diff --git a/server/tests/common.sh b/server/tests/common.sh
index a996878..8bc7813 100644
--- a/server/tests/common.sh
+++ b/server/tests/common.sh
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # Details for our bs user when testing things
-export id=1
-export secret=secret
-export name=godrah
-export joindate=123
-export status=1
-export permissions=69
+# raw from `-c same` flag
+# {"id":5,"secret":"JYFKgDOgEAn2vJISwRSkRKn3kNE2EQD0dTFOG24UipQ9kQfBOura06PYf-hYGdFbCNeDJy2LxLu-9N13S8Auaw==","name":"adminsama","joindate":1596865071,"status":0,"permissions":18446744073709551615}
+export id=5
+export secret='JYFKgDOgEAn2vJISwRSkRKn3kNE2EQD0dTFOG24UipQ9kQfBOura06PYf-hYGdFbCNeDJy2LxLu-9N13S8Auaw=='
+export name='adminsama'
+export joindate='1596865071'
+export status=0
+export permissions='18446744073709551615'
 
-export simple_key='{"secret":"secret"}'
+export simple_key='{"secret":"'"$secret"'","id":'$id'}'
 
 export url='localhost:8888'
 
diff --git a/server/tests/verify_basic_cases.sh b/server/tests/verify_basic_cases.sh
index b23e796..e25004c 100644
--- a/server/tests/verify_basic_cases.sh
+++ b/server/tests/verify_basic_cases.sh
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@ list_all_channels() { # TEST
 }
 
 create_channel() {
-	kv='{"secret":"secret", "name":"sample", "kind":2, "description":"some bs description"}'
+	kv="{\"secret\":\"$secret\", \"name\":\"sample\", \"kind\":2, \"description\":\"some bs description\"}"
 	result=$($crl $POST $url/channels/create -d "$kv")
 	code=$(echo "$result" | grep HTTP\/1.1 | awk '{print $2}')
 	log_result good_create_channel 200 $code "$result"
 }
 
 delete_channel() {
-	kv='{"secret":"secret", "name":"sample"}'
+	kv="{\"secret\":\"$secret\", \"name\":\"sample\"}"
 	result=$($crl $POST $url/channels/delete -d "$kv")
 	code=$(echo "$result" | grep HTTP\/1.1 | awk '{print $2}')
 	log_result good_delete_channel 200 $code "$result"
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ delete_channel() {
 
 send_message() {
 	# ignoring the reaction to this as its not _completely_ relevant for this test
-	$crl $POST $url/channels/create -d '{"secret":"secret","name":"msgchannel","kind":2}' > /dev/null
+	$crl $POST $url/channels/create -d "{\"id\":$id, \"secret\":\"$secret\",\"name\":\"msgchannel\",\"kind\":2}" > /dev/null
 
 	# now we can try sending the right parameters to send a basic message
-	kv='{"secret":"secret", "content":"message sample", "channel":"msgchannel"}'
+	kv="{\"secret\":\"$secret\", \"content\":\"message sample\", \"channel\":\"msgchannel\"}"
 	result=$($crl $POST $url/message/send -d "$kv")
 	code=$(echo "$result" | grep HTTP\/1.1 | awk '{print $2}')
 	# non-existant channel for now but whatever ignore for now