diff --git a/tests/profile.spec.js b/tests/profile.spec.js
index d9f9668afad..57b3206bcbb 100644
--- a/tests/profile.spec.js
+++ b/tests/profile.spec.js
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ test("Tabs change correctly", async ({ page }) => {
   await expect(page.locator("h3").first()).toHaveText(/Top Teacher Award/);
 });
 
-test("Tabs have deep linking", async ({ page }) => {
+test("Tabs have deep linking test milestone", async ({ page }) => {
   const username = "_test-profile-user-6";
   await page.goto(`/${username}?tab=milestones`);
   await expect(page.getByRole("link", { name: /Milestones/ })).toHaveAttribute(
@@ -40,6 +40,17 @@ test("Tabs have deep linking", async ({ page }) => {
   await expect(page.locator("h3").first()).toHaveText(/Top Teacher Award/);
 });
 
+test("Tabs have deep linking test repos", async ({ page }) => {
+  const username = "_test-profile-user-6";
+  await page.goto(`/${username}?tab=repos`);
+  await expect(
+    page.locator("main").getByRole("link", { name: /Repos/ }),
+  ).toHaveAttribute("class", /border-tertiary-medium/);
+  await expect(
+    page.getByRole("link", { name: "EddieHubCommunity/BioDrop" }),
+  ).toHaveText(/EddieHubCommunity\/BioDrop/);
+});
+
 test("Profile views increase", async ({ page }) => {
   await connectMongo();
   await page.goto("/_test-profile-user-3");
diff --git a/tests/setup/global-setup.js b/tests/setup/global-setup.js
index 27d756436a8..b80c5c7a5fb 100644
--- a/tests/setup/global-setup.js
+++ b/tests/setup/global-setup.js
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ const { USERS } = require("./test-users.js");
 
 import icons from "@config/icons.json";
 import logger from "@config/logger";
+import getGitHubRepo from "@services/github/getRepo.js";
+import { Profile } from "@models/index.js";
+import connectMongo from "@config/mongo.js";
 
 const links = Object.keys(icons).map((icon, index) => {
   return {
@@ -73,4 +76,56 @@ module.exports = async () => {
     logger.error(e);
     throw new Error(`Test data not loaded into database`);
   }
+
+  // for user "_test-profile-user-6" we need to add a repo
+  // this is because the repo is not in the json data
+  await connectMongo();
+  let githubData = {};
+  const repoUrl = "https://github.com/EddieHubCommunity/BioDrop";
+  try {
+    githubData = await getGitHubRepo(repoUrl);
+  } catch (e) {
+    const error = `failed to get data for repo: ${repoUrl}`;
+    logger.error(e, error);
+    return { error };
+  }
+
+  if (githubData.error) {
+    return logger.error(e, error);
+  }
+
+  await Profile.findOneAndUpdate(
+    {
+      username: "_test-profile-user-6",
+    },
+    {
+      $set: {
+        source: "database",
+      },
+      $push: {
+        repos: {
+          url: githubData.url,
+          fullname: githubData.name,
+          name: githubData.name,
+          owner: githubData.owner.login,
+          description: githubData.description,
+          topics: githubData.topics,
+          stats: {
+            issues: githubData.open_issues_count,
+            stars: githubData.stargazers_count,
+            forks: githubData.forks_count,
+            watchers: githubData.watchers_count,
+            subscribers: githubData.subscribers_count,
+          },
+          dates: {
+            createdAt: githubData.created_at,
+            updatedAt: githubData.updated_at,
+            pushedAt: githubData.pushed_at,
+          },
+          updatedAt: new Date(),
+        },
+      },
+    },
+    { new: true },
+  );
 };