diff --git a/cypress/e2e/reference.cy.js b/cypress/e2e/reference.cy.js
index 88ec8e9e..188cfea8 100644
--- a/cypress/e2e/reference.cy.js
+++ b/cypress/e2e/reference.cy.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ describe('Creating a reference', () => {
 
   it.skip('with valid data works', () => {})
 
-  it.skip('with missing required fields does no work', () => {})
+  it.skip('with missing required fields does not work', () => {})
 
   // TODO: add more tests for different types of references etc.
 })
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ describe('Editing a reference', () => {
 
   it.skip('with valid data works', () => {})
 
-  it.skip('with missing required fields does no work', () => {})
+  it.skip('with missing required fields does not work', () => {})
 
   // TODO: add more tests for different types of references etc.
 })
@@ -31,9 +31,8 @@ describe('Deleting a reference', () => {
     cy.login('testSu')
   })
 
-  it.skip('that is not linked to anything works and returns user to table view', () => {
-    // TODO: Create a new reference in anon database that is not linked to any localities or species
-    cy.visit('/reference/<reference_id>')
+  it('that is not linked to anything works and returns user to table view', () => {
+    cy.visit('/reference/25000')
     cy.get('[id=delete-button]').should('exist').click()
     cy.on('window:confirm', str => {
       expect(str).to.eq('Are you sure you want to delete this item? This operation cannot be undone.')
@@ -41,12 +40,12 @@ describe('Deleting a reference', () => {
     })
     cy.contains('Deleted item successfully.')
     cy.contains('Dated co-occurrence of Homo erectus and Gigantopithecus from Tham Khuyen Cave, Vietnam') // check that table view has been navigated to
-    cy.contains('<Deleted reference title>').should('not.exist')
-    cy.visit('/reference/<reference_id>')
+    cy.contains('A test reference that is not linked to any localities or species').should('not.exist')
+    cy.visit('/reference/25000')
     cy.contains('Error loading data')
   })
 
-  // Skipped because referecnes that have linked localities or species cannot be deleted currently.
+  // Skipped because references that have linked localities or species cannot be deleted currently
   it.skip('that is linked to a locality and a species works and returns user to table view', () => {
     cy.visit('/reference/10039')
     cy.get('[id=delete-button]').should('exist').click()
diff --git a/test_data/sqlfiles/now_test.sql b/test_data/sqlfiles/now_test.sql
index 18596cd4..f4833a7e 100755
--- a/test_data/sqlfiles/now_test.sql
+++ b/test_data/sqlfiles/now_test.sql
@@ -1709,7 +1709,8 @@ INSERT INTO `ref_authors` VALUES
 (21368,2,1,'Ciochon','Russell'),
 (24151,2,1,'Ogg','J.G.'),
 (24187,2,1,'Kaakinen','A.'),
-(24188,2,1,'Wang','X.');
+(24188,2,1,'Wang','X.'),
+(25000,2,1,'Doe','D.');
 /*!40000 ALTER TABLE `ref_authors` ENABLE KEYS */;
 UNLOCK TABLES;
 
@@ -2198,7 +2199,8 @@ INSERT INTO `ref_ref` VALUES
 (21368,1,100,'Dated co-occurrence of Homo erectus and Gigantopithecus from Tham Khuyen Cave, Vietnam',1996,'93',NULL,3016,3020,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'abstract','http://www.pnas.org/cgi/reprint/93/7/3016',NULL,NULL,NULL,'English',NULL,NULL,1,NULL),
 (24151,2,NULL,'A Concise Geologic Time Scale: 2016',2016,NULL,NULL,NULL,240,'Elsevier',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'9780444594686',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,1,0),
 (24187,13,NULL,'Helsinki Asian time update',2020,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'2020-01-29',NULL,1,NULL),
-(24188,2,NULL,'Fossil Mammals of Asia',2013,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,1,NULL);
+(24188,2,NULL,'Fossil Mammals of Asia',2013,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,1,NULL),
+(25000,1,100,'A test reference that is not linked to any localities or species',2025,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL);
 /*!40000 ALTER TABLE `ref_ref` ENABLE KEYS */;
 UNLOCK TABLES;