diff --git a/backend/controllers/user.controller.js b/backend/controllers/user.controller.js
index 897496e75..783f3a9d0 100644
--- a/backend/controllers/user.controller.js
+++ b/backend/controllers/user.controller.js
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ UserController.user_by_id = async function (req, res) {
 
   try {
     const user = await User.findById(UserId);
+    // TODO throw 404 if User.findById returns empty object
+    // and look downstream to see whether 404 would break anything
     return res.status(200).send(user);
   } catch (err) {
     return res.sendStatus(400);
diff --git a/backend/test/user.integration.test.js b/backend/test/user.integration.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8e2b2145c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/test/user.integration.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+const supertest = require('supertest');
+const app = require('../app');
+const request = supertest(app);
+
+const { setupIntegrationDB } = require('../setup-test');
+setupIntegrationDB('api-users');
+
+const backendHeaders = process.env.CUSTOM_REQUEST_HEADER;
+
+const submittedData = {
+  name: {
+    firstName: 'test',
+    lastName: 'user',
+  },
+  email: 'newtest@test.com',
+};
+var createdUserId = '';
+
+describe('CREATE', () => {
+  test('Create a User with POST to /api/users/', async (done) => {
+    // Submit a User
+    const res = await request
+      .post('/api/users/')
+      .set('Accept', 'application/json')
+      .set('x-customrequired-header', backendHeaders)
+      .send(submittedData);
+    expect(res.status).toBe(201);
+    expect(res.body.name).toMatchObject(submittedData.name);
+
+    createdUserId = res.body._id;
+
+    done();
+  });
+
+  test('Fail when creating a User with duplicate email', async (done) => {
+    // Submit a User
+    const res = await request
+      .post('/api/users/')
+      .set('Accept', 'application/json')
+      .set('x-customrequired-header', backendHeaders)
+      .send(submittedData);
+    expect(res.status).toBe(409);
+    expect(res.body).toMatchObject({error: { code: 11000, driver: true, name: 'MongoError', index: 0 }, message: 'User already exists'});
+
+    done();
+  });
+});
+
+describe('READ', () => {
+  test('Get a list of Users with with GET to /api/users/', async (done) => {
+    // Get all Users
+    const res = await request.get('/api/users/').set('x-customrequired-header', backendHeaders);
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+
+    const APIData = res.body[0];
+    expect(APIData.name).toMatchObject(submittedData.name);
+
+    done();
+  });
+  test('Get a specific User by param with GET to /api/users?email=<query>', async (done) => {
+    // Get User by query of email
+    const res = await request
+      .get('/api/users?email=newtest@test.com')
+      .set('x-customrequired-header', backendHeaders);
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+
+    const APIData = res.body[0];
+    expect(APIData.name).toMatchObject(submittedData.name);
+
+    done();
+  });
+
+  test('Get a specific User by UserId with GET to /api/users/:UserId', async (done) => {
+    // Get User by UserId
+    const res = await request
+      .get(`/api/users/${createdUserId}`)
+      .set('x-customrequired-header', backendHeaders);
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+
+    const APIData = res.body;
+    expect(APIData.email).toBe(submittedData.email);
+    expect(APIData.name).toMatchObject(submittedData.name);
+
+    done();
+  });
+});
+
+describe('UPDATE', () => {
+  test('Update a User with PATCH to /api/users/:UserId', async (done) => {
+    const updatedEmail = {
+      email: 'newtest2@test.com',
+    };
+
+    // Update User
+    const resUpdate = await request
+      .patch(`/api/users/${createdUserId}`)
+      .set('Accept', 'application/json')
+      .set('x-customrequired-header', backendHeaders)
+      .send(updatedEmail);
+    expect(resUpdate.status).toBe(200);
+    expect(resUpdate.body.name).toMatchObject(submittedData.name);
+
+    const res2 = await request
+      .get(`/api/users/${createdUserId}`)
+      .set('x-customrequired-header', backendHeaders);
+    expect(res2.status).toBe(200);
+
+    const APIData = res2.body;
+    expect(APIData.email).toBe(updatedEmail.email);
+    expect(APIData.name).toMatchObject(submittedData.name);
+
+    done();
+  });
+});
+
+describe('DELETE', () => {
+  test('Delete a specific user by Id with DELETE /api/users/:UserId', async (done) => {
+    // Delete User
+    const res = await request
+      .delete(`/api/users/${createdUserId}`)
+      .set('x-customrequired-header', backendHeaders);
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+
+    const APIData = res.body;
+    expect(APIData.name).toMatchObject(submittedData.name);
+
+    // Check to see that deleted User is gone
+    const res2 = await request
+      .get(`/api/users/${createdUserId}`)
+      .set('x-customrequired-header', backendHeaders);
+    expect(res2.body).toEqual({});
+
+
+    done();
+  });
+});