diff --git a/app/models/User.php b/app/models/User.php
index 6984098fa6..810ac6c25c 100644
--- a/app/models/User.php
+++ b/app/models/User.php
@@ -98,12 +98,5 @@ class User extends Eloquent implements UserInterface, RemindableInterface
         return $this->hasMany('TransactionJournal');
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @return \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\HasManyThrough
-     */
-    public function transactions()
-    {
-        return $this->hasManyThrough('TransactionJournal', 'Transaction');
-    }
 
 }
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diff --git a/app/tests/factories/Preference.php b/app/tests/factories/Preference.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..89a26f5812
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/tests/factories/Preference.php
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<?php
+
+League\FactoryMuffin\Facade::define(
+    'Preference', [
+                     'user_id' => 'factory|User',
+                     'name'    => 'word',
+                     'data'    => 'sentence',
+                 ]
+);
diff --git a/app/tests/factories/TransactionCurrency.php b/app/tests/factories/TransactionCurrency.php
index cad7372767..cfb3b685b0 100644
--- a/app/tests/factories/TransactionCurrency.php
+++ b/app/tests/factories/TransactionCurrency.php
@@ -10,7 +10,21 @@ League\FactoryMuffin\Facade::define(
 
                                  return $code;
                              },
-                             'name'   => 'word',
-                             'symbol' => '$'
+                             'name'   => function () {
+                                 $code = '';
+                                 for ($i = 0; $i < 8; $i++) {
+                                     $code .= chr(rand(65, 90));
+                                 }
+
+                                 return $code;
+                             },
+                             'symbol' => function () {
+                                 $code = '';
+                                 for ($i = 0; $i < 2; $i++) {
+                                     $code .= chr(rand(65, 90));
+                                 }
+
+                                 return $code;
+                             }
                          ]
 );
diff --git a/tests/unit/TransactionTypeTest.php b/tests/unit/TransactionTypeTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c0feba77b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/TransactionTypeTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?php
+use League\FactoryMuffin\Facade as f;
+
+/**
+ * Class TransactionTypeTest
+ */
+class TransactionTypeTest extends TestCase
+{
+
+    public function setUp()
+    {
+        parent::setUp();
+    }
+
+    public function tearDown()
+    {
+        parent::tearDown();
+    }
+
+    // tests
+
+    public function testJournals()
+    {
+        $journal = f::create('TransactionJournal');
+        $type = $journal->transactionType;
+        $this->assertCount(1, $type->transactionJournals()->get());
+    }
+
+
+}
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diff --git a/tests/unit/UserTest.php b/tests/unit/UserTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..86ad425bd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/UserTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?php
+use League\FactoryMuffin\Facade as f;
+
+/**
+ * Class AccountTest
+ */
+class UserTest extends TestCase
+{
+
+    public function setUp()
+    {
+        parent::setUp();
+    }
+
+    public function tearDown()
+    {
+        parent::tearDown();
+    }
+
+    // tests
+
+    public function testPreference()
+    {
+        $pref = f::create('Preference');
+        $this->assertEquals($pref->user_id, $pref->user->id);
+    }
+
+    public function testReminder()
+    {
+        $reminder = f::create('Reminder');
+        $this->assertEquals($reminder->user_id, $reminder->user->id);
+    }
+
+}
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