diff --git a/app/src/test/java/uk/ac/ebi/atlas/configuration/TestConfig.java b/app/src/test/java/uk/ac/ebi/atlas/configuration/TestConfig.java
index 7d4c541d..6a64d674 100644
--- a/app/src/test/java/uk/ac/ebi/atlas/configuration/TestConfig.java
+++ b/app/src/test/java/uk/ac/ebi/atlas/configuration/TestConfig.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.FilterType;
 import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
+import uk.ac.ebi.atlas.experiments.ExperimentCellCountDao;
 
 @Configuration
 // Enabling component scanning will also load BasePathsConfig, JdbcConfig and SolrConfig, so just using this class as
@@ -22,4 +23,9 @@ public class TestConfig {
     public RestTemplate restTemplate() {
         return new RestTemplate();
     }
+
+    @Bean
+    public ExperimentCellCountDao experimentCellCountDao() {
+        return __ -> 0;
+    }
 }