diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
index 47212a6..e159ff1 100644
--- a/default.nix
+++ b/default.nix
@@ -38,11 +38,6 @@ resholve.mkDerivation {
   checkPhase = ''
     runHook preCheck
     shellcheck bin/git-check-assertions test/git-check-assertions.bats
-    git init
-    git config user.email test
-    git config user.name test
-    git checkout -b main
-    git commit --allow-empty -m "initial"
     ./test/git-check-assertions.bats
     runHook postCheck
   '';
diff --git a/test/git-check-assertions.bats b/test/git-check-assertions.bats
index 8de6cf7..f4b27e8 100755
--- a/test/git-check-assertions.bats
+++ b/test/git-check-assertions.bats
@@ -6,9 +6,15 @@ setup() {
 
   DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "$BATS_TEST_FILENAME" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
   PATH="$DIR/../bin:$PATH"
+
+  git init
+  git config user.email "john.doe@example.com"
+  git config user.name "John Doe"
+  git checkout -b main
 }
 
 @test "can run" {
+  git commit --allow-empty -m "Initial"
   run git-check-assertions
   assert_success
 }