diff --git a/backend/tests/Designer.Tests/Controllers/ApiTests/ApiTestsAuthAndCookieDelegatingHandler.cs b/backend/tests/Designer.Tests/Controllers/ApiTests/ApiTestsAuthAndCookieDelegatingHandler.cs
index e51a0baf825..67090b528f0 100644
--- a/backend/tests/Designer.Tests/Controllers/ApiTests/ApiTestsAuthAndCookieDelegatingHandler.cs
+++ b/backend/tests/Designer.Tests/Controllers/ApiTests/ApiTestsAuthAndCookieDelegatingHandler.cs
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ protected override async Task<HttpResponseMessage> SendAsync(HttpRequestMessage
         using var httpRequestMessageXsrf = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, xsrfUrl);
 
         using var xsrfResponse = await base.SendAsync(httpRequestMessageXsrf, cancellationToken);
+        xsrfResponse.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
 
         string xsrfToken = AuthenticationUtil.GetXsrfTokenFromCookie(xsrfResponse.Headers.GetValues(Microsoft.Net.Http.Headers.HeaderNames.SetCookie));
         request.AddXsrfToken(xsrfToken);
diff --git a/backend/tests/Designer.Tests/Controllers/ApiTests/DbDesignerEndpointsTestsBase.cs b/backend/tests/Designer.Tests/Controllers/ApiTests/DbDesignerEndpointsTestsBase.cs
index 6f52863246c..b71370f800d 100644
--- a/backend/tests/Designer.Tests/Controllers/ApiTests/DbDesignerEndpointsTestsBase.cs
+++ b/backend/tests/Designer.Tests/Controllers/ApiTests/DbDesignerEndpointsTestsBase.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-using System;
-using Designer.Tests.Fixtures;
+using Designer.Tests.Fixtures;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Testing;
 using Xunit;