                     assert.isNull err
                     assert.include res, "user"
                     assert.equal putData.external_id, res.user.external_id, "new external id should match"
+                    return
             "inserting a new user" :
                 topic : () ->
                     xfuse.post "/user", postData, @callback

                    assert.include res, "user"
                    assert.include res.user, "id"
                    assert.equal '20', res.user.id, "user id should be valid"
            "updating an existing user" :
                topic : () ->
                    xfuse.put "/user/20", putData, @callback

                    Saving the id of the test user, so we can delete it on the next test
                    ###
                    testUser = res.user.id
                    return
            "deleting test user" :
                topic : () ->
                    xfuse.delete "/user/" + testUser, @callback
