diff --git a/test/api/v3/unit/middlewares/getUserLanguage.test.js b/test/api/v3/unit/middlewares/getUserLanguage.test.js
index 7f5f9da7b3..a8fbb88de7 100644
--- a/test/api/v3/unit/middlewares/getUserLanguage.test.js
+++ b/test/api/v3/unit/middlewares/getUserLanguage.test.js
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ describe('getUserLanguage', () => {
       expect(req.language).to.equal('it');
     });
 
-    xit('falls back to english if the user preferred language is not avalaible', () => {
+    it('falls back to english if the user preferred language is not avalaible', (done) => {
       req.locals = {
         user: {
           preferences: {
@@ -71,8 +71,10 @@ describe('getUserLanguage', () => {
         },
       };
 
-      getUserLanguage(req, res, next);
-      expect(req.language).to.equal('en');
+      getUserLanguage(req, res, () => {
+        expect(req.language).to.equal('en');
+        done();
+      });
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/test/helpers/api-unit.helper.js b/test/helpers/api-unit.helper.js
index 2e789d53a9..62516f2751 100644
--- a/test/helpers/api-unit.helper.js
+++ b/test/helpers/api-unit.helper.js
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ export function generateReq(options={}) {
   let defaultReq = {
     body: {},
     query: {},
+    headers: {},
   };
 
   return defaults(options, defaultReq);