diff --git a/tests/helpers/importFixture.js b/tests/helpers/importFixture.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..38198a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/helpers/importFixture.js
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import fs from "fs";
+import path from "path";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "url";
+
+const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
+const __dirname = path.dirname(__filename);
+
+function determineLocation(fixtureFilename) {
+  return path.join(__dirname, "..", "fixtures", fixtureFilename);
+}
+
+export default function readFixtureContents(fixtureFilename) {
+  const location = determineLocation(fixtureFilename);
+
+  let content = {};
+  try {
+    content = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(location, { encoding: "utf-8" }));
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.error(`Error loading fixture file at path: ${location}`);
+  }
+
+  return content;
+}
diff --git a/tests/system/asAUserIWantToGetPopularMovies.js b/tests/system/asAUserIWantToGetPopularMovies.js
index e786c23..2a0216e 100644
--- a/tests/system/asAUserIWantToGetPopularMovies.js
+++ b/tests/system/asAUserIWantToGetPopularMovies.js
@@ -5,18 +5,17 @@ import chaiHttp from "chai-http";
 import server from "../../src/webserver/server.js";
 import resetDatabase from "../helpers/resetDatabase.js";
 import createCacheEntry from "../helpers/createCacheEntry.js";
-const popularMoviesSuccess = await import(
-  "../fixtures/popular-movies-success-response.json",
-  {
-    assert: { type: "json" }
-  }
-);
+import readFixtureContents from "../helpers/importFixture.js";
 
 chai.use(chaiHttp);
 
+const popularMoviesSuccess = readFixtureContents(
+  "popular-movies-success-response.json"
+);
+
 describe("As a user I want to get popular movies", () => {
   beforeEach(() => resetDatabase());
-  beforeEach(() => createCacheEntry("tmdb/pm:1", popularMoviesSuccess.default));
+  beforeEach(() => createCacheEntry("tmdb/pm:1", popularMoviesSuccess));
 
   it("should return 200 with the information", done => {
     chai
diff --git a/tests/system/asAUserIWantToGetPopularShows.js b/tests/system/asAUserIWantToGetPopularShows.js
index 40023dc..2d1b6da 100644
--- a/tests/system/asAUserIWantToGetPopularShows.js
+++ b/tests/system/asAUserIWantToGetPopularShows.js
@@ -5,18 +5,17 @@ import chaiHttp from "chai-http";
 import server from "../../src/webserver/server.js";
 import resetDatabase from "../helpers/resetDatabase.js";
 import createCacheEntry from "../helpers/createCacheEntry.js";
-const popularShowsSuccess = await import(
-  "../fixtures/popular-show-success-response.json",
-  {
-    assert: { type: "json" }
-  }
-);
+import readFixtureContents from "../helpers/importFixture.js";
 
 chai.use(chaiHttp);
 
+const popularShowsSuccess = readFixtureContents(
+  "popular-show-success-response.json"
+);
+
 describe("As a user I want to get popular shows", () => {
   beforeEach(() => resetDatabase());
-  beforeEach(() => createCacheEntry("tmdb/pt:1", popularShowsSuccess.default));
+  beforeEach(() => createCacheEntry("tmdb/pt:1", popularShowsSuccess));
 
   it("should return 200 with the information", done => {
     chai
diff --git a/tests/system/asAUserIWantToRequestAMovie.js b/tests/system/asAUserIWantToRequestAMovie.js
index bc64744..3702d1f 100644
--- a/tests/system/asAUserIWantToRequestAMovie.js
+++ b/tests/system/asAUserIWantToRequestAMovie.js
@@ -7,22 +7,18 @@ import createUser from "../helpers/createUser.js";
 import createToken from "../helpers/createToken.js";
 import resetDatabase from "../helpers/resetDatabase.js";
 import createCacheEntry from "../helpers/createCacheEntry.js";
-
-const infoMovieSuccess = await import(
-  "../fixtures/blade_runner_2049-info-success-response.json",
-  {
-    assert: { type: "json" }
-  }
-);
+import readFixtureContents from "../helpers/importFixture.js";
 
 chai.use(chaiHttp);
 
+const infoMovieSuccess = readFixtureContents(
+  "blade_runner_2049-info-success-response.json"
+);
+
 describe("As a user I want to request a movie", () => {
   beforeEach(() => resetDatabase());
   beforeEach(() => createUser("test_user", "test@gmail.com", "password"));
-  beforeEach(() =>
-    createCacheEntry("mi:335984:false", infoMovieSuccess.default)
-  );
+  beforeEach(() => createCacheEntry("mi:335984:false", infoMovieSuccess));
 
   it("should return 200 when item is requested", () => {
     chai
diff --git a/tests/system/asAnAnonymousUserIWantToSearchForAMovie.js b/tests/system/asAnAnonymousUserIWantToSearchForAMovie.js
index 2d5653c..8b7c939 100644
--- a/tests/system/asAnAnonymousUserIWantToSearchForAMovie.js
+++ b/tests/system/asAnAnonymousUserIWantToSearchForAMovie.js
@@ -5,22 +5,18 @@ import chaiHttp from "chai-http";
 import server from "../../src/webserver/server.js";
 import resetDatabase from "../helpers/resetDatabase.js";
 import createCacheEntry from "../helpers/createCacheEntry.js";
-const interstellarQuerySuccess = await import(
-  "../fixtures/interstellar-query-movie-success-response.json",
-  {
-    assert: { type: "json" }
-  }
-);
+import readFixtureContents from "../helpers/importFixture.js";
 
 chai.use(chaiHttp);
 
+const interstellarQuerySuccess = readFixtureContents(
+  "interstellar-query-movie-success-response.json"
+);
+
 describe("As an anonymous user I want to search for a movie", () => {
   beforeEach(() => resetDatabase());
   beforeEach(() =>
-    createCacheEntry(
-      "tmdb/mos:1:interstellar:false",
-      interstellarQuerySuccess.default
-    )
+    createCacheEntry("tmdb/mos:1:interstellar:false", interstellarQuerySuccess)
   );
 
   it("should return 200 with the search results even if user is not logged in", done => {
diff --git a/tests/unit/tmdb/testConvertTmdbToMovie.js b/tests/unit/tmdb/testConvertTmdbToMovie.js
index 6149845..54b0a02 100644
--- a/tests/unit/tmdb/testConvertTmdbToMovie.js
+++ b/tests/unit/tmdb/testConvertTmdbToMovie.js
@@ -1,18 +1,17 @@
 import assert from "assert";
 // import convertTmdbToMovie = require('src/tmdb/convertTmdbToMovie');
 import { Movie } from "../../../src/tmdb/types.js";
-const bladeRunnerQuerySuccess = await import(
-  "../../fixtures/blade_runner_2049-info-success-response.json",
-  {
-    assert: { type: "json" }
-  }
+import readFixtureContents from "../../helpers/importFixture.js";
+
+const bladeRunnerQuerySuccess = readFixtureContents(
+  "blade_runner_2049-info-success-response.json"
 );
 
 let bladeRunnerTmdbMovie;
 
 describe("Convert tmdb movieInfo to movie", () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
-    bladeRunnerTmdbMovie = bladeRunnerQuerySuccess.default[0];
+    [bladeRunnerTmdbMovie] = bladeRunnerQuerySuccess;
   });
 
   it("should translate the tmdb release date to movie year", () => {