diff --git a/api/simqueue/db.py b/api/simqueue/db.py
index 30f4a5b..f83d764 100644
--- a/api/simqueue/db.py
+++ b/api/simqueue/db.py
@@ -803,7 +803,7 @@ async def query_quotas(
 ):
     query = quotas.select()
     if project_id:
-        query = query.where(quotas.c.project_id == str(project_id))
+        query = query.where(quotas.c.project_id == project_id)
     if platform:
         query = query.where(quotas.c.platform == platform)
     query = query.offset(from_index).limit(size)
diff --git a/api/simqueue/oauth.py b/api/simqueue/oauth.py
index 4f1d308..7dd210d 100644
--- a/api/simqueue/oauth.py
+++ b/api/simqueue/oauth.py
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ async def can_view(self, collab):
             role: f"collab-{collab}-{role}" for role in ("viewer", "editor", "administrator")
         }
         for role, team_name in target_team_names.items():
-            if team_name in self.roles["team"]:
+            if team_name in self.roles.get("team", []):
                 return True
         # if that fails, check if it's a public collab
         try:
@@ -95,12 +95,14 @@ def can_edit(self, collab):
             role: f"collab-{collab}-{role}" for role in ("editor", "administrator")
         }
         for role, team_name in target_team_names.items():
-            if team_name in self.roles["team"]:
+            if team_name in self.roles.get("team", []):
                 return True
 
     def get_collabs(self, access=["viewer", "editor", "administrator"]):
         collabs = set()
-        for team_access in self.roles["team"]:
+        for team_access in self.roles.get("team", []):
+            # note, if team information is missing from userinfo that means
+            # the user is not a member of any collab
             parts = team_access.split("-")
             assert parts[0] == "collab"
             collab = "-".join(parts[1:-1])
diff --git a/api/simqueue/resources/for_users.py b/api/simqueue/resources/for_users.py
index 6db70b2..a4e0581 100644
--- a/api/simqueue/resources/for_users.py
+++ b/api/simqueue/resources/for_users.py
@@ -792,7 +792,7 @@ async def delete_project(
 
     if project is not None:
         if (as_admin and user.is_admin) or user.can_edit(project["collab"]):
-            if await db.query_quotas([project_id]) is not None:
+            if await db.query_quotas(project_id) is not None:
                 await db.delete_quotas_from_project(str(project_id))
             await db.delete_project(str(project_id))
         else:
@@ -867,7 +867,8 @@ async def create_project(
             status_code=status_codes.HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN,
             detail="You do not have permisson to create projects in this Collab",
         )
-    await db.create_project(project)
+    created_project = await db.create_project(project)
+    return Project.from_db(created_project)
 
 
 @router.get("/projects/{project_id}/quotas/", response_model=List[Quota])
@@ -999,9 +1000,12 @@ async def query_collabs(
             status_code=status_codes.HTTP_501_NOT_IMPLEMENTED,
             detail="This option has not been implemented yet",
         )
-    projects = await db.query_projects(
-        status=status, collab=collabs, owner=None, from_index=from_index, size=size
-    )
+    if collabs:
+        projects = await db.query_projects(
+            status=status, collab=collabs, owner=None, from_index=from_index, size=size
+        )
+    else:
+        projects = []
     collabs = set(prj["collab"] for prj in projects)
     return sorted(collabs)
 
diff --git a/api/simqueue/tests/test_auth_router.py b/api/simqueue/tests/test_auth_router.py
index 0f78f53..7b12924 100644
--- a/api/simqueue/tests/test_auth_router.py
+++ b/api/simqueue/tests/test_auth_router.py
@@ -8,13 +8,9 @@
 def test_read_main():
     response = client.get("/")
     assert response.status_code == 200
-    assert response.json() == {
-        "about": "This is the EBRAINS Neuromorphic Computing Job Queue API.",
-        "authentication": {
-            "client-id": None,
-            "collaboratory": "https://wiki.ebrains.eu/rest/v1/",
-            "server": "https://iam.ebrains.eu/auth/realms/hbp",
-        },
-        "version": "3",
-        "links": {"documentation": "/docs"},
-    }
+    result = response.json()
+    assert result["about"] == "This is the EBRAINS Neuromorphic Computing Job Queue API."
+    assert result["authentication"]["collaboratory"].startswith("https://wiki")
+    assert result["authentication"]["server"].startswith("https://iam")
+    assert result["version"] == "3"
+    assert result["links"] == {"documentation": "/docs"}
diff --git a/api/simqueue/tests/test_quotas_router.py b/api/simqueue/tests/test_quotas_router.py
index 6c7c920..3dbd9d3 100644
--- a/api/simqueue/tests/test_quotas_router.py
+++ b/api/simqueue/tests/test_quotas_router.py
@@ -248,9 +248,24 @@ def test_get_project(mocker):
     assert simqueue.db.get_project.await_args.args == expected_args
 
 
+mock_project = {
+    "collab": "my-collab",
+    "title": "testing Collaboratory v2 integration",
+    "abstract": "abstract goes here",
+    "description": "dddddd",
+    "context": "3da3e111-6a73-4a78-a850-67fabd524cba",
+    "owner": "haroldlloyd",
+    "duration": 0,
+    "submission_date": None,
+    "decision_date": None,
+    "start_date": None,
+    "accepted": False,
+}
+
+
 def test_create_project_asmember(mocker):
     mocker.patch("simqueue.oauth.User", MockUser)
-    mocker.patch("simqueue.db.create_project")
+    mocker.patch("simqueue.db.create_project", return_value=mock_project)
 
     datap = {
         "collab": "my-collab",