diff --git a/backend/accounts/tests.py b/backend/accounts/tests.py
index 749d140..3d39360 100644
--- a/backend/accounts/tests.py
+++ b/backend/accounts/tests.py
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ def testRetrieveLoggedInAccountView_userLoggedIn_returnsAccountDetails(api_clien
 
 
 @pytest.mark.django_db
-def testRetrieveLoggedInAccountView_userNotLoggedIn_returnsForbidden():
+def testRetrieveLoggedInAccountView_userNotLoggedIn_returnsUnauthorized():
     # Arrange
     client = APIClient()
 
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ def testRetrieveLoggedInAccountView_userNotLoggedIn_returnsForbidden():
     response = client.get('/api/accounts/me/', format='json')
 
     # Assert
-    assert response.status_code == status.HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN
+    assert response.status_code == status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED
 
 
 @pytest.mark.django_db
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ def testUpdateLogInAccountView_userLoggedIn_updateSuccesful(api_client, field):
 
 
 @pytest.mark.django_db
-def testUpdateLogInAccountView_userNotLoggedIn_returnsForbidden():
+def testUpdateLogInAccountView_userNotLoggedIn_returnsUnauthorized():
     # Arrange
     client = APIClient()
 
@@ -119,4 +119,4 @@ def testUpdateLogInAccountView_userNotLoggedIn_returnsForbidden():
     response = client.put('/api/accounts/me/', {}, format='json')
 
     # Assert
-    assert response.status_code == status.HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN
+    assert response.status_code == status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED
diff --git a/backend/core/settings/base.py b/backend/core/settings/base.py
index 9584d58..d4ba6c0 100644
--- a/backend/core/settings/base.py
+++ b/backend/core/settings/base.py
@@ -51,9 +51,6 @@
 REST_FRAMEWORK = {
     # Use Django's standard `django.contrib.auth` permissions,
     # or allow read-only access for unauthenticated users.
-    'DEFAULT_PERMISSION_CLASSES': [
-        'rest_framework.permissions.DjangoModelPermissionsOrAnonReadOnly'
-    ],
     'DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES': (
         'rest_framework_simplejwt.authentication.JWTAuthentication',
     )
@@ -137,6 +134,5 @@
 
 DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField'
 
-REST_FRAMEWORK = {}
 MEDIA_URL = '/media/'
 MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'media')
diff --git a/backend/events/tests.py b/backend/events/tests.py
index 086627a..1ded82d 100644
--- a/backend/events/tests.py
+++ b/backend/events/tests.py
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ def testEventCreation_withValidDetails_byUnauthenticatedUser_shouldNotCreateEven
     response = unauthenticated_client.post('/api/events/', event_data_copy, format='json')
 
     # Assert
-    assert response.status_code == status.HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN
+    assert response.status_code == status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED
     assert Event.objects.count() == 0
 
 
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ def testEventUpdate_withValidEventId_byOwner_shouldUpdateEvent(
     assert response.data['title'] == 'updated title'
     assert response.data['date'] == '2021-01-02'
     assert Event.objects.get().title == 'updated title'
-    assert Event.objects.get().date == '2021-01-02'
+    assert Event.objects.get().date.strftime('%Y-%m-%d') == '2021-01-02'
 
 
 @pytest.mark.django_db