diff --git a/app/src/common/libs/lodash_mixins.ts b/app/src/common/libs/lodash_mixins.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3116a1b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/common/libs/lodash_mixins.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+declare module _ {
+    interface LoDashStatic {
+        compactObject<T>(object:T, removeFunctions?:boolean):T;
+    }
+}
+
+namespace common.libs {
+
+    /**
+     * lodash_mixins.ts
+     * Add mixins (additional functions) to lodash. Call them with _.[fn_name](params)
+     * See http://lodash.com/docs#mixin for more info
+     */
+
+    _.mixin({
+
+        /**
+         * Get an object with all falsy values removed
+         * @returns {Object}
+         * @param object
+         * @param removeFunctions
+         */
+        compactObject : (object:Object, removeFunctions:boolean = false):Object => {
+            var clone = _.clone(object);
+            _.each(clone, function(value, key) {
+                if(!value || removeFunctions && _.isFunction(value)) {
+                    delete clone[key];
+                }
+            });
+            return clone;
+        }
+
+
+    });
+
+
+}
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diff --git a/app/src/common/services/user/userService.spec.ts b/app/src/common/services/user/userService.spec.ts
index 7e9fe9cc..5ce2bce0 100644
--- a/app/src/common/services/user/userService.spec.ts
+++ b/app/src/common/services/user/userService.spec.ts
@@ -124,10 +124,9 @@
 
                 it('should be able to create a new user and attempt login immediately',  () => {
 
-                    let user = _.clone(fixtures.user);
+                    let user = _.compactObject(fixtures.user);
                     delete user._self;
 
-
                     $httpBackend.expectPUT(/\/api\/users\/.+/, (requestObj) => {
                         return _.isEqual(_.keys(user), _.keys(JSON.parse(requestObj))); //as we are not aware of what the userId or userCredentialId is we cannot test full equality
                     }).respond(204);