diff --git a/dbrepo-metadata-service/rest-service/src/test/java/at/tuwien/endpoints/IdentifierEndpointUnitTest.java b/dbrepo-metadata-service/rest-service/src/test/java/at/tuwien/endpoints/IdentifierEndpointUnitTest.java
index 243f0e9aedeb4cd6176496f5ca02c1995aae78b9..ce560cb646342f627a3e78d09a11f77a59c1223f 100644
--- a/dbrepo-metadata-service/rest-service/src/test/java/at/tuwien/endpoints/IdentifierEndpointUnitTest.java
+++ b/dbrepo-metadata-service/rest-service/src/test/java/at/tuwien/endpoints/IdentifierEndpointUnitTest.java
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ public class IdentifierEndpointUnitTest extends AbstractUnitTest {
             SearchServiceException, SearchServiceConnectionException {
 
         /* test */
-        this.generic_delete();
+        generic_delete();
     }
 
     @Test
diff --git a/dbrepo-metadata-service/test/src/main/java/at/tuwien/test/AbstractUnitTest.java b/dbrepo-metadata-service/test/src/main/java/at/tuwien/test/AbstractUnitTest.java
index 51b0e89b353b46fcf43f00609f961c7efc7c1a37..887c61501b3b4c40bfaebcfb11f8b9fc95be6adb 100644
--- a/dbrepo-metadata-service/test/src/main/java/at/tuwien/test/AbstractUnitTest.java
+++ b/dbrepo-metadata-service/test/src/main/java/at/tuwien/test/AbstractUnitTest.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package at.tuwien.test;
 
 import at.tuwien.entities.database.AccessType;
+import at.tuwien.entities.identifier.IdentifierStatusType;
 import org.springframework.test.context.TestPropertySource;
 
 import java.util.LinkedList;
@@ -140,6 +141,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractUnitTest extends BaseTest {
         DATABASE_4.setSubsets(new LinkedList<>());
         DATABASE_4.setAccesses(new LinkedList<>(List.of(DATABASE_4_USER_1_READ_ACCESS, DATABASE_4_USER_2_WRITE_OWN_ACCESS, DATABASE_4_USER_3_WRITE_ALL_ACCESS)));
         DATABASE_4.setIdentifiers(new LinkedList<>(List.of(IDENTIFIER_7)));
+        IDENTIFIER_7.setStatus(IdentifierStatusType.DRAFT);
         IDENTIFIER_7.setDatabase(DATABASE_4);
     }