diff --git a/djangoldp/permissions.py b/djangoldp/permissions.py
index 4e1112068df585a163e992293407ed28bab88e76..34f1fa0614b2eb80742239c2b52eb6db37dd69e1 100644
--- a/djangoldp/permissions.py
+++ b/djangoldp/permissions.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ from django.core.exceptions import PermissionDenied
 from django.db.models.base import ModelBase
 from rest_framework.permissions import DjangoObjectPermissions
 from django.contrib.auth.models import _user_get_all_permissions
+from guardian.shortcuts import get_user_perms
 
 
 class LDPPermissions(DjangoObjectPermissions):
@@ -47,10 +48,16 @@ class LDPPermissions(DjangoObjectPermissions):
         perms = set()
 
         if obj is not None and not user.is_anonymous:
-            # get permissions from all backends and then remove model name from the permissions
+
+            '''guardian_perms = get_user_perms(user, obj)
+>>>>>>> update: new tests for permissions
             model_name = model._meta.model_name
             forbidden_string = "_" + model_name
+<<<<<<< HEAD
             perms = set([p.replace(forbidden_string, '') for p in _user_get_all_permissions(user, obj)])
+=======
+            perms = set([p.replace(forbidden_string, '') for p in guardian_perms])'''
+            perms = _user_get_all_permissions(user, obj)
 
         # apply anon, owner and auth permissions
         if user.is_anonymous:
diff --git a/djangoldp/tests/models.py b/djangoldp/tests/models.py
index 288a0b35643e5a50592b40c0626334057de6b5ed..1f2526d279295c60d7f68ac13d9ad5e0a8376458 100644
--- a/djangoldp/tests/models.py
+++ b/djangoldp/tests/models.py
@@ -172,7 +172,6 @@ class Circle(Model):
         anonymous_perms = ['view', 'add', 'delete', 'add', 'change', 'control']
         authenticated_perms = ["inherit"]
         rdf_type = 'hd:circle'
-        depth = 1
 
 
 class Batch(Model):
@@ -219,7 +218,6 @@ class Project(Model):
         anonymous_perms = ['view', 'add', 'delete', 'add', 'change', 'control']
         authenticated_perms = ["inherit"]
         rdf_type = 'hd:project'
-        depth = 1
 
 
 class DateModel(Model):
diff --git a/djangoldp/tests/settings_default.py b/djangoldp/tests/settings_default.py
index 6ecb12a9129cab2b3adf3b5e017daa9fc5b2c5f2..acfc847f4d8a4cbc0a16f06bd9020600d1945be0 100644
--- a/djangoldp/tests/settings_default.py
+++ b/djangoldp/tests/settings_default.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ MIDDLEWARE = [
     'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
 ]
 AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS=(
-   'django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend', 'guardian.backends.ObjectPermissionBackend')
+   'django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend')
 
 ROOT_URLCONF='djangoldp.urls'
 
diff --git a/djangoldp/tests/tests_performance.py b/djangoldp/tests/tests_performance.py
index f34aec235ce32f8018337079b4bc0c26c73931bb..4d817a40bd61c8e29ad4c5de8aef7a9d62f156fb 100644
--- a/djangoldp/tests/tests_performance.py
+++ b/djangoldp/tests/tests_performance.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
 from rest_framework.test import APIClient, APITestCase
 from djangoldp.tests.models import User, Project
 import cProfile, pstats, io
@@ -8,6 +9,9 @@ class TestPerformance(APITestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
         self.client = APIClient()
+        self.user = get_user_model().objects.create_user(username='john', email='jlennon@beatles.com',
+                                                         password='glass onion')
+        self.client.force_authenticate(user=self.user)
         print('there are ' + str(Project.objects.count()) + ' projects in the database')
         print('there are ' + str(User.objects.count()) + ' users in the database')
 
@@ -28,11 +32,11 @@ class TestPerformance(APITestCase):
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
         print('counted ' + str(len(response.data['ldp:contains'])) + ' projects')
         pr.disable()
-        self._print_stats(pr)
+        #self._print_stats(pr)
 
         pr = self._enable_new_profiler()
         response = self.client.get('/users/', content_type='application/ld+json')
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
         print('counted ' + str(len(response.data['ldp:contains'])) + ' users')
         pr.disable()
-        self._print_stats(pr)
+        #self._print_stats(pr)