diff --git a/packages/xpub-faraday-server/src/AuthorBackend.js b/packages/xpub-faraday-server/src/AuthorBackend.js
index 6f784e4c27a5e533542c647121dd84152c6634b4..e71de40326aa0371cc64ce690a142c77f568e6e1 100644
--- a/packages/xpub-faraday-server/src/AuthorBackend.js
+++ b/packages/xpub-faraday-server/src/AuthorBackend.js
@@ -1,14 +1,9 @@
 const bodyParser = require('body-parser')
 
 const AuthorBackend = app => {
-  let authBearer = app.locals.passport.authenticate('bearer', {
+  const authBearer = app.locals.passport.authenticate('bearer', {
     session: false,
   })
-
-  if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'test') {
-    authBearer = app.locals.passport.authenticate('anonymous')
-  }
-
   app.post(
     '/api/fragments/:fragmentId/authors',
     authBearer,
diff --git a/packages/xpub-faraday-server/src/AuthorBackend.test.js b/packages/xpub-faraday-server/src/AuthorBackend.test.js
index 6046310406d7b567df21139092052776fe6d7d2d..1e9467ee14a2c8e812f23f1582bcf3d0423a15e8 100644
--- a/packages/xpub-faraday-server/src/AuthorBackend.test.js
+++ b/packages/xpub-faraday-server/src/AuthorBackend.test.js
@@ -7,14 +7,23 @@ const component = require('..')
 const express = require('express')
 const fixtures = require('./fixtures/fixtures')
 const passport = require('passport')
-const AnonymousStrategy = require('passport-anonymous').Strategy
+// const AnonymousStrategy = require('passport-anonymous').Strategy
+const jwt = require('jsonwebtoken')
+const BearerStrategy = require('passport-http-bearer').Strategy
+const config = require('config')
 
 function makeApp(response) {
   const app = express()
   app.use(bodyParser.json())
   // Passport strategies
   app.use(passport.initialize())
-  passport.use('anonymous', new AnonymousStrategy())
+  passport.use(
+    'bearer',
+    new BearerStrategy((token, done) =>
+      done(null, fixtures.user, { scope: 'all' }),
+    ),
+  )
+
   app.locals.passport = passport
 
   app.locals.models = {
@@ -39,6 +48,7 @@ describe('Author Backend API', () => {
     error.status = 404
     return makeApp(error)
       .post('/api/fragments/123/authors')
+      .set('Authorization', 'Bearer 123')
       .send(fixtures.author)
       .expect(404, '{"error":"Fragment not found"}')
   })
@@ -51,6 +61,7 @@ describe('Author Backend API', () => {
     error.details.push({ message: 'firstName is required' })
     return makeApp(error)
       .post('/api/fragments/123/authors')
+      .set('Authorization', 'Bearer 123')
       .send(fixtures.invalidAuthor)
       .expect(404, '{"error":"firstName is required"}')
   })
@@ -58,18 +69,21 @@ describe('Author Backend API', () => {
   it('should return an error if an author already exists with the same email', () =>
     makeApp(fixtures.fragment)
       .post('/api/fragments/123-valid-id/authors')
+      .set('Authorization', 'Bearer 123')
       .send(fixtures.author)
       .expect(400, '{"error":"Author with the same email already exists"}'))
 
   it('should return an error if there already is a submitting author', () =>
     makeApp(fixtures.fragment)
       .post('/api/fragments/123-valid-id/authors')
+      .set('Authorization', 'Bearer 123')
       .send(fixtures.newSubmittingAuthor)
       .expect(400, '{"error":"There can only be one sumbitting author"}'))
 
   it('should return success', () =>
     makeApp(fixtures.fragment)
       .post('/api/fragments/123-valid-id/authors')
+      .set('Authorization', 'Bearer 123')
       .send(fixtures.newAuthor)
       .expect(200, '')
       .then(() => expect(fixtures.fragment.save).toHaveBeenCalled()))
diff --git a/packages/xpub-faraday-server/src/fixtures/fixtures.js b/packages/xpub-faraday-server/src/fixtures/fixtures.js
index 8f9abc7794a7c6199d0b45dbb17b62920bada375..f570e534a22f13729c04e89d8fcc35846989c8ea 100644
--- a/packages/xpub-faraday-server/src/fixtures/fixtures.js
+++ b/packages/xpub-faraday-server/src/fixtures/fixtures.js
@@ -52,10 +52,18 @@ const fragment = {
   save: jest.fn(),
 }
 
+const user = {
+  type: 'user',
+  username: 'testuser',
+  email: 'test@example.com',
+  password: 'test',
+}
+
 module.exports = {
   author,
   invalidAuthor,
   fragment,
   newSubmittingAuthor,
   newAuthor,
+  user,
 }