diff --git a/server/tests/verify_basic_cases.sh b/server/tests/verify_basic_cases.sh
index e25004c..519435f 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\":\"$secret\", \"name\":\"sample\", \"kind\":2, \"description\":\"some bs description\"}"
+	kv="{\"id\":$id,\"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\":\"$secret\", \"name\":\"sample\"}"
+	kv="{\"id\":$id,\"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"
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ send_message() {
 	$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\":\"$secret\", \"content\":\"message sample\", \"channel\":\"msgchannel\"}"
+	kv="{\"id\":$id,\"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
diff --git a/server/tests/verify_err_cases.sh b/server/tests/verify_err_cases.sh
index 35bdffa..655af73 100644
--- a/server/tests/verify_err_cases.sh
+++ b/server/tests/verify_err_cases.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ list_channels_bad_key() {
 }
 
 delete_channel_missing_param() {
-	kv='{"secret":"secret"}'
+	kv="{\"id\":$id, \"secret\":\"$secret\"}"
 	result=$($crl $POST $url/channels/delete -d "$kv")
 	code=$(echo "$result" | grep HTTP\/1.1 | awk '{print $2}')
 	log_result delete_channel_missing_param 400 $code "$result"
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ delete_channel_missing_param() {
 
 delete_channel_no_channel() {
 	# Should 200 as the api just drops the result
-	kv='{"secret":"secret", "name":"yes"}'
+	kv="{\"id\":$id, \"secret\":\"$secret\", \"name\":\"yes\"}"
 	result=$($crl $POST $url/channels/delete -d "$kv")
 	code=$(echo "$result" | grep HTTP\/1.1 | awk '{print $2}')
 	log_result delete_channel_no_channel_found 200 $code "$result"