diff --git a/src/core.ts b/src/core.ts
index ac355ac6..a900d4d8 100644
--- a/src/core.ts
+++ b/src/core.ts
@@ -51,12 +51,14 @@ import {api} from './api/routes';
 export const app = express();
 app.use(morgan('combined'));
 
-// set up rate limiter: maximum of five requests per minute
-const limiter = RateLimit({
-  windowMs: 1 * 60 * 1000, // 1 minute
-  max: 30,
-});
-app.use(limiter);
+if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'test') {
+  // set up rate limiter: maximum of five requests per minute
+  const limiter = RateLimit({
+    windowMs: 1 * 60 * 1000, // 1 minute
+    max: 30,
+  });
+  app.use(limiter);
+}
 
 // Only parse query parameters into strings, not objects
 app.set('query parser', 'simple');
diff --git a/src/datamodel/users.ts b/src/datamodel/users.ts
index f7e8dd3e..c4207405 100644
--- a/src/datamodel/users.ts
+++ b/src/datamodel/users.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  *   Data models related to users.
  */
 
-import {NonUniqueProjectID} from './core';
+import {NonUniqueProjectID} from 'faims3-datamodel';
 /*
  * This represents an arbitrary profile from an arbitrary service that where
  * information must be extracted. Specific services should use this internally,
diff --git a/test/conductor.test.ts b/test/conductor.test.ts
index e8bba2de..6e477995 100644
--- a/test/conductor.test.ts
+++ b/test/conductor.test.ts
@@ -24,15 +24,44 @@ PouchDB.plugin(require('pouchdb-find'));
 
 import request from 'supertest';
 import {app} from '../src/routes';
-import {CONDUCTOR_AUTH_PROVIDERS} from '../src/buildconfig';
+import {CONDUCTOR_AUTH_PROVIDERS, LOCAL_COUCHDB_AUTH} from '../src/buildconfig';
 import {expect} from 'chai';
+import {cleanDataDBS, resetDatabases} from './mocks';
+import {
+  createUser,
+  getUserFromEmailOrUsername,
+  saveUser,
+} from '../src/couchdb/users';
+import {createNotebook} from '../src/couchdb/notebooks';
+import fs from 'fs';
+import {createAuthKey} from '../src/authkeys/create';
+import {getSigningKey} from '../src/authkeys/signing_keys';
 
 it('check is up', async () => {
   const result = await request(app).get('/up');
   expect(result.statusCode).to.equal(200);
 });
 
+let adminToken = '';
+const username = 'bobalooba';
+const adminPassword = LOCAL_COUCHDB_AUTH ? LOCAL_COUCHDB_AUTH.password : '';
+
 describe('Auth', () => {
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    await resetDatabases();
+    await cleanDataDBS();
+    const signing_key = await getSigningKey();
+    const adminUser = await getUserFromEmailOrUsername('admin');
+    if (adminUser) {
+      adminToken = await createAuthKey(adminUser, signing_key);
+      // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
+      const [user, _error] = await createUser('', username);
+      if (user) {
+        await saveUser(user);
+      }
+    }
+  });
+
   it('redirect to auth', done => {
     request(app)
       .get('/')
@@ -72,4 +101,68 @@ describe('Auth', () => {
         done();
       });
   });
+
+  it('shows the notebooks page', async () => {
+    const filename = 'notebooks/sample_notebook.json';
+    const jsonText = fs.readFileSync(filename, 'utf-8');
+    const {metadata, 'ui-specification': uiSpec} = JSON.parse(jsonText);
+
+    await createNotebook('test-notebook', uiSpec, metadata);
+    const agent = request.agent(app);
+
+    await agent
+      .post('/auth/local/')
+      .send({username: 'admin', password: adminPassword})
+      .expect(302);
+
+    await agent
+      .get('/notebooks/')
+      .expect(200)
+      .then(response => {
+        expect(response.text).to.include('test-notebook');
+      });
+  });
+
+  it('shows page for one notebook', async () => {
+    const filename = 'notebooks/sample_notebook.json';
+    const jsonText = fs.readFileSync(filename, 'utf-8');
+    const {metadata, 'ui-specification': uiSpec} = JSON.parse(jsonText);
+
+    const project_id = await createNotebook('test-notebook', uiSpec, metadata);
+    const agent = request.agent(app);
+
+    await agent
+      .post('/auth/local/')
+      .send({username: 'admin', password: adminPassword})
+      .expect(302);
+
+    await agent
+      .get(`/notebooks/${project_id}/`)
+      .expect(200)
+      .then(response => {
+        expect(response.text).to.include('test-notebook');
+      });
+  });
+
+  it('get home page logged in', async () => {
+    const filename = 'notebooks/sample_notebook.json';
+    const jsonText = fs.readFileSync(filename, 'utf-8');
+    const {metadata, 'ui-specification': uiSpec} = JSON.parse(jsonText);
+
+    await createNotebook('test-notebook', uiSpec, metadata);
+    const agent = request.agent(app);
+
+    await agent
+      .post('/auth/local/')
+      .send({username: 'admin', password: adminPassword})
+      .expect(302);
+
+    await agent
+      .get('/')
+      .expect(200)
+      .then(response => {
+        expect(response.text).to.include('Admin User');
+      });
+  });
+
 });