diff --git a/src/notes/notes.service.ts b/src/notes/notes.service.ts
index f1718aa2b..a1a35533d 100644
--- a/src/notes/notes.service.ts
+++ b/src/notes/notes.service.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import { Revision } from '../revisions/revision.entity';
 import { RevisionsService } from '../revisions/revisions.service';
 import { User } from '../users/user.entity';
 import { UsersService } from '../users/users.service';
-import { NoteMetadataDto, NoteMetadataUpdateDto } from './note-metadata.dto';
+import { NoteMetadataDto } from './note-metadata.dto';
 import {
   NotePermissionsDto,
   NotePermissionsUpdateDto,
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ export class NotesService {
     revisions.push(Revision.create(noteContent, noteContent));
     note.revisions = Promise.resolve(revisions);
     await this.noteRepository.save(note);
+    return this.toNoteDto(note);
   }
 
   async getNoteMetadata(noteIdOrAlias: string): Promise<NoteMetadataDto> {
diff --git a/test/public-api/notes.e2e-spec.ts b/test/public-api/notes.e2e-spec.ts
index 2fcf1fe70..75c013d66 100644
--- a/test/public-api/notes.e2e-spec.ts
+++ b/test/public-api/notes.e2e-spec.ts
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ describe('Notes', () => {
 
   it(`PUT /notes/{note}`, async () => {
     await notesService.createNote('This is a test note.', 'test4');
-    await request(app.getHttpServer())
+    const response = await request(app.getHttpServer())
       .put('/notes/test4')
       .set('Content-Type', 'text/markdown')
       .send('New note text')
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ describe('Notes', () => {
     await expect(
       (await notesService.getNoteDtoByIdOrAlias('test4')).content,
     ).toEqual('New note text');
+    expect(response.body.content).toEqual('New note text');
 
     // check if a missing note correctly returns 404
     await request(app.getHttpServer())