diff --git a/src/auth/auth.service.spec.ts b/src/auth/auth.service.spec.ts
index df9d1a1de..cf9de2666 100644
--- a/src/auth/auth.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/auth/auth.service.spec.ts
@@ -1,23 +1,24 @@
 import { Test, TestingModule } from '@nestjs/testing';
 import { AuthService } from './auth.service';
-import { UsersModule } from '../users/users.module';
+import { PassportModule } from '@nestjs/passport';
 import { getRepositoryToken } from '@nestjs/typeorm';
+import { AuthToken } from '../users/auth-token.entity';
 import { User } from '../users/user.entity';
+import { UsersModule } from '../users/users.module';
+import { Identity } from '../users/identity.entity';
 
 describe('AuthService', () => {
   let service: AuthService;
 
   beforeEach(async () => {
     const module: TestingModule = await Test.createTestingModule({
-      providers: [
-        AuthService,
-        {
-          provide: getRepositoryToken(User),
-          useValue: {},
-        },
-      ],
-      imports: [UsersModule],
+      providers: [AuthService],
+      imports: [PassportModule, UsersModule],
     })
+      .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(AuthToken))
+      .useValue({})
+      .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(Identity))
+      .useValue({})
       .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(User))
       .useValue({})
       .compile();
diff --git a/src/auth/mock-auth.guard.ts b/src/auth/mock-auth.guard.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9d15bc83e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/auth/mock-auth.guard.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+ */
+
+import { ExecutionContext, Injectable } from '@nestjs/common';
+
+@Injectable()
+export class MockAuthGuard {
+  canActivate(context: ExecutionContext) {
+    const req = context.switchToHttp().getRequest();
+    req.user = {
+      userName: 'hardcoded',
+    };
+    return true;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/public-api/media.e2e-spec.ts b/test/public-api/media.e2e-spec.ts
index 6d1c3d14d..f4b57ebf0 100644
--- a/test/public-api/media.e2e-spec.ts
+++ b/test/public-api/media.e2e-spec.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ import { NotesModule } from '../../src/notes/notes.module';
 import { NotesService } from '../../src/notes/notes.service';
 import { PermissionsModule } from '../../src/permissions/permissions.module';
 import { UsersService } from '../../src/users/users.service';
+import { AuthModule } from '../../src/auth/auth.module';
+import { TokenAuthGuard } from '../../src/auth/token-auth.guard';
+import { MockAuthGuard } from '../../src/auth/mock-auth.guard';
 
 describe('Notes', () => {
   let app: NestExpressApplication;
@@ -46,8 +49,12 @@ describe('Notes', () => {
         PermissionsModule,
         GroupsModule,
         LoggerModule,
+        AuthModule,
       ],
-    }).compile();
+    })
+      .overrideGuard(TokenAuthGuard)
+      .useClass(MockAuthGuard)
+      .compile();
     app = moduleRef.createNestApplication<NestExpressApplication>();
     app.useStaticAssets('uploads', {
       prefix: '/uploads',
diff --git a/test/public-api/notes.e2e-spec.ts b/test/public-api/notes.e2e-spec.ts
index 500e880c3..bf9ca8c55 100644
--- a/test/public-api/notes.e2e-spec.ts
+++ b/test/public-api/notes.e2e-spec.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ import { LoggerModule } from '../../src/logger/logger.module';
 import { NotesModule } from '../../src/notes/notes.module';
 import { NotesService } from '../../src/notes/notes.service';
 import { PermissionsModule } from '../../src/permissions/permissions.module';
+import { AuthModule } from '../../src/auth/auth.module';
+import { TokenAuthGuard } from '../../src/auth/token-auth.guard';
+import { MockAuthGuard } from '../../src/auth/mock-auth.guard';
+import { UsersService } from '../../src/users/users.service';
 
 describe('Notes', () => {
   let app: INestApplication;
@@ -41,12 +45,18 @@ describe('Notes', () => {
           dropSchema: true,
         }),
         LoggerModule,
+        AuthModule,
       ],
-    }).compile();
+    })
+      .overrideGuard(TokenAuthGuard)
+      .useClass(MockAuthGuard)
+      .compile();
 
     app = moduleRef.createNestApplication();
     await app.init();
     notesService = moduleRef.get(NotesService);
+    const usersService: UsersService = moduleRef.get('UsersService');
+    await usersService.createUser('testy', 'Testy McTestFace');
   });
 
   it(`POST /notes`, async () => {