diff --git a/pytest.ini b/pytest.ini
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c69372d..00000000
--- a/pytest.ini
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-[pytest]
-DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=example.settings.test
-filterwarnings =
-    error::DeprecationWarning
-    error::PendingDeprecationWarning
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index d8247c1d..4f483e02 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -50,3 +50,12 @@ exclude_lines =
     def __str__
     def __unicode__
     def __repr__
+
+[tool:pytest]
+DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=example.settings.test
+filterwarnings =
+    error::DeprecationWarning
+    error::PendingDeprecationWarning
+testpaths =
+    example
+    tests
diff --git a/tests/__init__.py b/tests/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4942bf63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import pytest
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+def use_rest_framework_json_api_defaults(settings):
+    """
+    Enfroce default settings for tests modules.
+
+
+    As for now example and tests modules share the same settings file
+    some defaults which have been overwritten in the example app need
+    to be overwritten. This way testing actually happens on default resp.
+    each test defines what non default setting it wants to test.
+
+    Once migration to tests module is finished and tests can have
+    its own settings file, this fixture can be removed.
+    """
+
+    settings.JSON_API_FORMAT_FIELD_NAMES = False
+    settings.JSON_API_FORMAT_TYPES = False
+    settings.JSON_API_PLURALIZE_TYPES = False