diff --git a/colab/plugins/gitlab/fixtures/gitlab_associations.json b/colab/plugins/gitlab/fixtures/gitlab_associations.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..725ea0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/colab/plugins/gitlab/fixtures/gitlab_associations.json
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+[
+{
+    "fields": {
+        "last_name": "Administrator",
+        "webpage": "",
+        "twitter": "",
+        "is_staff": true,
+        "user_permissions": [],
+        "date_joined": "2015-01-28T12:34:58.770Z",
+        "google_talk": "",
+        "first_name": "Admin",
+        "is_superuser": true,
+        "last_login": "2015-08-24T14:33:28.802Z",
+        "verification_hash": null,
+        "role": "",
+        "email": "admin@mail.com",
+        "username": "admin",
+        "bio": "",
+        "needs_update": true,
+        "is_active": true,
+        "facebook": "",
+        "groups": [],
+        "password": "pbkdf2_sha256$15000$sWnvfYpB8ec4$7dEFg6vSSGPnpEmfRelJ12zkiwacGx9aXx8/8ZFWBSI=",
+        "institution": "",
+        "github": "",
+        "modified": "2015-01-28T12:45:27.375Z"
+    },
+    "model": "accounts.user",
+    "pk": 1
+},
+{
+    "fields": {
+        "last_name": "user",
+        "webpage": null,
+        "twitter": null,
+        "is_staff": false,
+        "user_permissions": [],
+        "date_joined": "2015-08-24T14:33:55.827Z",
+        "google_talk": null,
+        "first_name": "user",
+        "is_superuser": false,
+        "last_login": "2015-08-24T14:33:55.827Z",
+        "verification_hash": null,
+        "role": null,
+        "email": "user@teste.com",
+        "username": "user",
+        "bio": null,
+        "needs_update": true,
+        "is_active": true,
+        "facebook": null,
+        "groups": [],
+        "password": "pbkdf2_sha256$15000$9ew6EvFvAIhI$147annuMjzt7em5IRh+3k7wcl7rZ0xjBPSmbUZDdxFo=",
+        "institution": null,
+        "github": null,
+        "modified": "2015-08-24T14:33:55.893Z"
+    },
+    "model": "accounts.user",
+    "pk": 2
+}
+]
diff --git a/colab/plugins/gitlab/tests/test_data_api.py b/colab/plugins/gitlab/tests/test_data_api.py
index c8c301a..4ed6644 100644
--- a/colab/plugins/gitlab/tests/test_data_api.py
+++ b/colab/plugins/gitlab/tests/test_data_api.py
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import data
 
 
 class GitlabDataApiTest(TestCase):
+    
+    fixtures = ["gitlab_associations"]
 
     proxied_app = data.proxied_app
     projects_json = data.projects_json
@@ -54,12 +56,10 @@ class GitlabDataApiTest(TestCase):
 
     @patch.object(GitlabDataAPI, 'get_json_data')
     def test_fetch_merge(self, mock_json):
-        mock_json.side_effect = [self.groups_json, []]
+        mock_json.side_effect = [self.merge_json, []]
 
         merges = self.api.fetch_merge_request([GitlabProject()])
-        print merges[0].title
-        print merges[1].title
         self.assertEqual(len(merges), 1)
         self.assertEqual(merges[0].title, "Merge Title")
         self.assertEqual(merges[0].description, "description")
-        self.assertEqual(merges[0].user.username, "user")
+        self.assertEqual(merges[0].get_author().username, "user")
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