diff --git a/backend/webdav/webdav_internal_test.go b/backend/webdav/webdav_internal_test.go
index 8789e8413..20dee468b 100644
--- a/backend/webdav/webdav_internal_test.go
+++ b/backend/webdav/webdav_internal_test.go
@@ -24,15 +24,23 @@ var (
 // prepareServer the test server and return a function to tidy it up afterwards
 // with each request the headers option tests are executed
 func prepareServer(t *testing.T) (configmap.Simple, func()) {
-	// file server
-	fileServer := http.FileServer(http.Dir(""))
-
-	// test the headers are there then pass on to fileServer
+	// test the headers are there send send a dummy response to About
 	handler := http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		what := fmt.Sprintf("%s %s: Header ", r.Method, r.URL.Path)
 		assert.Equal(t, headers[1], r.Header.Get(headers[0]), what+headers[0])
 		assert.Equal(t, headers[3], r.Header.Get(headers[2]), what+headers[2])
-		fileServer.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, `<d:multistatus xmlns:d="DAV:" xmlns:s="http://sabredav.org/ns" xmlns:oc="http://owncloud.org/ns" xmlns:nc="http://nextcloud.org/ns">
+<d:response>
+ <d:href>/remote.php/webdav/</d:href>
+ <d:propstat>
+  <d:prop>
+   <d:quota-available-bytes>-3</d:quota-available-bytes>
+   <d:quota-used-bytes>376461895</d:quota-used-bytes>
+  </d:prop>
+  <d:status>HTTP/1.1 200 OK</d:status>
+ </d:propstat>
+</d:response>
+</d:multistatus>`)
 	})
 
 	// Make the test server
@@ -68,7 +76,7 @@ func TestHeaders(t *testing.T) {
 	f, tidy := prepare(t)
 	defer tidy()
 
-	// any request will do
+	// send an About response since that is all the dummy server can return
 	_, err := f.Features().About(context.Background())
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 }