diff --git a/phpunit.coverage.specific.xml b/phpunit.coverage.specific.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 14ca914b98..0000000000
--- a/phpunit.coverage.specific.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-
-<!--
-  ~ phpunit.coverage.specific.xml
-  ~ Copyright (c) 2020 james@firefly-iii.org
-  ~
-  ~ This file is part of Firefly III (https://github.com/firefly-iii).
-  ~
-  ~ This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-  ~ it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
-  ~ published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
-  ~ License, or (at your option) any later version.
-  ~
-  ~ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-  ~ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-  ~ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-  ~ GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
-  ~
-  ~ You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
-  ~ along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-  -->
-
-<phpunit backupGlobals="false"
-         backupStaticAttributes="false"
-         bootstrap="vendor/autoload.php"
-         colors="true"
-         convertErrorsToExceptions="true"
-         convertNoticesToExceptions="true"
-         convertWarningsToExceptions="true"
-         processIsolation="false"
-         stopOnFailure="true">
-    <listeners>
-        <listener class="JohnKary\PHPUnit\Listener\SpeedTrapListener" />
-    </listeners>
-    <testsuites>
-        <testsuite name="Api">
-            <directory suffix="Test.php">./tests/Api</directory>
-        </testsuite>
-        <testsuite name="Unit">
-            <directory suffix="Test.php">./tests/Unit</directory>
-        </testsuite>
-        <testsuite name="Feature">
-            <directory suffix="Test.php">./tests/Feature</directory>
-        </testsuite>
-    </testsuites>
-    <filter>
-        <whitelist processUncoveredFilesFromWhitelist="true">
-            <directory suffix=".php">./app</directory>
-            <exclude>
-                <file>app/Http/breadcrumbs.php</file>
-            </exclude>
-        </whitelist>
-    </filter>
-    <logging>
-        <log type="coverage-clover" target="./storage/build/clover-specific.xml" />
-    </logging>
-    <php>
-        <env name="APP_ENV" value="testing"/>
-        <env name="CACHE_DRIVER" value="array"/>
-        <env name="SESSION_DRIVER" value="array"/>
-        <env name="QUEUE_DRIVER" value="sync"/>
-    </php>
-</phpunit>
diff --git a/phpunit.coverage.xml b/phpunit.coverage.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 78a52537ac..0000000000
--- a/phpunit.coverage.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-
-
-<!--
-  ~ phpunit.coverage.xml
-  ~ Copyright (c) 2020 james@firefly-iii.org
-  ~
-  ~ This file is part of Firefly III (https://github.com/firefly-iii).
-  ~
-  ~ This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-  ~ it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
-  ~ published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
-  ~ License, or (at your option) any later version.
-  ~
-  ~ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-  ~ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-  ~ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-  ~ GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
-  ~
-  ~ You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
-  ~ along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-  -->
-
-<phpunit backupGlobals="false"
-         backupStaticAttributes="false"
-         bootstrap="vendor/autoload.php"
-         colors="true"
-         convertErrorsToExceptions="true"
-         convertNoticesToExceptions="true"
-         convertWarningsToExceptions="true"
-         processIsolation="false"
-         stopOnFailure="true">
-    <listeners>
-        <listener class="JohnKary\PHPUnit\Listener\SpeedTrapListener" />
-    </listeners>
-    <testsuites>
-        <testsuite name="Api">
-            <directory suffix="Test.php">./tests/Api</directory>
-        </testsuite>
-        <testsuite name="Unit">
-            <directory suffix="Test.php">./tests/Unit</directory>
-        </testsuite>
-        <testsuite name="Feature">
-            <directory suffix="Test.php">./tests/Feature</directory>
-        </testsuite>
-    </testsuites>
-    <filter>
-        <whitelist processUncoveredFilesFromWhitelist="true">
-            <directory suffix=".php">./app</directory>
-            <exclude>
-                <file>app/Http/breadcrumbs.php</file>
-            </exclude>
-        </whitelist>
-    </filter>
-    <logging>
-        <log type="coverage-clover" target="./storage/build/clover-all.xml" />
-    </logging>
-    <php>
-        <env name="APP_ENV" value="testing"/>
-        <env name="CACHE_DRIVER" value="array"/>
-        <env name="SESSION_DRIVER" value="array"/>
-        <env name="QUEUE_DRIVER" value="sync"/>
-    </php>
-</phpunit>
diff --git a/phpunit.xml b/phpunit.xml
index a255c39ab5..3ed2160e50 100644
--- a/phpunit.xml
+++ b/phpunit.xml
@@ -37,12 +37,14 @@
         <testsuite name="Api">
             <directory suffix="Test.php">./tests/Api</directory>
         </testsuite>
+        <!--
         <testsuite name="Unit">
             <directory suffix="Test.php">./tests/Unit</directory>
         </testsuite>
         <testsuite name="Feature">
             <directory suffix="Test.php">./tests/Feature</directory>
         </testsuite>
+        -->
     </testsuites>
     <filter>
         <whitelist processUncoveredFilesFromWhitelist="true">
diff --git a/tests/Api/V1/Controllers/Chart/CategoryControllerTest.php b/tests/Api/V1/Controllers/Chart/CategoryControllerTest.php
index 4805200840..10d8571354 100644
--- a/tests/Api/V1/Controllers/Chart/CategoryControllerTest.php
+++ b/tests/Api/V1/Controllers/Chart/CategoryControllerTest.php
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ use FireflyIII\Repositories\Category\NoCategoryRepositoryInterface;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\Category\OperationsRepositoryInterface;
 use Laravel\Passport\Passport;
 use Log;
-use Tests\Support\TestDataTrait;
 use Tests\TestCase;
 
 /**
@@ -40,8 +39,6 @@ use Tests\TestCase;
  */
 class CategoryControllerTest extends TestCase
 {
-    use TestDataTrait;
-
     /**
      *
      */
diff --git a/tests/Api/V1/Controllers/UserControllerTest.php b/tests/Api/V1/Controllers/UserControllerTest.php
index ce2966d070..0c090772eb 100644
--- a/tests/Api/V1/Controllers/UserControllerTest.php
+++ b/tests/Api/V1/Controllers/UserControllerTest.php
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
 namespace Tests\Api\V1\Controllers;
 
 
+use Faker\Factory;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\User\UserRepositoryInterface;
 use FireflyIII\Transformers\UserTransformer;
-use FireflyIII\User;
 use Laravel\Passport\Passport;
 use Log;
 use Mockery;
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ class UserControllerTest extends TestCase
         parent::setUp();
         Passport::actingAs($this->user());
         $this->mockDefaultConfiguration();
-        Log::info(sprintf('Now in %s.', get_class($this)));
 
     }
 
@@ -61,7 +60,13 @@ class UserControllerTest extends TestCase
      */
     public function testStoreBasic(): void
     {
-        $this->assertTrue(true);
-    }
+        Log::info(sprintf('Now in test %s.', __METHOD__));
+        // random user
+        $faker = Factory::create();
+        $data  = ['email' => $faker->email,];
 
+        // test API
+        $response = $this->post(route('api.v1.users.store'), $data, ['Content-Type' => 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded', 'Accept' => 'application/json']);
+        $response->assertStatus(200);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/TestCase.php b/tests/TestCase.php
index 610ca27616..c07f2814bb 100644
--- a/tests/TestCase.php
+++ b/tests/TestCase.php
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ namespace Tests;
 
 use FireflyIII\User;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\TestCase as BaseTestCase;
+use Tests\Traits\CollectsValues;
 use Tests\Traits\MocksDefaultValues;
 use Tests\Traits\TestHelpers;
 
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ use Tests\Traits\TestHelpers;
  */
 abstract class TestCase extends BaseTestCase
 {
-    use CreatesApplication, MocksDefaultValues, TestHelpers;
+    use CreatesApplication, MocksDefaultValues, TestHelpers, CollectsValues;
 
     /**
      * @return array
@@ -50,14 +51,4 @@ abstract class TestCase extends BaseTestCase
             'custom range' => ['custom'],
         ];
     }
-
-    /**
-     * @return User
-     */
-    public function user(): User
-    {
-        return User::find(1);
-    }
-
-
 }