diff --git a/tests/Alchemy/Tests/Phrasea/Controller/Api/ApiJsonTest.php b/tests/Alchemy/Tests/Phrasea/Controller/Api/ApiJsonTest.php
index d78194c4d7..c8f2cdb254 100644
--- a/tests/Alchemy/Tests/Phrasea/Controller/Api/ApiJsonTest.php
+++ b/tests/Alchemy/Tests/Phrasea/Controller/Api/ApiJsonTest.php
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ use Alchemy\Phrasea\Model\Entities\LazaretSession;
 use Alchemy\Phrasea\Model\Entities\Task;
 use Alchemy\Phrasea\Model\Entities\User;
 use Alchemy\Phrasea\SearchEngine\SearchEngineOptions;
+use Alchemy\Phrasea\Status\StatusStructureProviderInterface;
 use Doctrine\Common\Collections\ArrayCollection;
 use Guzzle\Common\Exception\GuzzleException;
 use Ramsey\Uuid\Uuid;
@@ -1256,13 +1257,33 @@ class ApiJsonTest extends ApiTestCase
         $record1 = $this->getRecord1();
         $route = '/api/v1/records/' . $record1->getDataboxId() . '/' . $record1->getRecordId() . '/setstatus/';
 
-        $record_status = strrev($record1->getStatus());
+        $initialRecordStatus = $record_status = strrev($record1->getStatus());
+
+        /** @var StatusStructureProviderInterface $statusProvider */
+        $statusProvider = $app['status.provider'];
+
+        // initialize status structure for test eg: 4 to 15 bit
+        foreach (range(4, 15) as $n) {
+            $properties = [
+                'searchable' => '0',
+                'printable'  => '0',
+                'name'       => 'status_test_' . $n,
+                'labelon'    => '',
+                'labeloff'   => '',
+                'labels_on'  => [],
+                'labels_off' => [],
+            ];
+
+            $statusProvider->updateStatus($record1->getStatusStructure(), $n, $properties);
+        }
+
         $statusStructure = $record1->getStatusStructure();
 
         $tochange = [];
         foreach ($statusStructure as $n => $datas) {
             $tochange[$n] = substr($record_status, ($n - 1), 1) == '0' ? '1' : '0';
         }
+
         $this->evaluateMethodNotAllowedRoute($route, ['GET', 'PUT', 'DELETE']);
 
         $response = $this->request('POST', $route, $this->getParameters(['status' => $tochange]), ['HTTP_Accept' => $this->getAcceptMimeType()]);
@@ -1281,6 +1302,27 @@ class ApiJsonTest extends ApiTestCase
             $this->assertEquals(substr($record_status, ($n), 1), $tochange[$n]);
         }
 
+        // test  record_status in string
+        $record_status_expected = $record_status;
+
+        $pos = strpos($record_status, '1');
+        $bitToChange[$pos] = '1';
+
+        $response = $this->request('POST', $route, $this->getParameters(['status' => $bitToChange]), ['HTTP_Accept' => $this->getAcceptMimeType()]);
+        $content = $this->unserialize($response->getContent());
+
+        // Get fresh record_1
+        $testRecord = new \record_adapter($app, $testRecord->getDataboxId(), $testRecord->getRecordId());
+
+        $this->evaluateResponse200($response);
+        $this->evaluateMeta200($content);
+
+        $this->evaluateRecordsStatusResponse($testRecord, $content);
+
+        $record_new_status = strrev($testRecord->getStatus());
+        $this->assertEquals($record_status_expected, $record_new_status);
+
+
         foreach ($tochange as $n => $value) {
             $tochange[$n] = $value == '0' ? '1' : '0';
         }
@@ -1301,6 +1343,8 @@ class ApiJsonTest extends ApiTestCase
             $this->assertEquals(substr($record_status, ($n), 1), $tochange[$n]);
         }
 
+        $this->assertEquals($initialRecordStatus, $record_status);
+
         $record1->setStatus(str_repeat('0', 32));
     }