diff --git a/app/controllers/cypress/factories_controller.rb b/app/controllers/cypress/factories_controller.rb
index db0677755..157e9e331 100644
--- a/app/controllers/cypress/factories_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/cypress/factories_controller.rb
@@ -13,8 +13,14 @@ def create
         raise(ArgumentError, msg)
       end
 
-      attributes = params_to_attributes(params.except(:controller, :action, :number))
-      res = FactoryBot.create(*attributes)
+      attributes, should_validate = params_to_attributes(params.except(:controller, :action,
+                                                                       :number))
+
+      res = if should_validate
+        FactoryBot.create(*attributes) # default case
+      else
+        FactoryBot.build(*attributes).tap { |instance| instance.save(validate: false) }
+      end
 
       render json: res.to_json, status: :created
     end
@@ -22,15 +28,23 @@ def create
     private
 
       def params_to_attributes(params)
-        params.to_unsafe_hash.map do |_key, value|
+        should_validate = true
+
+        attributes = params.to_unsafe_hash.filter_map do |_key, value|
           if value.is_a?(Hash)
-            value.transform_keys(&:to_sym)
+            if value.key?("validate")
+              should_validate = (value["validate"] != "false")
+            else
+              value.transform_keys(&:to_sym)
+            end
           elsif value.is_a?(String)
             value.to_sym
           else
             throw("Value is neither a hash nor a string: #{value}")
           end
         end
+
+        return attributes, should_validate
       end
   end
 end
diff --git a/docker/test/docker-compose.yml b/docker/test/docker-compose.yml
index 34916abd1..d795b4ad3 100644
--- a/docker/test/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker/test/docker-compose.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ services:
       dockerfile: docker/test/Dockerfile
     image: mampf:tests
     ports:
-      - "3000:3000"
+      - "3100:3000"
     environment:
       RAILS_ENV: test
       TEST_DATABASE_ADAPTER: postgresql
diff --git a/spec/cypress/support/factorybot.js b/spec/cypress/support/factorybot.js
index fc1d4b05e..973ffacd0 100644
--- a/spec/cypress/support/factorybot.js
+++ b/spec/cypress/support/factorybot.js
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ class FactoryBot {
   create(...args) {
     return BackendCaller.callCypressRoute("factories", "FactoryBot.create()", args);
   }
+
+  createNoValidate(...args) {
+    args.push({ validate: false });
+    return this.create(...args);
+  }
 }
 
 export default new FactoryBot();