diff --git a/src/Module/Api/Twitter/Account/UpdateProfile.php b/src/Module/Api/Twitter/Account/UpdateProfile.php
index 5a66e2772e..a518fbad2f 100644
--- a/src/Module/Api/Twitter/Account/UpdateProfile.php
+++ b/src/Module/Api/Twitter/Account/UpdateProfile.php
@@ -39,17 +39,17 @@ class UpdateProfile extends BaseApi
 
 		$api_user = DI::twitterUser()->createFromUserId($uid, true)->toArray();
 
-		if (!empty($_POST['name'])) {
-			DBA::update('profile', ['name' => $_POST['name']], ['uid' => $uid]);
-			DBA::update('user', ['username' => $_POST['name']], ['uid' => $uid]);
-			Contact::update(['name' => $_POST['name']], ['uid' => $uid, 'self' => 1]);
-			Contact::update(['name' => $_POST['name']], ['id' => $api_user['id']]);
+		if (!empty($request['name'])) {
+			DBA::update('profile', ['name' => $request['name']], ['uid' => $uid]);
+			DBA::update('user', ['username' => $request['name']], ['uid' => $uid]);
+			Contact::update(['name' => $request['name']], ['uid' => $uid, 'self' => 1]);
+			Contact::update(['name' => $request['name']], ['id' => $api_user['id']]);
 		}
 
-		if (isset($_POST['description'])) {
-			DBA::update('profile', ['about' => $_POST['description']], ['uid' => $uid]);
-			Contact::update(['about' => $_POST['description']], ['uid' => $uid, 'self' => 1]);
-			Contact::update(['about' => $_POST['description']], ['id' => $api_user['id']]);
+		if (isset($request['description'])) {
+			DBA::update('profile', ['about' => $request['description']], ['uid' => $uid]);
+			Contact::update(['about' => $request['description']], ['uid' => $uid, 'self' => 1]);
+			Contact::update(['about' => $request['description']], ['id' => $api_user['id']]);
 		}
 
 		Profile::publishUpdate($uid);
diff --git a/tests/src/Module/Api/Twitter/Account/UpdateProfileTest.php b/tests/src/Module/Api/Twitter/Account/UpdateProfileTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5bfa789e02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/src/Module/Api/Twitter/Account/UpdateProfileTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Friendica\Test\src\Module\Api\Twitter\Account;
+
+use Friendica\App\Router;
+use Friendica\DI;
+use Friendica\Module\Api\Twitter\Account\UpdateProfile;
+use Friendica\Test\src\Module\Api\ApiTest;
+
+class UpdateProfileTest extends ApiTest
+{
+	/**
+	 * Test the api_account_update_profile() function.
+	 */
+	public function testApiAccountUpdateProfile()
+	{
+		$updateProfile = new UpdateProfile(DI::app(), DI::l10n(), DI::baseUrl(), DI::args(), DI::logger(), DI::profiler(), DI::apiResponse(), ['REQUEST_METHOD' => Router::POST], ['extension' => 'json']);
+		$response      = $updateProfile->run(['name' => 'new_name', 'description' => 'new_description']);
+
+		$body = (string)$response->getBody();
+
+		self::assertJson($body);
+
+		$json = json_decode($body);
+
+		self::assertEquals(42, $json->id);
+		self::assertEquals('DFRN', $json->location);
+		self::assertEquals('selfcontact', $json->screen_name);
+		self::assertEquals('new_name', $json->name);
+		self::assertEquals('new_description', $json->description);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/tests/src/Module/Api/Twitter/Account/UpdateTest.php b/tests/src/Module/Api/Twitter/Account/UpdateTest.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 0be8700424..0000000000
--- a/tests/src/Module/Api/Twitter/Account/UpdateTest.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-namespace Friendica\Test\src\Module\Api\Twitter\Account;
-
-use Friendica\Test\src\Module\Api\ApiTest;
-
-class UpdateTest extends ApiTest
-{
-	/**
-	 * Test the api_account_update_profile() function.
-	 *
-	 * @return void
-	 */
-	public function testApiAccountUpdateProfile()
-	{
-		/*
-		$_POST['name']        = 'new_name';
-		$_POST['description'] = 'new_description';
-		$result               = api_account_update_profile('json');
-		// We can't use assertSelfUser() here because the user object is missing some properties.
-		self::assertEquals($this->selfUser['id'], $result['user']['cid']);
-		self::assertEquals('DFRN', $result['user']['location']);
-		self::assertEquals($this->selfUser['nick'], $result['user']['screen_name']);
-		self::assertEquals('new_name', $result['user']['name']);
-		self::assertEquals('new_description', $result['user']['description']);
-		*/
-	}
-}