diff --git a/passbook/stages/login/stage.py b/passbook/stages/login/stage.py
index 74bce930b..1e43c163f 100644
--- a/passbook/stages/login/stage.py
+++ b/passbook/stages/login/stage.py
@@ -17,12 +17,16 @@ class LoginStageView(AuthenticationStage):
 
     def get(self, request: HttpRequest) -> HttpResponse:
         if PLAN_CONTEXT_PENDING_USER not in self.executor.plan.context:
-            messages.error(request, _("No Pending user to login."))
+            message = _("No Pending user to login.")
+            messages.error(request, message)
+            LOGGER.debug(message)
             return self.executor.stage_invalid()
         if PLAN_CONTEXT_AUTHENTICATION_BACKEND not in self.executor.plan.context:
-            messages.error(request, _("Pending user has no backend."))
+            message = _("Pending user has no backend.")
+            messages.error(request, message)
+            LOGGER.debug(message)
             return self.executor.stage_invalid()
-        backend = self.executor.plan.context[PLAN_CONTEXT_PENDING_USER].backend
+        backend = self.executor.plan.context[PLAN_CONTEXT_AUTHENTICATION_BACKEND]
         login(
             self.request,
             self.executor.plan.context[PLAN_CONTEXT_PENDING_USER],
diff --git a/passbook/stages/login/tests.py b/passbook/stages/login/tests.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e15078567
--- /dev/null
+++ b/passbook/stages/login/tests.py
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+"""login tests"""
+from django.shortcuts import reverse
+from django.test import Client, TestCase
+
+from passbook.core.models import User
+from passbook.flows.models import Flow, FlowDesignation, FlowStageBinding
+from passbook.flows.planner import PLAN_CONTEXT_PENDING_USER, FlowPlan
+from passbook.flows.views import SESSION_KEY_PLAN
+from passbook.stages.login.models import LoginStage
+from passbook.stages.password.stage import PLAN_CONTEXT_AUTHENTICATION_BACKEND
+
+
+class TestLoginStage(TestCase):
+    """Login tests"""
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super().setUp()
+        self.user = User.objects.create(username="unittest", email="test@beryju.org")
+        self.client = Client()
+
+        self.flow = Flow.objects.create(
+            name="test-login",
+            slug="test-login",
+            designation=FlowDesignation.AUTHENTICATION,
+        )
+        self.stage = LoginStage.objects.create(name="login")
+        FlowStageBinding.objects.create(flow=self.flow, stage=self.stage, order=2)
+
+    def test_valid_password(self):
+        """Test with a valid pending user and backend"""
+        plan = FlowPlan(stages=[self.stage])
+        plan.context[PLAN_CONTEXT_PENDING_USER] = self.user
+        plan.context[
+            PLAN_CONTEXT_AUTHENTICATION_BACKEND
+        ] = "django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend"
+        session = self.client.session
+        session[SESSION_KEY_PLAN] = plan
+        session.save()
+
+        response = self.client.get(
+            reverse(
+                "passbook_flows:flow-executor", kwargs={"flow_slug": self.flow.slug}
+            )
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 302)
+        self.assertEqual(response.url, reverse("passbook_core:overview"))
+
+    def test_without_user(self):
+        """Test a plan without any pending user, resulting in a denied"""
+        plan = FlowPlan(stages=[self.stage])
+        session = self.client.session
+        session[SESSION_KEY_PLAN] = plan
+        session.save()
+
+        response = self.client.get(
+            reverse(
+                "passbook_flows:flow-executor", kwargs={"flow_slug": self.flow.slug}
+            )
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 302)
+        self.assertEqual(response.url, reverse("passbook_flows:denied"))
+
+    def test_without_backend(self):
+        """Test a plan with pending user, without backend, resulting in a denied"""
+        plan = FlowPlan(stages=[self.stage])
+        plan.context[PLAN_CONTEXT_PENDING_USER] = self.user
+        session = self.client.session
+        session[SESSION_KEY_PLAN] = plan
+        session.save()
+
+        response = self.client.get(
+            reverse(
+                "passbook_flows:flow-executor", kwargs={"flow_slug": self.flow.slug}
+            )
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 302)
+        self.assertEqual(response.url, reverse("passbook_flows:denied"))