diff --git a/bulkredditdownloader/tests/conftest.py b/bulkredditdownloader/tests/conftest.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e1de72e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bulkredditdownloader/tests/conftest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# coding=utf-8
+
+import praw
+import pytest
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope='session')
+def reddit_instance():
+    rd = praw.Reddit(client_id='U-6gk4ZCh3IeNQ', client_secret='7CZHY6AmKweZME5s50SfDGylaPg', user_agent='test')
+    return rd
diff --git a/bulkredditdownloader/tests/downloaders/test_gallery.py b/bulkredditdownloader/tests/downloaders/test_gallery.py
index f590c60..1fd41e9 100644
--- a/bulkredditdownloader/tests/downloaders/test_gallery.py
+++ b/bulkredditdownloader/tests/downloaders/test_gallery.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 # coding=utf-8
 
-import praw
 import praw.models
 import pytest
 
@@ -10,9 +9,8 @@ from bulkredditdownloader.site_downloaders.gallery import Gallery
 
 
 @pytest.fixture()
-def reddit_submission() -> praw.models.Submission:
-    rd = praw.Reddit(client_id='U-6gk4ZCh3IeNQ', client_secret='7CZHY6AmKweZME5s50SfDGylaPg', user_agent='test')
-    return rd.submission(id='ljyy27')
+def reddit_submission(reddit_instance) -> praw.models.Submission:
+    return reddit_instance.submission(id='ljyy27')
 
 
 def test_gallery(reddit_submission: praw.models.Submission):
diff --git a/bulkredditdownloader/tests/test_file_name_formatter.py b/bulkredditdownloader/tests/test_file_name_formatter.py
index 94a6245..d884cb4 100644
--- a/bulkredditdownloader/tests/test_file_name_formatter.py
+++ b/bulkredditdownloader/tests/test_file_name_formatter.py
@@ -25,9 +25,8 @@ def submission() -> Mock:
 
 
 @pytest.fixture()
-def reddit_submission() -> praw.models.Submission:
-    rd = praw.Reddit(client_id='U-6gk4ZCh3IeNQ', client_secret='7CZHY6AmKweZME5s50SfDGylaPg', user_agent='test')
-    return rd.submission(id='lgilgt')
+def reddit_submission(reddit_instance) -> praw.models.Submission:
+    return reddit_instance.submission(id='lgilgt')
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(('format_string', 'expected'), (('{SUBREDDIT}', 'randomreddit'),