diff --git a/tests/frontend/specs/change_user_name.js b/tests/frontend/specs/change_user_name.js
index 9bfba4ed8..2d825f1ca 100644
--- a/tests/frontend/specs/change_user_name.js
+++ b/tests/frontend/specs/change_user_name.js
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ describe("change username value", function(){
     this.timeout(5000);
   });
 
-  it("makes sure changing username works", function(done) {
-    var inner$ = helper.padInner$; 
-    var chrome$ = helper.padChrome$; 
+  it("Changing username from one value to another sticks", function(done) {
+    var inner$ = helper.padInner$;
+    var chrome$ = helper.padChrome$;
 
     //click on the settings button to make settings visible
     var $userButton = chrome$(".buttonicon-showusers");
@@ -31,8 +31,13 @@ describe("change username value", function(){
 
     //check if the username has been changed to John McLear
     expect(correctUsernameValue).to.be(true);
+    done();
+  });
 
 
+  it("changing username is to the value we expect", function(done) {
+    var inner$ = helper.padInner$;
+    var chrome$ = helper.padChrome$;
 
     //click on the chat button to make chat visible
     var $chatButton = chrome$("#chaticon");
@@ -46,18 +51,26 @@ describe("change username value", function(){
       return chrome$("#chattext").children("p").length !== 0; // wait until the chat message shows up
     }).done(function(){
       var $firstChatMessage = chrome$("#chattext").children("p");
-      var containsJohnMcLear = $firstChatMessage.text().indexOf("John McLear") !== -1; // does the string contain Jo$
+      var containsJohnMcLear = $firstChatMessage.text().indexOf("John McLear") !== -1; // does the string contain John McLear
       expect(containsJohnMcLear).to.be(true); // expect the first chat message to contain JohnMcLear
-
-      beforeEach(function(cb){ // create another pad..  
-       helper.newPad(cb);
-       this.timeout(5000);
-      });
-      var rememberedName = $usernameInput.val() === "John McLear";
-      var rememberedWrongName = $usernameInput.val() === "Hairy Robot";
-      expect(rememberedName).to.be(true); // expect it to remember the name of the user
-      expect(rememberedWrongName).to.be(false); // expect it to forget any old names..
-    }); 
+    });
     done();
   });
+
+  it("make sure the username has stuck when we create a new pad", function(done){
+    beforeEach(function(cb){ // create another pad..  
+      helper.newPad(cb);
+      this.timeout(5000);
+    });
+
+    var inner$ = helper.padInner$;
+    var chrome$ = helper.padChrome$;
+    var $usernameInput = chrome$("#myusernameedit");
+
+    var rememberedName = $usernameInput.val() === "John McLear";
+    var rememberedWrongName = $usernameInput.val() === "Hairy Robot";
+    expect(rememberedName).to.be(true); // expect it to remember the name of the user
+    expect(rememberedWrongName).to.be(false); // expect it to forget any old names..
+    done();
+  }); 
 });