diff --git a/frontend/tests/unit/components/AutoLogout.spec.ts b/frontend/tests/unit/components/AutoLogout.spec.ts
index e33bdabf95928c2c241cfdc798d2b81351aae7a2..5a5730f68f8b1ca55742d89365a85c028793c863 100644
--- a/frontend/tests/unit/components/AutoLogout.spec.ts
+++ b/frontend/tests/unit/components/AutoLogout.spec.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import { mount, createLocalVue } from '@vue/test-utils'
 import AutoLogout from '@/components/AutoLogout.vue'
 import sinon from 'sinon'
 import { Authentication } from '@/store/modules/authentication'
+import { SET_LAST_INTERACTION } from '@/store/mutations'
+import { lastInteraction } from '@/store/plugins/lastInteractionPlugin'
 import chai from 'chai'
 chai.should()
 
@@ -28,7 +30,7 @@ describe('Auto Logout Unit Tests', () => {
 
   beforeEach(() => {
     store = new Vuex.Store({
-      state: {}
+      plugins: [lastInteraction]
     })
   })
 
@@ -43,7 +45,7 @@ describe('Auto Logout Unit Tests', () => {
   })
   it('should be visible when logoutDialog is set to true', () => {
     let store = new Vuex.Store({})
-    let wrapper = mount(AutoLogout, { localVue, store })
+    let wrapper = mount(AutoLogout, { localVue: localVue, store })
     wrapper.vm.$data.logoutDialog = true
     wrapper.html().should.contain('<div class="v-dialog v-dialog--active v-dialog--persistent" style="max-width: 30%;">')
   })
@@ -51,8 +53,16 @@ describe('Auto Logout Unit Tests', () => {
     let spy = sinon.spy()
     sinon.replace(Authentication, 'refreshJWT', spy)
     let store = new Vuex.Store({})
-    let wrapper = mount(AutoLogout, { localVue, store })
+    let wrapper = mount(AutoLogout, { localVue: localVue, store })
     wrapper.find('#continue-btn').trigger('click')
     spy.called.should.equal(true)
   })
+  it('should automatically update jwt when it is older than 20% of its lifetime', () => {
+    // replace lastTokenRefreshTry and jwtTimeDelta from the store to emulate wanted behaviour
+    let wrapper = mount(AutoLogout, { localVue: localVue, store })
+    let spy = sinon.spy()
+    sinon.replaceGetter(Authentication.state, 'jwtTimeDelta', () => 10 * 1e3)
+    sinon.replaceGetter(Authentication.state, 'lastTokenRefreshTry', () => Date.now() - 2.1 * 1e3)
+    sinon.replace(Authentication, 'refreshJWT', spy)
+  })
 })