diff --git a/web/src/lib/components/QueueDrawer.test.ts b/web/src/lib/components/QueueDrawer.test.ts
index dc1182c6..ec82c755 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/components/QueueDrawer.test.ts
+++ b/web/src/lib/components/QueueDrawer.test.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach } from 'vitest';
 import { render, screen, fireEvent } from '@testing-library/svelte';
-import QueueDrawer from './QueueDrawer.svelte';
+import { emptyLikesMock } from '../../test-utils/mocks/likes';
 import type { TrackRef } from '$lib/api/types';
 import { makeTrack } from '$test-utils/fixtures/track';
-import { emptyLikesMock } from '../../test-utils/mocks/likes';
 
 // QueueTrackRow (rendered inside QueueDrawer → QueueList) now renders a
 // LikeButton, which reads createLikedIdsQuery. Stub the likes API so the
-// rows don't need a real QueryClient in context.
+// rows don't need a real QueryClient in context. Both mocks — and the
+// emptyLikesMock import — must precede the QueueDrawer import below, since
+// loading the component evaluates the mocked modules and the hoisted
+// factories need their referenced bindings already initialized.
 vi.mock('$lib/api/likes', () => emptyLikesMock());
 
 const closeQueueDrawer = vi.fn();
@@ -29,6 +31,8 @@ vi.mock('$lib/player/store.svelte', () => ({
   moveQueueItem: vi.fn()
 }));
 
+import QueueDrawer from './QueueDrawer.svelte';
+
 const t = (id: string): TrackRef => makeTrack({ id, title: `Song ${id}` });
 
 describe('QueueDrawer', () => {
diff --git a/web/src/lib/components/QueueTrackRow.test.ts b/web/src/lib/components/QueueTrackRow.test.ts
index 038b3d5a..05c3db09 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/components/QueueTrackRow.test.ts
+++ b/web/src/lib/components/QueueTrackRow.test.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
 import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach } from 'vitest';
 import { render, screen, fireEvent } from '@testing-library/svelte';
-import QueueTrackRow from './QueueTrackRow.svelte';
-import { makeTrack } from '$test-utils/fixtures/track';
 import { emptyLikesMock } from '../../test-utils/mocks/likes';
+import { makeTrack } from '$test-utils/fixtures/track';
 
 // QueueTrackRow now renders a LikeButton, which reads createLikedIdsQuery.
 // Stub the likes API so the row doesn't need a real QueryClient in context.
+// The mock (and its emptyLikesMock import) must precede the component import
+// below: importing QueueTrackRow transitively loads LikeButton → the mocked
+// module, and the hoisted factory needs emptyLikesMock already initialized.
 vi.mock('$lib/api/likes', () => emptyLikesMock());
 
+import QueueTrackRow from './QueueTrackRow.svelte';
+
 const playFromQueueIndex = vi.fn();
 const removeFromQueue = vi.fn();
 const moveQueueItem = vi.fn();