diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c8beeef..e803248 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "description": "A Social platform for the creative at heart",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {
-    "start": "cross-env NODE_ENV=production node dist/index.js",
+    "start": "node dist/index.js",
     "heroku-postbuild": "npm run initdb && npm run build",
     "build": "babel server -d dist --source-maps",
     "test": "cross-env NODE_ENV=test npm run initdb && DEBUG=vale-ah*  nyc --reporter=text --reporter=html mocha --timeout=20000 --recursive --exit",
diff --git a/server/config/auth.js b/server/config/auth.js
index deb2e6b..6fff73d 100644
--- a/server/config/auth.js
+++ b/server/config/auth.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import { Strategy as FacebookStrategy } from 'passport-facebook';
 import { Strategy as GoogleStrategy } from 'passport-google-oauth20';
 import { Strategy as TwitterStrategy } from 'passport-twitter';
 import env from './env-config';
-import { MockStrategy } from '../../test/mockStrategy';
 import { socialAuthCallback } from '../utils/helpers';
 import db from '../models';
 
@@ -11,47 +10,41 @@ const { User } = db;
 
 const setUpPassport = () => {
   passport.use(
-    env.NODE_ENV === 'test'
-      ? new MockStrategy('google', socialAuthCallback)
-      : new GoogleStrategy(
-          {
-            clientID: env.GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID,
-            clientSecret: env.GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET,
-            callbackURL: 'http://localhost:3000/api/auth/google/callback'
-          },
-          socialAuthCallback
-        )
+    new GoogleStrategy(
+      {
+        clientID: env.GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID,
+        clientSecret: env.GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET,
+        callbackURL: 'http://localhost:3000/api/auth/google/callback'
+      },
+      socialAuthCallback
+    )
   );
 
   passport.use(
-    env.NODE_ENV === 'test'
-      ? new MockStrategy('facebook', socialAuthCallback)
-      : new FacebookStrategy(
-          {
-            clientID: env.FACEBOOK_CLIENT_ID,
-            clientSecret: env.FACEBOOK_CLIENT_SECRET,
-            callbackURL: 'http://localhost:3000/api/auth/facebook/callback',
-            profileFields: ['id', 'name', 'displayName', 'email', 'photos']
-          },
-          socialAuthCallback
-        )
+    new FacebookStrategy(
+      {
+        clientID: env.FACEBOOK_CLIENT_ID,
+        clientSecret: env.FACEBOOK_CLIENT_SECRET,
+        callbackURL: 'http://localhost:3000/api/auth/facebook/callback',
+        profileFields: ['id', 'name', 'displayName', 'email', 'photos']
+      },
+      socialAuthCallback
+    )
   );
 
   passport.use(
-    env.NODE_ENV === 'test'
-      ? new MockStrategy('twitter', socialAuthCallback)
-      : new TwitterStrategy(
-          {
-            consumerKey: env.TWITTER_CONSUMER_KEY,
-            consumerSecret: env.TWITTER_CONSUMER_SECRET,
-            callbackURL: 'http://localhost:3000/api/auth/twitter/callback',
-            userProfileURL:
-              'https://api.twitter.com/1.1/account/verify_credentials.json?include_email=true',
-            includeEmail: true,
-            includeName: true
-          },
-          socialAuthCallback
-        )
+    new TwitterStrategy(
+      {
+        consumerKey: env.TWITTER_CONSUMER_KEY,
+        consumerSecret: env.TWITTER_CONSUMER_SECRET,
+        callbackURL: 'http://localhost:3000/api/auth/twitter/callback',
+        userProfileURL:
+          'https://api.twitter.com/1.1/account/verify_credentials.json?include_email=true',
+        includeEmail: true,
+        includeName: true
+      },
+      socialAuthCallback
+    )
   );
 
   passport.serializeUser((user, done) => {
diff --git a/server/index.js b/server/index.js
index 6a865b6..0a81ce3 100644
--- a/server/index.js
+++ b/server/index.js
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import cors from 'cors';
 import morgan from 'morgan';
 import debug from 'debug';
 import passport from 'passport';
-import session from 'express-session';
 import passportSetUp from './config/auth';
 import env from './config/env-config';
 import routes from './routes/index';
@@ -22,15 +21,6 @@ app.use(morgan('dev'));
 app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: false }));
 app.use(bodyParser.json());
 
-app.use(
-  session({
-    secret: env.SECRET,
-    cookie: { maxAge: 60000 },
-    resave: false,
-    saveUninitialized: false
-  })
-);
-
 routes(app);
 app.listen(env.PORT, () => {
   logger(`Listening on port ${env.PORT}`);
diff --git a/test/mockStrategy.js b/test/mockStrategy.js
index a8cfa83..9c1470e 100644
--- a/test/mockStrategy.js
+++ b/test/mockStrategy.js
@@ -1,11 +1,20 @@
 /* eslint-disable no-underscore-dangle */
-import Passport from 'passport';
-import { randomSocialUser } from './fixtures';
+import passport from 'passport';
+import faker from 'faker';
+import { socialAuthCallback } from '../server/utils/helpers';
 
+const randomSocialUser = {
+  id: faker.random.number(),
+  displayName: faker.random.alphaNumeric(10),
+  emails: [{ value: faker.internet.email() }],
+  photos: [{ value: faker.image.image() }]
+};
+
+// }
 /**
  * MockStrategy Class
  */
-class MockStrategy extends Passport.Strategy {
+class MockStrategy extends passport.Strategy {
   /**
    * @param {*} name
    * @param {*} callback
@@ -28,4 +37,8 @@ class MockStrategy extends Passport.Strategy {
   }
 }
 
+passport.use(new MockStrategy('google', socialAuthCallback));
+passport.use(new MockStrategy('facebook', socialAuthCallback));
+passport.use(new MockStrategy('twitter', socialAuthCallback));
+
 export { MockStrategy, randomSocialUser };