diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0091706..9302763 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ run: tailwind-build ## compiles tailwindcss styles and runs the project with cab
 
 .PHONY: test
 test: ## runs the unit test project
-	cabal test hastl-test --test-show-details=direct
+	cabal test hastl-test --enable-tests --test-show-details=direct
 
 .PHONY: test-integration
 test-integration: ## runs the integration test project
diff --git a/hastl.cabal b/hastl.cabal
index 515f60d..8a5f2ab 100644
--- a/hastl.cabal
+++ b/hastl.cabal
@@ -90,15 +90,18 @@ test-suite hastl-test
     default-language: GHC2021
     other-modules:
       Api.UserSpec
-    -- other-extensions:
+    default-extensions:
+      OverloadedStrings
     type:             exitcode-stdio-1.0
     hs-source-dirs:   test
     main-is:          Main.hs
     build-tool-depends: hspec-discover:hspec-discover
     build-depends:
-        base ^>=4.17.2.1,
-        hastl,
-        hspec
+        base ^>=4.17.2.1
+      , hastl
+      , hspec
+      , persistent-postgresql
+      , time
     ghc-options:
         -threaded -rtsopts -with-rtsopts=-N -fwarn-unused-imports
 
diff --git a/lib/Api/User.hs b/lib/Api/User.hs
index 20d6237..b64ba2a 100644
--- a/lib/Api/User.hs
+++ b/lib/Api/User.hs
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import Control.Monad.Except (MonadIO (liftIO))
 import Control.Monad.Logger (logDebugNS, logErrorNS)
 import Database.Persist.Postgresql (
   Entity (..),
-  PersistStoreRead (get),
   getEntity,
   insert,
   selectFirst,
@@ -24,7 +23,6 @@ import Servant (
   Proxy (..),
   ReqBody,
   ServerError (errBody, errHTTPCode, errHeaders),
-  addHeader,
   err404,
   err500,
   throwError,
@@ -32,14 +30,13 @@ import Servant (
   type (:>),
  )
 
-import Api.Templates.Helpers.Htmx (hxTarget_)
 import Api.Templates.User.User (renderUser, renderUsersComponent)
 import Config (AppT (..))
 import Data.Aeson (FromJSON)
 import Data.Text (Text, pack)
 import Data.Time (getCurrentTime)
 import GHC.Generics (Generic)
-import Lucid (Html, ToHtml (toHtml), class_, div_, id_, p_, renderBS)
+import Lucid (Html, ToHtml (toHtml), class_, div_, id_, renderBS)
 import Models (User (User), runDb, tryRunDb)
 import Models qualified as Md
 import Servant.API.ContentTypes.Lucid (HTML)
diff --git a/test/Api/UserSpec.hs b/test/Api/UserSpec.hs
index a2e6315..03a1817 100644
--- a/test/Api/UserSpec.hs
+++ b/test/Api/UserSpec.hs
@@ -1,10 +1,28 @@
-module Api.User.UserSpec where
+module Api.UserSpec where
 
-import Test.Hspec (Spec, describe, it, shouldBe)
-import hastl.Api.Templates.User (renderUser)
+import Api.Templates.User.User (renderUser)
+import Control.Monad.IO.Class (liftIO)
+import Data.Time (getCurrentTime)
+import Models (User (User), userCreatedAt, userEmail, userName)
+import Test.Hspec (Spec, before, context, describe, it, shouldBe)
+
+import Database.Persist.Postgresql (
+  Entity (..),
+  Key (..),
+ )
 
 spec :: Spec
-spec = do
-  describe "renderUser" $ do
-    it "renders a user" $ do
-      renderUser `shouldBe` "<div>user</div>"
+spec = before
+  ( do
+      time <- getCurrentTime
+      pure time
+  )
+  $ do
+    describe "templates" $ do
+      context "when rendering a user" $ do
+        it "renders a user" $
+          ( \t -> do
+              let user = User{userName = "user", userEmail = "hi@mom.com", userCreatedAt = t}
+              -- let entity = Entity (Key user) user
+              userName user `shouldBe` "user"
+          )