diff --git a/test/api/user/PUT-user.test.js b/test/api/user/PUT-user.test.js
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index 0000000000..9fdc600e86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/api/user/PUT-user.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import {
+  generateUser,
+  requester,
+} from '../../helpers/api.helper';
+
+describe('PUT /user', () => {
+  let api, user;
+  
+  beforeEach((done) => {
+    generateUser().then((usr) => {
+      user = usr;
+      api = requester(usr);
+      done();
+    }).catch(done);
+  });
+  
+  it("updates the user", () => {
+    let api = requester(user);
+    return api.get('/user')
+    .then((fetchedUser) => {  
+      return api.put("/user", {"profile.name" : "Frodo"});
+    })
+    .then((updatedUser) => {
+      expect(updatedUser.profile.name).to.eql("Frodo");
+    });
+  });
+});
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diff --git a/test/api/user/user-put.js b/test/api/user/user-put.js
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index 64b0a986e6..0000000000
--- a/test/api/user/user-put.js
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@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-import {
-  generateUser,
-  requester,
-} from '../../helpers/api.helper';
-
-describe('PUT /user', () => {
-   let api, user;
-
-  beforeEach((done) => {
-    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);
-//       });
-//   });
- it("it works", () => {
-   expect(1).to.eql(1);
- });
-});