diff --git a/test/test_database.py b/test/test_database.py
index b63a4c4e0c85b1faf3bc4a35615d4704812da560..5842786a6544df3d8565bc297cfd50ca3cfeeecb 100644
--- a/test/test_database.py
+++ b/test/test_database.py
@@ -117,6 +117,24 @@ class DatabaseTest(unittest.TestCase):
             last_update, r"(\d{4})-(\d{2})-(\d{2}) (\d{2}):(\d{2}):(\d{2})"
         )
 
+    def test_update_last_updated(self):
+        """Assert that the time gets updated when running method."""
+        # Get two datetimes that should only differ by sleep_time
+        stmt = "SELECT Timestamp FROM LastUpdated"
+        self.database.update_last_updated()
+        first_time = self.database.conn.execute(stmt).fetchall()[0][0]
+        sleep_time = 2
+        sleep(sleep_time)
+        self.database.update_last_updated()
+        second_time = self.database.conn.execute(stmt).fetchall()[0][0]
+        # Converts from string to datetime object
+        first_time = datetime.strptime(first_time, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%f")
+        second_time = datetime.strptime(second_time, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%f")
+        # Calculates difference in seconds
+        time_diff = (second_time - first_time).total_seconds()
+        # Compares difference with sleep_time
+        self.assertAlmostEqual(time_diff, sleep_time, delta=0.2)
+
     def test_get_categories(self):
         """Assert function get_categories works as expected."""
         file_path = os.path.join(TESTDATA_PATH, "CategoryWords.txt")
@@ -241,13 +259,13 @@ class DatabaseTest(unittest.TestCase):
         stmt = "UPDATE LastUpdated SET Timestamp = ? LIMIT 1"
         self.database.conn.execute(stmt, (datetime.now(),))
         # Sleeps to make time difference
-        sleep_time = 3
+        sleep_time = 2
         sleep(sleep_time)
         # Calculates expected return value and gets return value
         expected_time = (24 * 60 * 60) - sleep_time
         actual_time = self.database.seconds_to_next_update()
         # Compares expected and function return value with
-        self.assertAlmostEqual(expected_time, actual_time, delta=0.3)
+        self.assertAlmostEqual(expected_time, actual_time, delta=0.2)
 
     def test_add_code(self):
         """Test add a single code to CodeBook."""