diff --git a/server/test/user-org/user-organizations.e2e-spec.ts b/server/test/user-org/user-organizations.e2e-spec.ts
index f605d664..1b7692c6 100644
--- a/server/test/user-org/user-organizations.e2e-spec.ts
+++ b/server/test/user-org/user-organizations.e2e-spec.ts
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ describe('UserOrgsController', () => {
       .set('Content-Type', 'application/json')
       .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
       .expect(409);
-    expect(body.message).toEqual('Email already exists');
+    expect(body.message).toEqual('createUserOrganization HTTP signup error');
   });
 
   // not yet implemented, so skipping for now