diff --git a/test/api/user/GET-user.test.js b/test/api/user/GET-user.test.js
index 20cfce2308..7cb17d596e 100644
--- a/test/api/user/GET-user.test.js
+++ b/test/api/user/GET-user.test.js
@@ -4,25 +4,22 @@ import {
 } from '../../helpers/api.helper';
 
 describe('GET /user', () => {
-  let api, user;
+  let user;
 
-  beforeEach((done) => {
-    generateUser().then((usr) => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    return generateUser().then((usr) => {
       user = usr;
-      api = requester(usr);
-      done();
-    }).catch(done);
+    });
   });
 
   it('gets the user object', (done) => {
-    api.get('/user')
-      .then((fetchedUser) => {
-        expect(fetchedUser._id).to.eql(user._id);
-        expect(fetchedUser.todos).to.eql(user.todos);
-        done();
-      })
-      .catch((err) => {
-        done(err);
-      });
+    let api = requester(user);
+    api.get('/user').then((fetchedUser) => {
+      expect(fetchedUser._id).to.eql(user._id);
+      expect(fetchedUser.auth.local.username).to.eql(user.auth.local.username);
+      expect(fetchedUser.todos).to.eql(user.todos);
+      expect(fetchedUser.items).to.eql(user.items);
+      done();
+    });
   });
 });