diff --git a/full/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/web/controller/VirtualCorpusControllerAdminTest.java b/full/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/web/controller/VirtualCorpusControllerAdminTest.java
index 33d2c26..cb868d3 100644
--- a/full/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/web/controller/VirtualCorpusControllerAdminTest.java
+++ b/full/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/web/controller/VirtualCorpusControllerAdminTest.java
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
                 .header(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_TYPE, ContentType.APPLICATION_JSON)
                 .entity(json).put(ClientResponse.class);
 
-        assertEquals(Status.OK.getStatusCode(), response.getStatus());
+        assertEquals(Status.CREATED.getStatusCode(), response.getStatus());
 
         JsonNode node = testListSystemVC();
         assertEquals(1, node.size());
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
                 .header(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_TYPE, ContentType.APPLICATION_JSON)
                 .put(ClientResponse.class, json);
 
-        assertEquals(Status.OK.getStatusCode(), response.getStatus());
+        assertEquals(Status.CREATED.getStatusCode(), response.getStatus());
 
         JsonNode node = testListUserVC(username);
         assertEquals(1, node.size());
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
                 .header(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_TYPE, ContentType.APPLICATION_JSON)
                 .put(ClientResponse.class, json);
 
-        assertEquals(Status.OK.getStatusCode(), response.getStatus());
+        assertEquals(Status.NO_CONTENT.getStatusCode(), response.getStatus());
 
         JsonNode node = testListUserVC(username);
         assertEquals("edited vc", node.at("/0/description").asText());
diff --git a/full/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/web/controller/VirtualCorpusControllerTest.java b/full/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/web/controller/VirtualCorpusControllerTest.java
index 9da6393..63ba359 100644
--- a/full/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/web/controller/VirtualCorpusControllerTest.java
+++ b/full/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/web/controller/VirtualCorpusControllerTest.java
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@
                 .header(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_TYPE, ContentType.APPLICATION_JSON)
                 .put(ClientResponse.class, json);
 
-        assertEquals(Status.OK.getStatusCode(), response.getStatus());
+        assertEquals(Status.CREATED.getStatusCode(), response.getStatus());
 
         // list user VC
         JsonNode node = testListVC("VirtualCorpusControllerTest");
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@
                 .header(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_TYPE, ContentType.APPLICATION_JSON)
                 .put(ClientResponse.class, json);
 
-        assertEquals(Status.OK.getStatusCode(), response.getStatus());
+        assertEquals(Status.CREATED.getStatusCode(), response.getStatus());
 
         // test list owner vc
         JsonNode node = testListOwnerVC("VirtualCorpusControllerTest");
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@
                 .header(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_TYPE, ContentType.APPLICATION_JSON)
                 .put(ClientResponse.class, json);
 
-        assertEquals(Status.OK.getStatusCode(), response.getStatus());
+        assertEquals(Status.NO_CONTENT.getStatusCode(), response.getStatus());
 
         // check VC
         JsonNode node = testListVC("dory");
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@
                 .header(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_TYPE, ContentType.APPLICATION_JSON)
                 .put(ClientResponse.class, json);
 
-        assertEquals(Status.OK.getStatusCode(), response.getStatus());
+        assertEquals(Status.NO_CONTENT.getStatusCode(), response.getStatus());
 
         // check VC
         node = testListVC("dory");
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@
                 .header(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_TYPE, ContentType.APPLICATION_JSON)
                 .put(ClientResponse.class, json);
 
-        assertEquals(Status.OK.getStatusCode(), response.getStatus());
+        assertEquals(Status.NO_CONTENT.getStatusCode(), response.getStatus());
 
         // check VC
         JsonNode node = testListVC("dory");
@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@
                 .header(HttpHeaders.X_FORWARDED_FOR, "149.27.0.32")
                 .header(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_TYPE, ContentType.APPLICATION_JSON)
                 .put(ClientResponse.class, json);
-        assertEquals(Status.OK.getStatusCode(), response.getStatus());
+        assertEquals(Status.NO_CONTENT.getStatusCode(), response.getStatus());
 
         // check VC
         node = testListOwnerVC("dory");
@@ -770,7 +770,7 @@
                 .header(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_TYPE, ContentType.APPLICATION_JSON)
                 .put(ClientResponse.class, json);
 
-        assertEquals(Status.OK.getStatusCode(), response.getStatus());
+        assertEquals(Status.NO_CONTENT.getStatusCode(), response.getStatus());
 
         node = testListOwnerVC("dory");
         assertEquals(VirtualCorpusType.PROJECT.displayName(),
diff --git a/full/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/web/controller/VirtualCorpusTestBase.java b/full/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/web/controller/VirtualCorpusTestBase.java
index 0ce1834..7246375 100644
--- a/full/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/web/controller/VirtualCorpusTestBase.java
+++ b/full/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/web/controller/VirtualCorpusTestBase.java
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
                 .header(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_TYPE, ContentType.APPLICATION_JSON)
                 .put(ClientResponse.class, json);
 
-        assertEquals(Status.OK.getStatusCode(), response.getStatus());
+        assertEquals(Status.NO_CONTENT.getStatusCode(), response.getStatus());
 
         JsonNode node = testSearchVC(username, vcCreator, vcName);
         assertEquals(type.displayName(), node.at("/type").asText());