diff --git a/cypress/integration/common/steps.js b/cypress/integration/common/steps.js
index 1c87240b6..98e2d862b 100644
--- a/cypress/integration/common/steps.js
+++ b/cypress/integration/common/steps.js
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ Given("I am logged in", () => {
 });
 
 Given("we have a selection of categories", () => {
-  cy.createCategories();
+  cy.createCategories("cat0", "just-for-fun");
 });
 
 Given("we have a selection of tags and categories as well as posts", () => {
-  cy.createCategories()
+  cy.createCategories("cat12")
     .factory()
     .authenticateAs(loginCredentials)
     .create("Tag", { id: "Ecology" })
@@ -45,15 +45,15 @@ Given("we have a selection of tags and categories as well as posts", () => {
   cy.factory()
     .create("User", someAuthor)
     .authenticateAs(someAuthor)
-    .create("Post", { id: "p0", categoryIds: ["cat1"] })
-    .create("Post", { id: "p1", categoryIds: ["cat2"] });
+    .create("Post", { id: "p0", categoryIds: ["cat12"] })
+    .create("Post", { id: "p1", categoryIds: ["cat121"] });
   cy.factory()
     .create("User", yetAnotherAuthor)
     .authenticateAs(yetAnotherAuthor)
-    .create("Post", { id: "p2", categoryIds: ["cat1"] });
+    .create("Post", { id: "p2", categoryIds: ["cat12"] });
   cy.factory()
     .authenticateAs(loginCredentials)
-    .create("Post", { id: "p3", categoryIds: ["cat3"] })
+    .create("Post", { id: "p3", categoryIds: ["cat122"] })
     .relate("Post", "Tags", { from: "p0", to: "Ecology" })
     .relate("Post", "Tags", { from: "p0", to: "Nature" })
     .relate("Post", "Tags", { from: "p0", to: "Democracy" })
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ When(
 Given("I previously created a post", () => {
   lastPost.title = "previously created post";
   lastPost.content = "with some content";
-  lastPost.categoryIds = "cat1";
+  lastPost.categoryIds = "cat0";
   cy.factory()
     .authenticateAs(loginCredentials)
     .create("Post", lastPost);
@@ -417,13 +417,13 @@ Given("I follow the user {string}", name => {
 });
 
 Given('"Spammy Spammer" wrote a post {string}', title => {
-  cy.createCategories()
+  cy.createCategories("cat21")
     .factory()
     .authenticateAs({
       email: "spammy-spammer@example.org",
       password: "1234"
     })
-    .create("Post", { title, categoryIds: ["cat2"] });
+    .create("Post", { title, categoryIds: ["cat21"] });
 });
 
 Then("the list of posts of this user is empty", () => {
@@ -440,10 +440,10 @@ Then("nobody is following the user profile anymore", () => {
 });
 
 Given("I wrote a post {string}", title => {
-  cy.createCategories()
+  cy.createCategories(`cat213`, title)
     .factory()
     .authenticateAs(loginCredentials)
-    .create("Post", { title, categoryIds: ["cat2"] });
+    .create("Post", { title, categoryIds: ["cat213"] });
 });
 
 When("I block the user {string}", name => {
diff --git a/cypress/support/commands.js b/cypress/support/commands.js
index 0601fa137..e69d296dc 100644
--- a/cypress/support/commands.js
+++ b/cypress/support/commands.js
@@ -62,24 +62,22 @@ Cypress.Commands.add("openPage", page => {
   cy.visit(`/${page}`);
 });
 
-Cypress.Commands.add("createCategories", () => {
+Cypress.Commands.add("createCategories", (id, slug) => {
   cy.neode()
     .create("Category", {
-      id: "cat1",
+      id: `${id}`,
       name: "Just For Fun",
-      slug: "just-for-fun",
+      slug: `${slug}`,
       icon: "smile"
     })
     .create("Category", {
-      id: "cat2",
+      id: `${id}1`,
       name: "Happiness & Values",
-      slug: "happiness-values",
       icon: "heart-o"
     })
     .create("Category", {
-      id: "cat3",
+      id: `${id}2`,
       name: "Health & Wellbeing",
-      slug: "health-wellbeing",
       icon: "medkit"
     });
 });