diff --git a/tests/test_before_login.py b/tests/test_before_login.py
index b6de1786..0558f9db 100644
--- a/tests/test_before_login.py
+++ b/tests/test_before_login.py
@@ -6,23 +6,23 @@
 class TestBeforeLogin(TestCase):
 
     def test_before_login(self):
+        headers = {"Accept": "text/plain"}
 
-        # test_post_bad_login(self):
-        test_print("test_post_bad_login starting")
-        bad_login_info = {'email' : 'bademail',
-                          'password' : 'test'}
-        compare_post_request("/login", bad_login_info, test_name='bad_admin_login')
-        test_print("test_post_bad_login completed")
+        test_print("test_not_registered_email starting")
+        not_registered_email = {'email' : 'test7@user.synbiohub',
+                      'password' : 'test'}
+        compare_post_request("/login", not_registered_email, test_name='not_registered_email', headers=headers)
+        test_print("test_not_registered_email completed")
 
-        # test_no_username_login(self):
+        #test_no_username_login(self):
         test_print("test_no_username_login starting")
         no_email_info = {'password' : 'test'}
-        compare_post_request("/login", no_email_info, test_name='no_email_login')
+        compare_post_request("/login", no_email_info, test_name='no_email_login', headers = headers)
         test_print("test_no_username_login completed")
 
         # test_post_login_admin(self):
-        test_print("test_post_login_admin starting")
-        logininfo = {'email' : 'test@user.synbiohub',
-                     'password' : 'test'}
-        compare_post_request("/login", logininfo)
-        test_print("test_post_login_admin completed")
+        # test_print("test_post_login_admin starting")
+        # logininfo = {'email' : 'test@user.synbiohub',
+        #              'password' : 'test'}
+        # compare_post_request("/login", logininfo)
+        # test_print("test_post_login_admin completed")
diff --git a/tests/test_root.py b/tests/test_root.py
index 04fd8319..d9e6f4bf 100644
--- a/tests/test_root.py
+++ b/tests/test_root.py
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ def test_root():
     firstTimeSetup.test_post()
 
     # no commented tests
-    # from test_before_login import TestBeforeLogin
-    # testBeforeLogin = TestBeforeLogin()
-    # testBeforeLogin.test_before_login()
+    from test_before_login import TestBeforeLogin
+    testBeforeLogin = TestBeforeLogin()
+    testBeforeLogin.test_before_login()
 
     # no commented tests
     from test_user import TestUser
diff --git a/tests/test_user.py b/tests/test_user.py
index e7582c2e..592d2124 100644
--- a/tests/test_user.py
+++ b/tests/test_user.py
@@ -17,14 +17,11 @@ def test_post_register(self):
             'password1' : 'test',
             'password2' : 'test'
         }
-
+        
         compare_post_request("register", data, test_name = "register1", headers = headers, route_parameters = [], files = None, test_type = test_type) #error - account already in use? - FAIL CASE for 1
+        test_print("test_post_register completed")
 
         test_print("test_post_login starting")
-        #not registered user
-        logininfo = {'email' : 'test7@user.synbiohub',
-                      'password' : 'test'}
-        login_with(logininfo, 0)
 
         #bad password
         logininfo = {'email' : 'test1@user.synbiohub',
@@ -36,10 +33,12 @@ def test_post_register(self):
                       'password' : 'test'}
         login_with(logininfo, 1)
         test_print("test_post_login completed")
-        
-        test_print("test_post_register starting")
-        compare_get_request("/profile", headers = headers, route_parameters = [], test_type = test_type, comparison_type="json", fields=["name", "username", "email", "affiliation", "graphUri"])
 
+        test_print("test_get_profile starting")
+        compare_get_request("/profile", headers = headers, route_parameters = [], test_type = test_type, comparison_type="json", fields=["name", "username", "email", "affiliation", "graphUri"])
+        test_print("test_get_profile completed")
+  
+        test_print("test_post_profile starting")
         data={
              'name': 'ronnie',
              'affiliation' : 'notcovid',
@@ -49,7 +48,7 @@ def test_post_register(self):
         }
 
         compare_post_request("profile", data, test_name = "profile2", headers = headers, route_parameters = [], files = None, test_type = test_type)
-
+        test_print("test_post_profile completed")
         #compare_get_request("/logout")
         # test_print("logout started")
         # data={