diff --git a/.eslintignore b/.eslintignore
index 46b769557..fe31218da 100644
--- a/.eslintignore
+++ b/.eslintignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /node_modules/**
 /static/**
 /static-test/**
+/public/**
 /tmp/**
 /coverage/**
 !.eslintrc.js
diff --git a/app/soapbox/__mocks__/api.js b/app/soapbox/__mocks__/api.js
index 839cbfa70..6ecb81c41 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/__mocks__/api.js
+++ b/app/soapbox/__mocks__/api.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import MockAdapter from 'axios-mock-adapter';
 
-const api = jest.requireActual('../api').default;
+const api = jest.requireActual('../api');
 let mocks = [];
 
 export const __stub = func => mocks.push(func);
@@ -11,8 +11,10 @@ const setupMock = axios => {
   mocks.map(func => func(mock));
 };
 
+export const staticClient = api.staticClient;
+
 export default (...params) => {
-  const axios = api(...params);
+  const axios = api.default(...params);
   setupMock(axios);
   return axios;
 };
diff --git a/app/soapbox/actions/__tests__/about-test.js b/app/soapbox/actions/__tests__/about-test.js
index 19fa9bcad..f6ce02099 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/actions/__tests__/about-test.js
+++ b/app/soapbox/actions/__tests__/about-test.js
@@ -5,15 +5,17 @@ import {
   fetchAboutPage,
 } from '../about';
 import { Map as ImmutableMap } from 'immutable';
-import { __stub as stubApi } from 'soapbox/api';
+import MockAdapter from 'axios-mock-adapter';
+import { staticClient } from 'soapbox/api';
 import { mockStore } from 'soapbox/test_helpers';
 
 describe('fetchAboutPage()', () => {
   it('creates the expected actions on success', () => {
 
-    stubApi(mock => {
-      mock.onGet('/instance/about/index.html').reply(200, '<h1>Hello world</h1>');
-    });
+    const mock = new MockAdapter(staticClient);
+
+    mock.onGet('/instance/about/index.html')
+      .reply(200, '<h1>Hello world</h1>');
 
     const expectedActions = [
       { type: FETCH_ABOUT_PAGE_REQUEST, slug: 'index' },