diff --git a/lostplaces/lostplaces_app/tests/views/test_base_views.py b/lostplaces/lostplaces_app/tests/views/test_base_views.py
index b3d8ae2..9a0ad0d 100644
--- a/lostplaces/lostplaces_app/tests/views/test_base_views.py
+++ b/lostplaces/lostplaces_app/tests/views/test_base_views.py
@@ -7,9 +7,11 @@ from django.contrib.messages.storage.fallback import FallbackStorage
 
 from lostplaces_app.models import Place
 from lostplaces_app.views import IsAuthenticatedMixin
+from lostplaces_app.tests.views import ViewTestCaseMixin
+
+class TestIsAuthenticated(ViewTestCaseMixin, TestCase):
+    view = IsAuthenticatedMixin
 
-class TestIsAuthenticatedMixin(RedirectTestCase):
-        
     @classmethod
     def setUpTestData(cls):
         user = User.objects.create_user(
@@ -22,7 +24,8 @@ class TestIsAuthenticatedMixin(RedirectTestCase):
         request.user = User.objects.get(id=1)
 
         response = IsAuthenticatedMixin.as_view()(request)
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+        # Expecting a 405 because IsAuthenticatedMixin has no 'get' method
+        self.assertHttpMethodNotAllowed(response)
 
     def test_not_logged_in(self):
         request = RequestFactory().get('/someurl1234')
@@ -32,10 +35,10 @@ class TestIsAuthenticatedMixin(RedirectTestCase):
         request._messages = messages
 
         response = IsAuthenticatedMixin.as_view()(request)
-        self.assertRedirectsTo(response, '?'.join([str(reverse_lazy('login')), 'next=/someurl1234']))
-      
-        self.assertTrue(response.context['messages'])
-        self.assertTrue(len(response.context['messages']) > 0)
+        self.assertHttpRedirect(response, '?'.join([str(reverse_lazy('login')), 'next=/someurl1234']))
+        
+        response = self.client.get(response['Location']) 
+        self.assertTrue(len(messages) > 0)
 
 class TestIsPlaceSubmitterMixin(TestCase):