diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index e5e3af7..984257e 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from _pytest.fixtures import SubRequest
 
 from earthsnake.identity import Identity
 
-from .helpers import random_name
+from .helpers import DEFAULT_IDENTITY_SEED, random_name
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ def identity(request: SubRequest) -> Identity:
         for seed in marker.args:
             pass
 
+    seed = seed or DEFAULT_IDENTITY_SEED
+
     for marker in request.node.iter_markers('id_name'):
         for name in marker.args:
             pass
diff --git a/tests/helpers.py b/tests/helpers.py
index f47e849..478fd87 100644
--- a/tests/helpers.py
+++ b/tests/helpers.py
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ from random import choice
 
 from earthsnake.types import ALPHA_LOWER, ALPHA_LOWER_OR_DIGIT
 
+DEFAULT_IDENTITY_SEED = (
+    b'\xe5:\xc9\x95$\x9d\xc5F\xee\xe6\x84\xbe\xcc\xda^\xc4'
+    b'z\x84\xb7\xd2\x02q\xfa\xe8W\xd8z\x05E\xfb2\xd5'
+)
+
 
 def random_name() -> str:
     """Generate a valid random author name"""
diff --git a/tests/test_identity.py b/tests/test_identity.py
index e6dfd64..712aedc 100644
--- a/tests/test_identity.py
+++ b/tests/test_identity.py
@@ -9,12 +9,8 @@ from pytest_mock.plugin import MockerFixture
 from earthsnake.exc import ValidationError
 from earthsnake.identity import Identity
 
-from .helpers import random_name
+from .helpers import DEFAULT_IDENTITY_SEED as TEST_SEED, random_name
 
-TEST_SEED = (
-    b'\xe5:\xc9\x95$\x9d\xc5F\xee\xe6\x84\xbe\xcc\xda^\xc4'
-    b'z\x84\xb7\xd2\x02q\xfa\xe8W\xd8z\x05E\xfb2\xd5'
-)
 TEST_MNEMONIC = bip39.encode_bytes(TEST_SEED)