diff --git a/src/utils/getSubmissionUUID.ts b/src/utils/getSubmissionUUID.ts
index aafec80..af6e664 100644
--- a/src/utils/getSubmissionUUID.ts
+++ b/src/utils/getSubmissionUUID.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 import { getHash } from "./getHash";
 import { HashedValue } from "../types/hash.model";
 import { ActionType, VideoID, Service, Category } from "../types/segments.model";
-import { UserID } from "../types/user.model";
+import { HashedUserID } from "../types/user.model";
 
 export function getSubmissionUUID(
     videoID: VideoID,
     category: Category,
     actionType: ActionType,
     description: string,
-    userID: UserID,
+    userID: HashedUserID,
     startTime: number,
     endTime: number,
     service: Service
diff --git a/test/cases/getLockCategories.ts b/test/cases/getLockCategories.ts
index 38d141f..21f0eb7 100644
--- a/test/cases/getLockCategories.ts
+++ b/test/cases/getLockCategories.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import assert from "assert";
 import { client } from "../utils/httpClient";
 import { insertLock } from "../utils/queryGen";
 import { multiGenRandomValue } from "../utils/getRandom";
-import { partialDeepEquals } from "../utils/partialDeepEquals";
 
 const endpoint = "/api/lockCategories";
 const defaultActionTypes = ["skip", "mute"];
diff --git a/test/cases/getStatus.ts b/test/cases/getStatus.ts
index f471404..9b0b5da 100644
--- a/test/cases/getStatus.ts
+++ b/test/cases/getStatus.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ describe("getStatus", () => {
         dbVersion = (await db.prepare("get", "SELECT key, value FROM config where key = ?", ["version"])).value;
     });
 
-    it("Should be able to get status", (done) => {
+    it("Should be able to get status", () =>
         client.get(endpoint)
             .then(res => {
                 assert.strictEqual(res.status, 200);
@@ -22,106 +22,86 @@ describe("getStatus", () => {
                 assert.ok(data.startTime);
                 assert.ok(data.processTime >= 0);
                 assert.ok(data.loadavg.length == 2);
-                done();
             })
-            .catch(err => done(err));
-    });
+    );
 
-    it("Should be able to get uptime only", (done) => {
+    it("Should be able to get uptime only", () =>
         client.get(`${endpoint}/uptime`)
             .then(res => {
                 assert.strictEqual(res.status, 200);
                 assert.ok(Number(res.data) >= 1); // uptime should be greater than 1s
-                done();
             })
-            .catch(err => done(err));
-    });
+    );
 
-    it("Should be able to get commit only", (done) => {
+    it("Should be able to get commit only", () =>
         client.get(`${endpoint}/commit`)
             .then(res => {
                 assert.strictEqual(res.status, 200);
                 assert.strictEqual(res.data, "test"); // commit should be test
-                done();
             })
-            .catch(err => done(err));
-    });
+    );
 
-    it("Should be able to get db only", (done) => {
+    it("Should be able to get db only", () =>
         client.get(`${endpoint}/db`)
             .then(res => {
                 assert.strictEqual(res.status, 200);
                 assert.strictEqual(Number(res.data), Number(dbVersion)); // commit should be test
-                done();
             })
-            .catch(err => done(err));
-    });
+    );
 
-    it("Should be able to get startTime only", (done) => {
+    it("Should be able to get startTime only", () =>
         client.get(`${endpoint}/startTime`)
             .then(res => {
                 assert.strictEqual(res.status, 200);
                 const now = Date.now();
                 assert.ok(Number(res.data) <= now); // startTime should be more than now
-                done();
             })
-            .catch(err => done(err));
-    });
+    );
 
-    it("Should be able to get processTime only", (done) => {
+    it("Should be able to get processTime only", () =>
         client.get(`${endpoint}/processTime`)
             .then(res => {
                 assert.strictEqual(res.status, 200);
                 assert.ok(Number(res.data) >= 0);
-                done();
             })
-            .catch(err => done(err));
-    });
+    );
 
-    it("Should be able to get loadavg only", (done) => {
+    it("Should be able to get loadavg only", () =>
         client.get(`${endpoint}/loadavg`)
             .then(res => {
                 assert.strictEqual(res.status, 200);
                 assert.ok(Number(res.data[0]) >= 0);
                 assert.ok(Number(res.data[1]) >= 0);
-                done();
             })
-            .catch(err => done(err));
-    });
+    );
 
-    it("Should be able to get statusRequests only", function (done) {
+    it("Should be able to get statusRequests only", function () {
         if (!config.redis?.enabled) this.skip();
-        client.get(`${endpoint}/statusRequests`)
+        return client.get(`${endpoint}/statusRequests`)
             .then(res => {
                 assert.strictEqual(res.status, 200);
                 assert.ok(Number(res.data) > 1);
-                done();
-            })
-            .catch(err => done(err));
+            });
     });
 
-    it("Should be able to get status with statusRequests", function (done) {
+    it("Should be able to get status with statusRequests", function () {
         if (!config.redis?.enabled) this.skip();
-        client.get(endpoint)
+        return client.get(endpoint)
             .then(res => {
                 assert.strictEqual(res.status, 200);
                 const data = res.data;
                 assert.ok(data.statusRequests > 2);
-                done();
-            })
-            .catch(err => done(err));
+            });
     });
 
-    it("Should be able to get redis latency", function (done) {
+    it("Should be able to get redis latency", function () {
         if (!config.redis?.enabled) this.skip();
-        client.get(endpoint)
+        return client.get(endpoint)
             .then(res => {
                 assert.strictEqual(res.status, 200);
                 const data = res.data;
                 assert.ok(data.redisProcessTime >= 0);
-                done();
-            })
-            .catch(err => done(err));
+            });
     });
 
     it("Should return commit unkown if not present", (done) => {
diff --git a/test/cases/getSubmissionUUID.ts b/test/cases/getSubmissionUUID.ts
index 93d6ae3..ac22d5b 100644
--- a/test/cases/getSubmissionUUID.ts
+++ b/test/cases/getSubmissionUUID.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,61 @@
 import { getSubmissionUUID } from "../../src/utils/getSubmissionUUID";
 import assert from "assert";
 import { ActionType, VideoID, Service, Category } from "../../src/types/segments.model";
-import { UserID } from "../../src/types/user.model";
+import { HashedUserID } from "../../src/types/user.model";
+import { getHash } from "../../src/utils/getHash";
+import { HashedValue } from "../../src/types/hash.model";
+import { genAnonUser } from "../utils/genUser";
+import { genRandomValue } from "../utils/getRandom";
+
+function testHash (segment: segment, version: number): HashedValue {
+    const manualHash = getHash(Object.values(segment).join(""), 1) as HashedValue;
+    const generatedHash = getSubmissionUUID(segment.videoID, segment.category, segment.actionType, segment.description, segment.userID, segment.startTime, segment.endTime, segment.service);
+    assert.strictEqual(version, Number(generatedHash.at(-1)), "version should match passed in version");
+    assert.strictEqual(`${manualHash}${version}`, generatedHash);
+    return generatedHash;
+}
+
+interface segment {
+    videoID: VideoID,
+    startTime: number,
+    endTime: number,
+    userID: HashedUserID,
+    description: string,
+    category: Category,
+    actionType: ActionType,
+    service: Service
+}
+
+const version = 7;
 
 describe("getSubmissionUUID", () => {
-    it("Should return the hashed value", () => {
-        assert.strictEqual(
-            getSubmissionUUID("video001" as VideoID, "sponsor" as Category, "skip" as ActionType, "", "testuser001" as UserID, 13.33337, 42.000001, Service.YouTube),
-            "2a473bca993dd84d8c2f6a4785989b20948dfe0c12c00f6f143bbda9ed561dca7");
+    it("Should return the hashed value identical to manually generated value", () => {
+        const segment: segment = {
+            videoID: "video001" as VideoID,
+            startTime: 13.33337,
+            endTime: 42.000001,
+            userID: "testuser001" as HashedUserID,
+            description: "",
+            category: "sponsor" as Category,
+            actionType: "skip" as ActionType,
+            service: Service.YouTube
+        };
+        const testedHash = testHash(segment, version);
+        // test against baked hash
+        assert.strictEqual(testedHash, "2a473bca993dd84d8c2f6a4785989b20948dfe0c12c00f6f143bbda9ed561dca7");
+    });
+    it ("Should return identical hash for randomly generated values", () => {
+        const user = genAnonUser();
+        const segment: segment = {
+            videoID: genRandomValue("video", "getUUID") as VideoID,
+            startTime: Math.random()*1000,
+            endTime: Math.random()*500,
+            userID: user.pubID,
+            description: genRandomValue("description", "getUUID"),
+            category: "sponsor" as Category,
+            actionType: "skip" as ActionType,
+            service: Service.YouTube
+        };
+        testHash(segment, version);
     });
 });