diff --git a/tests/legacy/ApiTest.php b/tests/legacy/ApiTest.php
index e2224a19a1..550bc54c27 100644
--- a/tests/legacy/ApiTest.php
+++ b/tests/legacy/ApiTest.php
@@ -710,6 +710,7 @@ class ApiTest extends FixtureTest
 		$_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER'] = 'Test user';
 		$_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_PW']   = 'password';
 		$_SESSION['allow_api']    = false;
+		BasicAuth::setCurrentUserID();
 		self::assertFalse(api_get_user());
 	}
 
@@ -1423,6 +1424,7 @@ class ApiTest extends FixtureTest
 		$this->expectException(\Friendica\Network\HTTPException\ForbiddenException::class);
 		$_SESSION['allow_api'] = false;
 		$_GET['screen_name']   = $this->selfUser['nick'];
+		BasicAuth::setCurrentUserID();
 		api_search('json');
 	}
 
@@ -1479,6 +1481,7 @@ class ApiTest extends FixtureTest
 		$this->expectException(\Friendica\Network\HTTPException\ForbiddenException::class);
 		$_SESSION['allow_api'] = false;
 		$_GET['screen_name']   = $this->selfUser['nick'];
+		BasicAuth::setCurrentUserID();
 		api_statuses_home_timeline('json');
 	}
 
@@ -1550,6 +1553,7 @@ class ApiTest extends FixtureTest
 		$this->expectException(\Friendica\Network\HTTPException\ForbiddenException::class);
 		$_SESSION['allow_api'] = false;
 		$_GET['screen_name']   = $this->selfUser['nick'];
+		BasicAuth::setCurrentUserID();
 		api_statuses_public_timeline('json');
 	}
 
@@ -1604,6 +1608,7 @@ class ApiTest extends FixtureTest
 		$this->expectException(\Friendica\Network\HTTPException\ForbiddenException::class);
 		$_SESSION['allow_api'] = false;
 		$_GET['screen_name']   = $this->selfUser['nick'];
+		BasicAuth::setCurrentUserID();
 		api_statuses_networkpublic_timeline('json');
 	}
 
@@ -1667,6 +1672,7 @@ class ApiTest extends FixtureTest
 		$this->expectException(\Friendica\Network\HTTPException\ForbiddenException::class);
 		$_SESSION['allow_api'] = false;
 		$_GET['screen_name']   = $this->selfUser['nick'];
+		BasicAuth::setCurrentUserID();
 		api_statuses_show('json');
 	}
 
@@ -1708,6 +1714,7 @@ class ApiTest extends FixtureTest
 		$this->expectException(\Friendica\Network\HTTPException\ForbiddenException::class);
 		$_SESSION['allow_api'] = false;
 		$_GET['screen_name']   = $this->selfUser['nick'];
+		BasicAuth::setCurrentUserID();
 		api_conversation_show('json');
 	}
 
@@ -1822,6 +1829,7 @@ class ApiTest extends FixtureTest
 		$this->expectException(\Friendica\Network\HTTPException\ForbiddenException::class);
 		$_SESSION['allow_api'] = false;
 		$_GET['screen_name']   = $this->selfUser['nick'];
+		BasicAuth::setCurrentUserID();
 		api_statuses_mentions('json');
 	}
 
@@ -1889,6 +1897,7 @@ class ApiTest extends FixtureTest
 		$this->expectException(\Friendica\Network\HTTPException\ForbiddenException::class);
 		$_SESSION['allow_api'] = false;
 		$_GET['screen_name']   = $this->selfUser['nick'];
+		BasicAuth::setCurrentUserID();
 		api_statuses_user_timeline('json');
 	}
 
@@ -2017,6 +2026,7 @@ class ApiTest extends FixtureTest
 		$this->expectException(\Friendica\Network\HTTPException\ForbiddenException::class);
 		$_SESSION['allow_api'] = false;
 		$_GET['screen_name']   = $this->selfUser['nick'];
+		BasicAuth::setCurrentUserID();
 		api_favorites('json');
 	}
 
@@ -2442,6 +2452,7 @@ class ApiTest extends FixtureTest
 		$this->expectException(\Friendica\Network\HTTPException\ForbiddenException::class);
 		$_SESSION['allow_api'] = false;
 		$_GET['screen_name']   = $this->selfUser['nick'];
+		BasicAuth::setCurrentUserID();
 		api_lists_statuses('json');
 	}
 
@@ -2868,6 +2879,7 @@ class ApiTest extends FixtureTest
 		$this->expectException(\Friendica\Network\HTTPException\ForbiddenException::class);
 		$_SESSION['allow_api'] = false;
 		$_GET['screen_name']   = $this->selfUser['nick'];
+		BasicAuth::setCurrentUserID();
 		api_direct_messages_box('json', 'sentbox', 'false');
 	}