a2e30c21d87..fbc9a7d407b2c05b6db2989c96c75af6955e8a5e 100644
--- a/spec/models/account_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/account_spec.rb
@@ -209,4 +209,73 @@ RSpec.describe Account, type: :model do
       expect(subject.match('Check this out https://medium.com/@alice/some-article#.abcdef123')).to be_nil
     end
   end
+
+  describe 'validations' do
+    it 'has a valid fabricator' do
+      account = Fabricate.build(:account)
+      account.valid?
+      expect(account).to be_valid
+    end
+
+    it 'is invalid without a username' do
+      account = Fabricate.build(:account, username: nil)
+      account.valid?
+      expect(account).to model_have_error_on_field(:username)
+    end
+
+    it 'is invalid is the username already exists' do
+      account_1 = Fabricate(:account, username: 'the_doctor')
+      account_2 = Fabricate.build(:account, username: 'the_doctor')
+      account_2.valid?
+      expect(account_2).to model_have_error_on_field(:username)
+    end
+
+    context 'when is local' do
+      it 'is invalid if the username doesn\'t only contains letters, numbers and underscores' do
+        account = Fabricate.build(:account, username: 'the-doctor')
+        account.valid?
+        expect(account).to model_have_error_on_field(:username)
+      end
+
+      it 'is invalid if the username is longer then 30 characters' do
+        account = Fabricate.build(:account, username: Faker::Lorem.characters(31))
+        account.valid?
+        expect(account).to model_have_error_on_field(:username)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe 'scopes' do
+    describe 'remote' do
+      it 'returns an array of accounts who have a domain' do
+        account_1 = Fabricate(:account, domain: nil)
+        account_2 = Fabricate(:account, domain: 'example.com')
+        expect(Account.remote).to match_array([account_2])
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe 'local' do
+      it 'returns an array of accounts who do not have a domain' do
+        account_1 = Fabricate(:account, domain: nil)
+        account_2 = Fabricate(:account, domain: 'example.com')
+        expect(Account.local).to match_array([account_1])
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe 'silenced' do
+      it 'returns an array of accounts who are silenced' do
+        account_1 = Fabricate(:account, silenced: true)
+        account_2 = Fabricate(:account, silenced: false)
+        expect(Account.silenced).to match_array([account_1])
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe 'suspended' do
+      it 'returns an array of accounts who are suspended' do
+        account_1 = Fabricate(:account, suspended: true)
+        account_2 = Fabricate(:account, suspended: false)
+        expect(Account.suspended).to match_array([account_1])
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/models/block_spec.rb b/spec/models/block_spec.rb
index 6862de6fce7a76665e545c81daa4d24c9c17fb5f..cabb41c3ea29f154f8f8c4daf32b1cf76bfbb26d 100644
--- a/spec/models/block_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/block_spec.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,22 @@
 require 'rails_helper'
 
 RSpec.describe Block, type: :model do
+  describe 'validations' do
+    it 'has a valid fabricator' do
+      block = Fabricate.build(:block)
+      expect(block).to be_valid
+    end
 
+    it 'is invalid without an account' do
+      block = Fabricate.build(:block, account: nil)
+      block.valid?
+      expect(block).to model_have_error_on_field(:account)
+    end
+
+    it 'is invalid without a target_account' do
+      block = Fabricate.build(:block, target_account: nil)
+      block.valid?
+      expect(block).to model_have_error_on_field(:target_account)
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/models/domain_block_spec.rb b/spec/models/domain_block_spec.rb
index ad54031108a9e6b3e4532957801da83b34185d02..b19c8083ec6caface90775974f652e324a3da9b5 100644
--- a/spec/models/domain_block_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/domain_block_spec.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,23 @@
 require 'rails_helper'
 
 RSpec.describe DomainBlock, type: :model do
+  describe 'validations' do
+    it 'has a valid fabricator' do
+      domain_block = Fabricate.build(:domain_block)
+      expect(domain_block).to be_valid
+    end
 
+    it 'is invalid without a domain' do
+      domain_block = Fabricate.build(:domain_block, domain: nil)
+      domain_block.valid?
+      expect(domain_block).to model_have_error_on_field(:domain)
+    end
+
+    it 'is invalid if the domain already exists' do
+      domain_block_1 = Fabricate(:domain_block, domain: 'dalek.com')
+      domain_block_2 = Fabricate.build(:domain_block, domain: 'dalek.com')
+      domain_block_2.valid?
+      expect(domain_block_2).to model_have_error_on_field(:domain)
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/models/follow_request_spec.rb b/spec/models/follow_request_spec.rb
index f2ec642d803b03896b0ea4af0b7d1fe58fbc8bd6..cc6f8ee6260fd83f174c6770af8e0836004f5f9d 100644
--- a/spec/models/follow_request_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/follow_request_spec.rb
@@ -3,4 +3,23 @@ require 'rails_helper'
 RSpec.describe FollowRequest, type: :model do
   describe '#authorize!'
   describe '#reject!'
+
+  describe 'validations' do
+    it 'has a valid fabricator' do
+      follow_request = Fabricate.build(:follow_request)
+      expect(follow_request).to be_valid
+    end
+
+    it 'is invalid without an account' do
+      follow_request = Fabricate.build(:follow_request, account: nil)
+      follow_request.valid?
+      expect(follow_request).to model_have_error_on_field(:account)
+    end
+
+    it 'is invalid without a target account' do
+      follow_request = Fabricate.build(:follow_request, target_account: nil)
+      follow_request.valid?
+      expect(follow_request).to model_have_error_on_field(:target_account)      
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/models/follow_spec.rb b/spec/models/follow_spec.rb
index eb21f3e18475e93397f58d2c17d5ab7a8b5f9b7d..0fae2535293416dc20c53f0ce2b2e82d5245a854 100644
--- a/spec/models/follow_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/follow_spec.rb
@@ -5,4 +5,23 @@ RSpec.describe Follow, type: :model do
   let(:bob)   { Fabricate(:account, username: 'bob') }
 
   subject { Follow.new(account: alice, target_account: bob) }
+
+  describe 'validations' do
+    it 'has a valid fabricator' do
+      follow = Fabricate.build(:follow)
+      expect(follow).to be_valid
+    end
+
+    it 'is invalid without an account' do
+      follow = Fabricate.build(:follow, account: nil)
+      follow.valid?
+      expect(follow).to model_have_error_on_field(:account)
+    end
+
+    it 'is invalid without a target_account' do
+      follow = Fabricate.build(:follow, target_account: nil)
+      follow.valid?
+      expect(follow).to model_have_error_on_field(:target_account)
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/models/mention_spec.rb b/spec/models/mention_spec.rb
index 5c91fda026f92a64ea616278c5400bfa918bd1bb..dbcf6a32c14967dce78f06a7861119d150ea8517 100644
--- a/spec/models/mention_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/mention_spec.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,22 @@
 require 'rails_helper'
 
 RSpec.describe Mention, type: :model do
+  describe 'validations' do
+    it 'has a valid fabricator' do
+      mention = Fabricate.build(:mention)
+      expect(mention).to be_valid
+    end
 
+    it 'is invalid without an account' do
+      mention = Fabricate.build(:mention, account: nil)
+      mention.valid?
+      expect(mention).to model_have_error_on_field(:account)
+    end
+
+    it 'is invalid without a status' do
+      mention = Fabricate.build(:mention, status: nil)
+      mention.valid?
+      expect(mention).to model_have_error_on_field(:status)
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/models/user_spec.rb b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
index 64de067497ed04c143f3741b17af7727feb3de92..1a32541850895a260da5b1195b79d7d973555845 100644
--- a/spec/models/user_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,49 @@
 require 'rails_helper'
 
 RSpec.describe User, type: :model do
+  describe 'validations' do
+    it 'is invalid without an account' do
+      user = Fabricate.build(:user, account: nil)
+      user.valid?
+      expect(user).to model_have_error_on_field(:account)
+    end
 
+    it 'is invalid without a valid locale' do
+      user = Fabricate.build(:user, locale: 'toto')
+      user.valid?
+      expect(user).to model_have_error_on_field(:locale)
+    end
+
+    it 'is invalid without a valid email' do
+      user = Fabricate.build(:user, email: 'john@')
+      user.valid?
+      expect(user).to model_have_error_on_field(:email)
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe 'scopes' do
+    describe 'recent' do
+      it 'returns an array of recent users ordered by id' do
+        user_1 = Fabricate(:user)
+        user_2 = Fabricate(:user)
+        expect(User.recent).to match_array([user_2, user_1])
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe 'admins' do
+      it 'returns an array of users who are admin' do
+        user_1 = Fabricate(:user, admin: false)
+        user_2 = Fabricate(:user, admin: true)
+        expect(User.admins).to match_array([user_2])
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe 'confirmed' do
+      it 'returns an array of users who are confirmed' do
+        user_1 = Fabricate(:user, confirmed_at: nil)
+        user_2 = Fabricate(:user, confirmed_at: Time.now)
+        expect(User.confirmed).to match_array([user_2])
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/rails_helper.rb b/spec/rails_helper.rb
index 977c7bdc0896d8b16783f7a9c8d776c7eef7f25c..faac96982d096ce319929ba113d8a2602b3088b1 100644
--- a/spec/rails_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/rails_helper.rb
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ require 'rspec/rails'
 require 'webmock/rspec'
 require 'paperclip/matchers'
 
+Dir[Rails.root.join('spec/support/**/*.rb')].each { |f| require f }
+
 ActiveRecord::Migration.maintain_test_schema!
 WebMock.disable_net_connect!(allow: 'localhost:7575')
 Sidekiq::Testing.inline!
diff --git a/spec/support/matchers/model/model_have_error_on_field.rb b/spec/support/matchers/model/model_have_error_on_field.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5d5fe1c7b806821a714c805044606d8bc77155e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/support/matchers/model/model_have_error_on_field.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+RSpec::Matchers.define :model_have_error_on_field do |expected|
+  match do |record|
+    if record.errors.empty?
+      record.valid?
+    end
+
+    record.errors.has_key?(expected)
+  end
+
+  failure_message do |record|
+    keys = record.errors.keys
+    
+    "expect record.errors(#{keys}) to include #{expected}"
+  end
+end