diff --git a/src/Factories/TestCaseFactory.php b/src/Factories/TestCaseFactory.php
index 42c3ca6e..bc75f5c1 100644
--- a/src/Factories/TestCaseFactory.php
+++ b/src/Factories/TestCaseFactory.php
@@ -144,8 +144,8 @@ final class TestCaseFactory
          * @return mixed
          */
         $test = function () use ($chains, $proxies, $factoryTest) {
-            $chains->chain($this);
             $proxies->proxy($this);
+            $chains->chain($this);
 
             /* @phpstan-ignore-next-line */
             return call_user_func(Closure::bind($factoryTest, $this, get_class($this)), ...func_get_args());
diff --git a/tests/Features/Exceptions.php b/tests/Features/Exceptions.php
index 22d9d4ea..9970c2a9 100644
--- a/tests/Features/Exceptions.php
+++ b/tests/Features/Exceptions.php
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 <?php
 
-use PHPUnit\Framework\ExpectationFailedException;
-
 it('gives access the the underlying expectException', function () {
     $this->expectException(InvalidArgumentException::class);
 
@@ -39,7 +37,3 @@ it('can just define the message if given condition is true', function () {
 it('can just define the message if given condition is 1', function () {
     throw new Exception('Something bad happened');
 })->throwsIf(1, 'Something bad happened');
-
-it('can handle a skipped test if it is trying to catch an exception', function () {
-    expect(1)->toBe(2);
-})->throws(ExpectationFailedException::class)->skip('this test should be skipped')->only();