diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 4829807b7..3b3132061 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -244,7 +244,6 @@ dependencies {
     implementation 'com.github.wooplr:Spotlight:1.3'
     implementation 'com.google.code.findbugs:jsr305:3.0.2'
     implementation 'com.github.nextcloud-deps:ChatKit:0.4.2'
-
     implementation 'joda-time:joda-time:2.12.5'
     implementation "io.coil-kt:coil:${coilKtVersion}"
     implementation "io.coil-kt:coil-gif:${coilKtVersion}"
@@ -287,6 +286,7 @@ dependencies {
 
     testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.13.2'
     testImplementation 'org.mockito:mockito-core:5.5.0'
+    androidTestImplementation 'org.mockito:mockito-android:2.24.5'
     testImplementation 'androidx.arch.core:core-testing:2.2.0'
 
     androidTestImplementation "androidx.test:core:1.5.0"
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/utils/UserIdUtils.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/utils/UserIdUtils.kt
index a6a27894f..712db93f4 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/utils/UserIdUtils.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/utils/UserIdUtils.kt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ package com.nextcloud.talk.utils
 import com.nextcloud.talk.data.user.model.User
 
 object UserIdUtils {
-    private const val NO_ID: Long = -1
+    const val NO_ID: Long = -1
 
     fun getIdForUser(user: User?): Long {
         return if (user?.id != null) {
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/com/nextcloud/talk/utils/UserIdUtilsTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/com/nextcloud/talk/utils/UserIdUtilsTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..937444d03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/test/java/com/nextcloud/talk/utils/UserIdUtilsTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/*
+ * Nextcloud Talk application
+ *
+ * @author Mario Danic
+ * @author Marcel Hibbe
+ * Copyright (C) 2023 Marcel Hibbe <dev@mhibbe.de>
+ * Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Mario Danic <mario@lovelyhq.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+package com.nextcloud.talk.utils
+
+import com.nextcloud.talk.data.user.model.User
+import org.junit.Assert
+import org.junit.Before
+import org.junit.Test
+import org.mockito.Mock
+import org.mockito.Mockito
+import org.mockito.MockitoAnnotations
+
+class UserIdUtilsTest {
+
+    @Mock
+    private lateinit var user: User
+
+    @Before
+    fun setUp() {
+        MockitoAnnotations.openMocks(this)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun testGetIdForUser_if_userIsNull_returnsNoId() {
+        Mockito.`when`(user.id).thenReturn(null)
+        val result = UserIdUtils.getIdForUser(user)
+        Assert.assertEquals("The id is NO_ID when user is null", UserIdUtils.NO_ID, result)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun testGetIdForUser_if_userIdIsSet_returnsUserId() {
+        val expectedId: Long = 12345
+        Mockito.`when`(user.id).thenReturn(expectedId)
+        val result = UserIdUtils.getIdForUser(user)
+        Assert.assertEquals("The id is correct user id is not null", expectedId, result)
+    }
+}
+