diff --git a/tests/run.sh b/tests/run.sh
index f6de5f8..6a59468 100755
--- a/tests/run.sh
+++ b/tests/run.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
+set -e
+
 SELF_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
 source $SELF_DIR/../cascading-pr-lib.sh
+TMPDIR=/tmp/cascading-pr
 
 function push_self() {
     local host_port=$1
@@ -10,17 +13,46 @@ function push_self() {
     forgejo-test-helper.sh push_self_action http://root:admin1234@$host_port root cascading-pr vTest
 }
 
+function user_login() {
+    local username=$1
+    (
+	export DOT=$TMPDIR/$username
+	forgejo-curl.sh logout
+	forgejo-curl.sh --user $username --password "${options[password]}" login ${options[url]}
+    )
+}
+
+function user_curl() {
+    local username=$1
+    shift
+    (
+	export DOT=$TMPDIR/$username
+	forgejo-curl.sh "$@"
+    )
+}
+
+function create_user() {
+    local username="$1" email="$2"
+    forgejo-curl.sh api_json -X DELETE --data-raw '{"purge":true}' ${options[url]}/api/v1/admin/users/$username >& /dev/null || true
+    forgejo-curl.sh api_json --data-raw '{"username":"'$username'","email":"'$email'","password":"'${options[password]}'","must_change_password":false}' ${options[url]}/api/v1/admin/users
+    user_login $username
+}
+
 function run() {
     push_self ${options[host_port]}
 
+    create_user user1 user1@example.com
+    create_user user2 user2@example.com
+
     echo do something
 }
 
 function main() {
     local command=run
     options[host_port]=$(cat forgejo-ip):3000
-    options[url]=http://$host_port
+    options[url]=http://${options[host_port]}
     options[token]=$(cat forgejo-token)
+    options[password]=admin1234
 
     while true; do
 	case "$1" in