diff --git a/test/unittest/test_database.cc b/test/unittest/test_database.cc
index 61c54f7..8306109 100644
--- a/test/unittest/test_database.cc
+++ b/test/unittest/test_database.cc
@@ -73,8 +73,6 @@ class Fixture
     mock::MockBinaryParser* binary_parser;
     mock::MockDisassembler* disassembler;
 
-    Database database;
-
 private:
     std::vector<std::unique_ptr<trompeloeil::expectation>> expectations;
 };
@@ -95,6 +93,8 @@ TEST_CASE_FIXTURE(Fixture, "the database can resolve references")
         auto insns = std::move(insn_pair.first);
         auto insn_refs = std::move(insn_pair.second);
 
+        Database database;
+
         /*
          * 0  sym: add $1, %eax
          * 1       jmp 3         // Forward branch