diff --git a/src/notes/notes.service.ts b/src/notes/notes.service.ts
index 012a3898c..8e1f11284 100644
--- a/src/notes/notes.service.ts
+++ b/src/notes/notes.service.ts
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ 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 1846511ee..38b2db779 100644
--- a/test/public-api/notes.e2e-spec.ts
+++ b/test/public-api/notes.e2e-spec.ts
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ 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')
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ 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())