diff --git a/src/app/account/settings/ui-settings/ui-settings.component.spec.ts b/src/app/account/settings/ui-settings/ui-settings.component.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a8d479efa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/account/settings/ui-settings/ui-settings.component.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+import { ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { ReactiveFormsModule } from '@angular/forms';
+import { MatSelectModule } from '@angular/material/select';
+
+import { AlertService } from '@services/shared/alert.service';
+
+import { UiSettingsComponent } from '@src/app/account/settings/ui-settings/ui-settings.component';
+import { PageTitleModule } from '@src/app/shared/page-headers/page-title.module';
+import { TableModule } from '@src/app/shared/table/table-actions.module';
+import { UISettingsUtilityClass } from '@src/app/shared/utils/config';
+
+describe('UiSettingsComponent', () => {
+  let component: UiSettingsComponent;
+  let fixture: ComponentFixture<UiSettingsComponent>;
+  let alertService: AlertService;
+
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    await TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      declarations: [UiSettingsComponent],
+      imports: [MatSelectModule, ReactiveFormsModule, PageTitleModule, TableModule]
+    }).compileComponents();
+    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(UiSettingsComponent);
+    component = fixture.componentInstance;
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+    alertService = TestBed.inject(AlertService);
+  });
+
+  it('should create', () => {
+    expect(component).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
+  it('should initialize form with default values', () => {
+    expect(component.form).toBeDefined();
+    expect(component.form.get('timefmt')).toBeDefined();
+    expect(component.form.get('layout')).toBeDefined();
+    expect(component.form.get('theme')).toBeDefined();
+  });
+
+  it('should call updateForm and patch form values', () => {
+    spyOn(component.form, 'patchValue');
+    component.util = {
+      uiConfig: { timefmt: 'dd/MM/yyyy h:mm:ss', layout: 'fixed', theme: 'dark' }
+    } as UISettingsUtilityClass;
+    component.updateForm();
+    expect(component.form.patchValue).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      timefmt: 'dd/MM/yyyy h:mm:ss',
+      layout: 'fixed',
+      theme: 'dark'
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('should show info message on submit', () => {
+    spyOn(component.util, 'updateSettings').and.returnValue(1);
+    spyOn(alertService, 'showInfoMessage');
+    component.onSubmit();
+    expect(alertService.showInfoMessage).toHaveBeenCalledWith('Reloading settings ...');
+  });
+
+  it('should show "No changes were saved" if nothing changed', () => {
+    spyOn(component.util, 'updateSettings').and.returnValue(0);
+    spyOn(alertService, 'showInfoMessage');
+    component.onSubmit();
+    expect(alertService.showInfoMessage).toHaveBeenCalledWith('No changes were saved');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/app/account/settings/ui-settings/ui-settings.component.ts b/src/app/account/settings/ui-settings/ui-settings.component.ts
index 9a2877513..cad5bcae4 100644
--- a/src/app/account/settings/ui-settings/ui-settings.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/account/settings/ui-settings/ui-settings.component.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export class UiSettingsComponent implements OnInit {
     });
   }
 
-  private updateForm(): void {
+  updateForm(): void {
     this.form.patchValue({
       timefmt: this.util.uiConfig.timefmt,
       layout: this.util.uiConfig.layout,