diff --git a/tests/integration/modify_user.t b/tests/integration/modify_user.t
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+#!/usr/bin/perl -w
+
+use ProductOpener::PerlStandards;
+
+use Test::More;
+use ProductOpener::APITest qw/:all/;
+use ProductOpener::Test qw/:all/;
+use ProductOpener::TestDefaults qw/:all/;
+
+remove_all_users();
+wait_application_ready();
+my $ua = new_client();
+
+my %create_user_args = (%default_user_form, (email => 'bob@test.com'));
+create_user($ua, \%create_user_args);
+
+#editing the user preferences
+my %edit_form = (
+	email => 'notbob@test.com',
+	name => 'NotTest',
+	userid => 'tests',
+	pro_checkbox => 1,
+	action => "process",
+	type => "edit"
+
+);
+my $url_edit = construct_test_url("/cgi/user.pl", "world");
+my $response_edit = $ua->post($url_edit, \%edit_form);
+
+#checking if the changes were saved
+my $url_check = construct_test_url("/cgi/user.pl?type=edit&userid=tests", "world");
+my $response_check = $ua->get($url_check);
+like($response_check->content, qr/notbob\@test\.com/, "the new email has been well saved");
+like($response_check->content, qr/NotTest/, "the new name has been well saved");
+
+done_testing();