diff --git a/spec/factories/bulkrax/object_factory_spec.rb b/spec/models/bulkrax/object_factory_spec.rb
similarity index 65%
rename from spec/factories/bulkrax/object_factory_spec.rb
rename to spec/models/bulkrax/object_factory_spec.rb
index 907df758..2fb37897 100644
--- a/spec/factories/bulkrax/object_factory_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/bulkrax/object_factory_spec.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 require Rails.root.parent.parent.join('spec', 'models', 'concerns', 'bulkrax', 'dynamic_record_lookup_spec').to_s
 
 module Bulkrax
+  # NOTE: Unable to put this file in spec/factories/bulkrax (where it would mirror the path in app/) because
+  # (presumably) FactoryBot autoloads all files in spec/factories, which would always run this spec.
   RSpec.describe ObjectFactory do
     subject(:object_factory) { build(:object_factory) }
 
diff --git a/spec/rails_helper.rb b/spec/rails_helper.rb
index 0d9ba085..14da8cc4 100644
--- a/spec/rails_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/rails_helper.rb
@@ -43,6 +43,15 @@
 RSpec.configure do |config|
   config.include FactoryBot::Syntax::Methods
 
+  config.before(:suite) do
+    DatabaseCleaner.clean_with :truncation
+    DatabaseCleaner.strategy = :transaction
+  end
+
+  config.before do
+    DatabaseCleaner.start
+  end
+
   config.after do
     begin
       DatabaseCleaner.clean