diff --git a/test/api/v3/integration/user/auth/POST-login-local.test.js b/test/api/v3/integration/user/auth/POST-login-local.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0938ecbb6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/api/v3/integration/user/auth/POST-login-local.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+import {
+  generateUser,
+  requester,
+  translate as t,
+} from '../../../../../helpers/api-integration/v3';
+
+describe('POST /user/auth/local/login', () => {
+  let api;
+  let user;
+  let endpoint = '/user/auth/local/login';
+  let password = 'password';
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    api = requester();
+    user = await generateUser();
+  });
+  it('success with username', async () => {
+    let response = await api.post(endpoint, {
+      username: user.auth.local.username,
+      password,
+    });
+    expect(response.apiToken).to.eql(user.apiToken);
+  });
+  it('success with email', async () => {
+    let response = await api.post(endpoint, {
+      username: user.auth.local.email,
+      password,
+    });
+    expect(response.apiToken).to.eql(user.apiToken);
+  });
+  it('user is blocked', async () => {
+    await user.update({ 'auth.blocked': 1 });
+    expect(api.post(endpoint, {
+      username: user.auth.local.username,
+      password,
+    })).to.eventually.be.rejected.and.eql({
+      code: 400,
+      error: 'NotAuthorized',
+      message: t('accountSuspended', { userId: user._id }),
+    });
+  });
+  it('wrong password', async () => {
+    expect(api.post(endpoint, {
+      username: user.auth.local.username,
+      password: 'wrong-password',
+    })).to.eventually.be.rejected.and.eql({
+      code: 400,
+      error: 'NotAuthorized',
+      message: t('wrongPassword'),
+    });
+  });
+  it('missing username', async () => {
+    expect(api.post(endpoint, {
+      password: 'wrong-password',
+    })).to.eventually.be.rejected.and.eql({
+      code: 400,
+      error: 'NotAuthorized',
+      message: t('missingUsername'),
+    });
+  });
+  it('missing password', async () => {
+    expect(api.post(endpoint, {
+      username: user.auth.local.username,
+    })).to.eventually.be.rejected.and.eql({
+      code: 400,
+      error: 'NotAuthorized',
+      message: t('missingPassword'),
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/website/src/controllers/api-v3/auth.js b/website/src/controllers/api-v3/auth.js
index e278d95f01..006bfee7ac 100644
--- a/website/src/controllers/api-v3/auth.js
+++ b/website/src/controllers/api-v3/auth.js
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ function _loginRes (user, req, res) {
 api.loginLocal = {
   method: 'POST',
   url: '/user/auth/local/login',
-  middlewares: [cron],
+  middlewares: [],
   async handler (req, res) {
     req.checkBody({
       username: {
@@ -192,7 +192,6 @@ api.loginLocal = {
         errorMessage: res.t('missingPassword'),
       },
     });
-
     let validationErrors = req.validationErrors();
     if (validationErrors) throw validationErrors;
 
@@ -211,7 +210,7 @@ api.loginLocal = {
     let user = await User.findOne(login, {auth: 1, apiToken: 1}).exec();
 
     // TODO place back long error message return res.json(401, {err:"Uh-oh - your username or password is incorrect.\n- Make sure your username or email is typed correctly.\n- You may have signed up with Facebook, not email. Double-check by trying Facebook login.\n- If you forgot your password, click \"Forgot Password\"."});
-    let isValidPassword = user && user.auth.local.hashed_password !== passwordUtils.encrypt(req.body.password, user.auth.local.salt);
+    let isValidPassword = user && user.auth.local.hashed_password === passwordUtils.encrypt(req.body.password, user.auth.local.salt);
 
     if (!isValidPassword) throw new NotAuthorized(res.t('invalidLoginCredentials'));
     _loginRes(user, ...arguments);