diff --git a/services/web/test/acceptance/coffee/helpers/User.coffee b/services/web/test/acceptance/coffee/helpers/User.coffee
index d9f0b1409a..6cd7edd7d4 100644
--- a/services/web/test/acceptance/coffee/helpers/User.coffee
+++ b/services/web/test/acceptance/coffee/helpers/User.coffee
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 request = require("./request")
+_ = require("underscore")
 settings = require("settings-sharelatex")
 {db, ObjectId} = require("../../../../app/js/infrastructure/mongojs")
+UserModel = require("../../../../app/js/models/User").User
+AuthenticationManager = require("../../../../app/js/Features/Authentication/AuthenticationManager")
 
 count = 0
 
@@ -17,20 +20,20 @@ class User
 	login: (callback = (error) ->) ->
 		@getCsrfToken (error) =>
 			return callback(error) if error?
-			@request.post {
-				url: "/register" # Register will log in, but also ensure user exists
-				json:
-					email: @email
-					password: @password
-			}, (error, response, body) =>
+			filter = {@email}
+			options = {upsert: true, new: true, setDefaultsOnInsert: true}
+			UserModel.findOneAndUpdate filter, {}, options, (error, user) =>
 				return callback(error) if error?
-				db.users.findOne {email: @email}, (error, user) =>
+				AuthenticationManager.setUserPassword user._id, @password, (error) =>
 					return callback(error) if error?
 					@id = user?._id?.toString()
 					@_id = user?._id?.toString()
 					@first_name = user?.first_name
 					@referal_id = user?.referal_id
-					callback()
+					@request.post {
+						url: "/login"
+						json: { @email, @password }
+					}, callback
 
 	logout: (callback = (error) ->) ->
 		@getCsrfToken (error) =>
@@ -104,8 +107,10 @@ class User
 		}, (error, response, body) ->
 			return callback(error) if error?
 			if !body?.project_id?
-				console.error "SOMETHING WENT WRONG CREATING PROJECT", response.statusCode, response.headers["location"], body
-			callback(null, body.project_id)
+				error = new Error("SOMETHING WENT WRONG CREATING PROJECT", response.statusCode, response.headers["location"], body)
+				callback error
+			else
+				callback(null, body.project_id)
 
 	deleteProject: (project_id, callback=(error)) ->
 		@request.delete {
@@ -161,13 +166,10 @@ class User
 
 	getCsrfToken: (callback = (error) ->) ->
 		@request.get {
-			url: "/register"
+			url: "/dev/csrf"
 		}, (err, response, body) =>
 			return callback(err) if err?
-			csrfMatches = body.match("window.csrfToken = \"(.*?)\";")
-			if !csrfMatches?
-				return callback(new Error("no csrf token found"))
-			@csrfToken = csrfMatches[1]
+			@csrfToken = body
 			@request = @request.defaults({
 				headers:
 					"x-csrf-token": @csrfToken