diff --git a/test/setup/setupLanguage.ts b/test/setup/setupLanguage.ts
index 5efd8786cd..bd07616ab3 100644
--- a/test/setup/setupLanguage.ts
+++ b/test/setup/setupLanguage.ts
@@ -20,10 +20,6 @@ import * as languageHandler from "../../src/languageHandler";
 import en from "../../src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json";
 import de from "../../src/i18n/strings/de_DE.json";
 
-fetchMock.config.overwriteRoutes = false;
-fetchMock.catch("");
-window.fetch = fetchMock.sandbox();
-
 const lv = {
     "Save": "Saglabāt",
     "Uploading %(filename)s and %(count)s others|one": "Качване на %(filename)s и %(count)s друг",
diff --git a/test/setup/setupManualMocks.ts b/test/setup/setupManualMocks.ts
index 31c716e375..2adda89e0f 100644
--- a/test/setup/setupManualMocks.ts
+++ b/test/setup/setupManualMocks.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
+import fetchMock from "fetch-mock-jest";
 import { TextDecoder, TextEncoder } from "util";
 
 // jest 27 removes setImmediate from jsdom
@@ -54,3 +55,9 @@ global.TextDecoder = TextDecoder;
 
 // prevent errors whenever a component tries to manually scroll.
 window.HTMLElement.prototype.scrollIntoView = jest.fn();
+
+// set up fetch API mock
+fetchMock.config.overwriteRoutes = false;
+fetchMock.catch("");
+fetchMock.get("/image-file-stub", "image file stub");
+window.fetch = fetchMock.sandbox();