diff --git a/src/tests/backend/specs/api/chat.js b/src/tests/backend/specs/api/chat.js
index bfd637349..fcc69a363 100644
--- a/src/tests/backend/specs/api/chat.js
+++ b/src/tests/backend/specs/api/chat.js
@@ -49,24 +49,6 @@ describe(__filename, function () {
     });
   });
 
-
-  describe('createPad with empty text', () => {
-    it('creates a new Pad with empty text', function (done) {
-      agent.get(`${endPoint('createPad')}&padID=${padID}&text=`)
-          .expect((res) => {
-            if (res.body.code !== 0) throw new Error('Unable to create new Pad');
-          })
-          .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
-          .expect(200);
-      agent.get(`${endPoint('deletePad')}&padID=${padID}`)
-          .expect((res) => {
-            if (res.body.code !== 0) throw new Error('Unable to delete empty Pad');
-          })
-          .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
-          .expect(200, done);
-    });
-  });
-
   describe('createAuthor', function () {
     it('Creates an author with a name set', function (done) {
       agent.get(endPoint('createAuthor'))
diff --git a/src/tests/backend/specs/api/pad.js b/src/tests/backend/specs/api/pad.js
index 64f10f012..b8250741e 100644
--- a/src/tests/backend/specs/api/pad.js
+++ b/src/tests/backend/specs/api/pad.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ let apiVersion = 1;
 const testPadId = makeid();
 const newPadId = makeid();
 const copiedPadId = makeid();
+const anotherPadId = makeid();
 let lastEdited = '';
 const text = generateLongText();
 
@@ -502,6 +503,31 @@ describe(__filename, function () {
           .expect('Content-Type', /json/);
       assert.equal(res.body.data.revisions, revCount);
     });
+
+    it('creates a new Pad with empty text', async function () {
+      await agent.get(`${endPoint('createPad')}&padID=${anotherPadId}&text=`)
+          .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
+          .expect(200)
+          .expect((res) => {
+            assert.equal(res.body.code, 0, 'Unable to create new Pad');
+          });
+      await agent.get(`${endPoint('getText')}&padID=${anotherPadId}`)
+          .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
+          .expect(200)
+          .expect((res) => {
+            assert.equal(res.body.code, 0, 'Unable to get pad text');
+            assert.equal(res.body.data.text, '\n', 'Pad text is not empty');
+          });
+    });
+
+    it('deletes with empty text', async function () {
+      await agent.get(`${endPoint('deletePad')}&padID=${anotherPadId}`)
+          .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
+          .expect(200)
+          .expect((res) => {
+            assert.equal(res.body.code, 0, 'Unable to delete empty Pad');
+          });
+    });
   });
 
   describe('copyPadWithoutHistory', function () {