diff --git a/src/imports/facebookVerifier.js b/src/imports/facebookVerifier.js
index cb7dbde7..e89acbb7 100644
--- a/src/imports/facebookVerifier.js
+++ b/src/imports/facebookVerifier.js
@@ -6,8 +6,14 @@ import { isPlainObject, get } from 'lodash'
 import Config from '../server/server.config'
 import logger from '../imports/logger'
 
+const defaultLogger = logger.child({ from: 'FacebookVerifier' })
+
 class FacebookVerifier {
-  static factory(log = logger.child({ from: 'TorusVerifier' })) {}
+  static factory(logger = null) {
+    const log = logger || defaultLogger
+
+    return new FacebookVerifier(Config, Axios.create, log)
+  }
 
   constructor(Config, httpFactory, logger) {
     const { facebookGraphApiUrl } = Config
@@ -69,4 +75,4 @@ class FacebookVerifier {
   }
 }
 
-export default new FacebookVerifier(Config, Axios.create, logger.child({ from: 'FacebookVerifier' }))
+export default FacebookVerifier
diff --git a/src/server/storage/verifier.js b/src/server/storage/verifier.js
index d1492f59..a44e4ee1 100644
--- a/src/server/storage/verifier.js
+++ b/src/server/storage/verifier.js
@@ -71,8 +71,13 @@ class DefaultVerificationStrategy {
 }
 
 class FacebookVerificationStrategy {
+  constructor(verifier) {
+    assign(this, { verifier })
+  }
+
   async verify(requestPayload, userRecord, logger) {
     let emailVerified = false
+    const { verifier } = this
     const { email, torusAccessToken } = requestPayload
 
     if (userRecord.isEmailConfirmed) {
@@ -86,7 +91,7 @@ class FacebookVerificationStrategy {
     }
 
     try {
-      emailVerified = await FacebookVerifier.verifyEmail(email, torusAccessToken, logger)
+      emailVerified = await verifier.verifyEmail(email, torusAccessToken, logger)
     } catch (exception) {
       const { message: msg } = exception
 
@@ -112,7 +117,7 @@ class UserVerifier {
     // attaching strategies on first call
     if (!hasStrategiesAttached) {
       addStrategy('default', new DefaultVerificationStrategy(Config))
-      addStrategy('facebook', new FacebookVerificationStrategy())
+      addStrategy('facebook', new FacebookVerificationStrategy(FacebookVerifier.factory()))
     }
 
     return new UserVerifier(userRecord, requestPayload, logger)