diff --git a/datacenterlight/tests.py b/datacenterlight/tests.py
index e9505beb..9ec2df96 100644
--- a/datacenterlight/tests.py
+++ b/datacenterlight/tests.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from django.test import TestCase, override_settings
 from model_mommy import mommy
 from unittest import skipIf
 
-from datacenterlight.models import VMTemplate
+from datacenterlight.models import VMTemplate, VMPricing
 from datacenterlight.tasks import create_vm_task
 from hosting.models import HostingOrder
 from membership.models import StripeCustomer
@@ -101,12 +101,14 @@ class CeleryTaskTestCase(TestCase):
         cpu = specs.get('cpu')
         memory = specs.get('memory')
         disk_size = specs.get('disk_size')
+        VMPricing.objects.create(
+            name="default",
+            cores_unit_price=5,
+            ram_unit_price=2,
+            ssd_unit_price=0.6
+        )
         amount_to_be_charged = get_vm_price(cpu=cpu, memory=memory,
                                             disk_size=disk_size)
-        # because we don't have a VMPricing by default
-        # get_vm_price should return None
-        self.assertEquals(amount_to_be_charged, None)
-        amount_to_be_charged = specs.get('price')
         plan_name = StripeUtils.get_stripe_plan_name(cpu=cpu,
                                                      memory=memory,
                                                      disk_size=disk_size,