diff --git a/spec/helpers/places_helper_spec.rb b/spec/helpers/places_helper_spec.rb
index 0b1c21d9..1ff083ba 100644
--- a/spec/helpers/places_helper_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/helpers/places_helper_spec.rb
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@
 
   describe 'image_link' do
     it 'it returns an polymorphic image link' do
+      p = create(:place)
       i = Image.new
+      i.place = p
       i.attach(io: File.open(Rails.root.join('spec', 'support', 'files', 'test.jpg')), filename: 'attachment.jpg', content_type: 'image/jpeg')
       expect(helper.image_link(i)).to eq("http://test.host#{polymorphic_path(i.file.variant(resize: '800x800').processed)}")
     end
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index fe410157..1836d86c 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -13,6 +13,19 @@
                                'chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com'
                              ])
 
+
+# special setup to make feature tests run on ubuntu 20.4 LTS
+if ENV['UBUNTU']
+  puts 'Running Rspecs on Ubuntu'
+  # Webdrivers.logger.level = :debug
+  # On Ubuntu >= 20 Chrome is installed via snap, so provide the path here
+  ::Selenium::WebDriver::Chrome.path = '/snap/chromium/current/usr/lib/chromium-browser/chrome'
+  # For the moment, at my machine, Chromedriver v98 fails with Chromium v98 (sic!)
+  Webdrivers::Chromedriver.required_version = '97.0.4692.71'
+else
+  puts 'Running Rspecs on Linux (If you use Ubuntu and encounter problems you might try to call this with "UBUNTU=true"'
+end
+
 Capybara.register_driver :chrome do |app|
   Capybara::Selenium::Driver.new(app, browser: :chrome)
 end
@@ -30,7 +43,7 @@
                                  capabilities: options
 end
 
-Selenium::WebDriver.logger.ignore(:driver_path)
+# Selenium::WebDriver.logger.ignore(:driver_path)
 
 # switch to :chrome for watching the tests in browser
 Capybara.default_driver = :headless_chrome