diff --git a/all.sas b/all.sas
index 1c046c7..d91b20e 100644
--- a/all.sas
+++ b/all.sas
@@ -13015,7 +13015,10 @@ create table &libds(
   @file mm_adduser2group.sas
   @brief Adds a user to a group
   @details Adds a user to a metadata group.  The macro first checks whether the
-    user is in that group, and if not, the user is added.
+  user is in that group, and if not, the user is added.
+
+  Note that the macro does not check inherited group memberships - it looks at
+    direct members only.
 
   Usage:
 
@@ -13025,10 +13028,10 @@ create table &libds(
 
   @param user= the user name (not displayname)
   @param group= the group to which to add the user
-  @param mdebug= set to 1 to show debug info in log
+  @param mdebug= (0) set to 1 to show debug info in log
 
-  @warning the macro does not check inherited group memberships - it looks at
-    direct members only
+  <h4> Related Files </h4>
+  @li ms_adduser2group.sas
 
   @version 9.3
   @author Allan Bowe
@@ -19101,6 +19104,128 @@ run;
 %let rc=%sysfunc(filename(&fref));
 
 %mend mfs_httpheader;
+/**
+  @file
+  @brief Adds a user to a group on SASjs Server
+  @details Adds a user to a group based on userid and groupid.  Both user and
+  group must already exist.
+
+  Examples:
+
+      %ms_adduser2group(uid=1,gid=1)
+
+
+  @param [in] uid= (0) The User ID to be added
+  @param [in] gid= (0) The Group ID to contain the new user
+  @param [in] mdebug= (0) Set to 1 to enable DEBUG messages
+  @param [out] outds= (work.ms_adduser2group) This output dataset will contain
+    the new list of group members, eg:
+|DISPLAYNAME:$18.|USERNAME:$10.|ID:best.|
+|---|---|---|
+|`Super Admin `|`secretuser `|`1`|
+|`Sabir Hassan`|`sabir`|`2`|
+|`Mihajlo Medjedovic `|`mihajlo `|`3`|
+|`Ivor Townsend `|`ivor `|`4`|
+|`New User `|`newuser `|`5`|
+
+
+
+  <h4> SAS Macros </h4>
+  @li mf_getuniquefileref.sas
+  @li mf_getuniquelibref.sas
+  @li mp_abort.sas
+
+  <h4> Related Files </h4>
+  @li ms_creategroup.sas
+  @li ms_createuser.sas
+
+**/
+
+%macro ms_adduser2group(uid=0
+    ,gid=0
+    ,outds=work.ms_adduser2group
+    ,mdebug=0
+  );
+
+%mp_abort(
+  iftrue=(&syscc ne 0)
+  ,mac=ms_adduser2group.sas
+  ,msg=%str(syscc=&syscc on macro entry)
+)
+
+%local fref0 fref1 fref2 libref optval rc msg;
+%let fref0=%mf_getuniquefileref();
+%let fref1=%mf_getuniquefileref();
+%let libref=%mf_getuniquelibref();
+
+/* avoid sending bom marker to API */
+%let optval=%sysfunc(getoption(bomfile));
+options nobomfile;
+
+data _null_;
+  file &fref0 lrecl=1000;
+  infile "&_sasjs_tokenfile" lrecl=1000;
+  input;
+  if _n_=1 then put "accept: application/json";
+  put _infile_;
+run;
+
+%if &mdebug=1 %then %do;
+  %put _local_;
+  data _null_;
+    infile &fref0;
+    input;
+    put _infile_;
+  run;
+%end;
+
+proc http method='POST' headerin=&fref0 out=&fref1
+  url="&_sasjs_apiserverurl/SASjsApi/group/&gid/&uid";
+%if &mdebug=1 %then %do;
+  debug level=1;
+%end;
+run;
+
+%mp_abort(
+  iftrue=(&syscc ne 0)
+  ,mac=ms_adduser2group.sas
+  ,msg=%str(Issue submitting query to SASjsApi/group)
+)
+
+libname &libref JSON fileref=&fref1;
+
+data &outds;
+  set &libref..users;
+  drop ordinal_root ordinal_users;
+%if &mdebug=1 %then %do;
+  putlog _all_;
+%end;
+run;
+
+
+%mp_abort(
+  iftrue=(&syscc ne 0)
+  ,mac=ms_creategroup.sas
+  ,msg=%str(Issue reading response JSON)
+)
+
+/* reset options */
+options &optval;
+
+%if &mdebug=0 %then %do;
+  filename &fref0 clear;
+  filename &fref1 clear;
+  libname &libref clear;
+%end;
+%else %do;
+  data _null_;
+    infile &fref1;
+    input;
+    putlog _infile_;
+  run;
+%end;
+
+%mend ms_adduser2group;
 /**
   @file
   @brief Creates a file on SASjs Drive
@@ -20146,13 +20271,19 @@ filename &headref clear;
   @file
   @brief Fetches the list of groups from SASjs Server
   @details Fetches the list of groups from SASjs Server and writes them to an
-  output dataset.
+  output dataset.  Provide a username to filter for the groups for a particular
+  user.
 
   Example:
 
       %ms_getgroups(outds=userlist)
 
+  With filter:
+
+      %ms_getgroups(outds=userlist, user=James)
+
   @param [in] mdebug= (0) Set to 1 to enable DEBUG messages
+  @param [in] user= (0) Provide the username on which to filter
   @param [out] outds= (work.ms_getgroups) This output dataset will contain the
     list of groups. Format:
 |NAME:$32.|DESCRIPTION:$64.|GROUPID:best.|
@@ -20174,9 +20305,10 @@ filename &headref clear;
 **/
 
 %macro ms_getgroups(
-    outds=work.ms_getgroups
-    ,mdebug=0
-  );
+  user=0,
+  outds=work.ms_getgroups,
+  mdebug=0
+);
 
 %mp_abort(
   iftrue=(&syscc ne 0)
@@ -20190,7 +20322,10 @@ filename &headref clear;
   /* groups api does not exist in desktop mode */
   data &outds;
     length NAME $32 DESCRIPTION $64. GROUPID 8;
-    call missing (of _all_);
+    name="&sysuserid";
+    description="&sysuserid (group - desktop mode)";
+    groupid=1;
+    output;
     stop;
   run;
   %return;
@@ -20220,12 +20355,35 @@ run;
   run;
 %end;
 
-proc http method='GET' headerin=&fref0 out=&fref1
-  url="&_sasjs_apiserverurl/SASjsApi/group";
-%if &mdebug=1 %then %do;
-  debug level=1;
+%if "&user"="0" %then %do;
+  proc http method='GET' headerin=&fref0 out=&fref1
+    url="&_sasjs_apiserverurl/SASjsApi/group";
+  %if &mdebug=1 %then %do;
+    debug level=1;
+  %end;
+  run;
+%end;
+%else %do;
+  /*
+    first get the userid - cannot do this directly until the following ticket
+    is closed: https://github.com/sasjs/server/issues/188
+  */
+  data;run;
+  %local ds1 uid;
+  %let ds1=&syslast;
+  %ms_getusers(outds=&ds1)
+  %let uid=0;
+  data _null_;
+    set &ds1;
+    if username="&user" then call symputx('uid',id,'l');
+  run;
+  proc http method='GET' headerin=&fref0 out=&fref1
+    url="&_sasjs_apiserverurl/SASjsApi/group";
+  %if &mdebug=1 %then %do;
+    debug level=1;
+  %end;
+  run;
 %end;
-run;
 
 %mp_abort(
   iftrue=(&syscc ne 0)
@@ -20262,13 +20420,18 @@ options &optval;
   @file
   @brief Fetches the list of users from SASjs Server
   @details Fetches the list of users from SASjs Server and writes them to an
-  output dataset.
+  output dataset.  Can also be filtered, for a particular group.
 
   Example:
 
       %ms_getusers(outds=userlist)
 
+  Filtering for a group:
+
+      %ms_getusers(outds=work.groupmembers, group=GROUPNAME)
+
   @param [in] mdebug= (0) Set to 1 to enable DEBUG messages
+  @param [in] group= (0) Set to a group name to filter members for that group
   @param [out] outds= (work.ms_getusers) This output dataset will contain the
     list of user accounts. Format:
 |DISPLAYNAME:$18.|USERNAME:$10.|ID:best.|
@@ -20284,18 +20447,22 @@ options &optval;
   <h4> SAS Macros </h4>
   @li mf_getuniquefileref.sas
   @li mf_getuniquelibref.sas
+  @li mf_getuniquename.sas
   @li mp_abort.sas
+  @li ms_getgroups.sas
 
   <h4> Related Files </h4>
   @li ms_createuser.sas
+  @li ms_getgroups.sas
   @li ms_getusers.test.sas
 
 **/
 
 %macro ms_getusers(
-    outds=work.ms_getusers
-    ,mdebug=0
-  );
+  outds=work.ms_getusers,
+  group=0,
+  mdebug=0
+);
 
 %mp_abort(
   iftrue=(&syscc ne 0)
@@ -20327,27 +20494,56 @@ run;
     put _infile_;
   run;
 %end;
-
-proc http method='GET' headerin=&fref0 out=&fref1
-  url="&_sasjs_apiserverurl/SASjsApi/user";
-%if &mdebug=1 %then %do;
-  debug level=1;
+%if "&group"="0" %then %do;
+  proc http method='GET' headerin=&fref0 out=&fref1
+    url="&_sasjs_apiserverurl/SASjsApi/user";
+  %if &mdebug=1 %then %do;
+    debug level=1;
+  %end;
+  run;
+%end;
+%else %do;
+  /* currently we only have an API to fetch by group ID */
+  /* so first fetch all the groups, and grab the id */
+  %local groupid ds1;
+  %let ds1=%mf_getuniquename(prefix=groups);
+  %ms_getgroups(outds=&ds1)
+  data _null_;
+    set &ds1;
+    where name="&group";
+    call symputx('groupid',groupid,'l');
+  run;
+
+  proc http method='GET' headerin=&fref0 out=&fref1
+    url="&_sasjs_apiserverurl/SASjsApi/group/&groupid";
+  %if &mdebug=1 %then %do;
+    debug level=1;
+    %put &=groupid;
+  %end;
+  run;
+
 %end;
-run;
 
 %mp_abort(
   iftrue=(&syscc ne 0)
   ,mac=ms_getusers.sas
-  ,msg=%str(Issue submitting GET query to SASjsApi/user)
+  ,msg=%str(Issue submitting API query)
 )
 
 libname &libref JSON fileref=&fref1;
 
-data &outds;
-  set &libref..root;
-  drop ordinal_root;
-run;
-
+%if "&group"="0" %then %do;
+  data &outds;
+    set &libref..root;
+    drop ordinal_root;
+  run;
+%end;
+%else %do;
+  data &outds;
+    set &libref..users;
+    drop ordinal_root ordinal_users;
+  run;
+%end;
 
 %mp_abort(
   iftrue=(&syscc ne 0)
diff --git a/meta/mm_adduser2group.sas b/meta/mm_adduser2group.sas
index 6b5ce81..5b61053 100644
--- a/meta/mm_adduser2group.sas
+++ b/meta/mm_adduser2group.sas
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
   @file mm_adduser2group.sas
   @brief Adds a user to a group
   @details Adds a user to a metadata group.  The macro first checks whether the
-    user is in that group, and if not, the user is added.
+  user is in that group, and if not, the user is added.
+
+  Note that the macro does not check inherited group memberships - it looks at
+    direct members only.
 
   Usage:
 
@@ -12,10 +15,10 @@
 
   @param user= the user name (not displayname)
   @param group= the group to which to add the user
-  @param mdebug= set to 1 to show debug info in log
+  @param mdebug= (0) set to 1 to show debug info in log
 
-  @warning the macro does not check inherited group memberships - it looks at
-    direct members only
+  <h4> Related Files </h4>
+  @li ms_adduser2group.sas
 
   @version 9.3
   @author Allan Bowe
diff --git a/sasjs/sasjsconfig.json b/sasjs/sasjsconfig.json
index 34da685..de6d74a 100644
--- a/sasjs/sasjsconfig.json
+++ b/sasjs/sasjsconfig.json
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
     },
     {
       "name": "server",
-      "serverUrl": "https://sas.analytium.co.uk:5007",
+      "serverUrl": "https://sas.4gl.io:5001",
       "serverType": "SASJS",
       "httpsAgentOptions": {
         "allowInsecureRequests": false
@@ -107,4 +107,4 @@
       "contextName": "SAS Job Execution compute context"
     }
   ]
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server/ms_adduser2group.sas b/server/ms_adduser2group.sas
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..07c75be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/ms_adduser2group.sas
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+/**
+  @file
+  @brief Adds a user to a group on SASjs Server
+  @details Adds a user to a group based on userid and groupid.  Both user and
+  group must already exist.
+
+  Examples:
+
+      %ms_adduser2group(uid=1,gid=1)
+
+
+  @param [in] uid= (0) The User ID to be added
+  @param [in] gid= (0) The Group ID to contain the new user
+  @param [in] mdebug= (0) Set to 1 to enable DEBUG messages
+  @param [out] outds= (work.ms_adduser2group) This output dataset will contain
+    the new list of group members, eg:
+|DISPLAYNAME:$18.|USERNAME:$10.|ID:best.|
+|---|---|---|
+|`Super Admin `|`secretuser `|`1`|
+|`Sabir Hassan`|`sabir`|`2`|
+|`Mihajlo Medjedovic `|`mihajlo `|`3`|
+|`Ivor Townsend `|`ivor `|`4`|
+|`New User `|`newuser `|`5`|
+
+
+
+  <h4> SAS Macros </h4>
+  @li mf_getuniquefileref.sas
+  @li mf_getuniquelibref.sas
+  @li mp_abort.sas
+
+  <h4> Related Files </h4>
+  @li ms_creategroup.sas
+  @li ms_createuser.sas
+
+**/
+
+%macro ms_adduser2group(uid=0
+    ,gid=0
+    ,outds=work.ms_adduser2group
+    ,mdebug=0
+  );
+
+%mp_abort(
+  iftrue=(&syscc ne 0)
+  ,mac=ms_adduser2group.sas
+  ,msg=%str(syscc=&syscc on macro entry)
+)
+
+%local fref0 fref1 fref2 libref optval rc msg;
+%let fref0=%mf_getuniquefileref();
+%let fref1=%mf_getuniquefileref();
+%let libref=%mf_getuniquelibref();
+
+/* avoid sending bom marker to API */
+%let optval=%sysfunc(getoption(bomfile));
+options nobomfile;
+
+data _null_;
+  file &fref0 lrecl=1000;
+  infile "&_sasjs_tokenfile" lrecl=1000;
+  input;
+  if _n_=1 then put "accept: application/json";
+  put _infile_;
+run;
+
+%if &mdebug=1 %then %do;
+  %put _local_;
+  data _null_;
+    infile &fref0;
+    input;
+    put _infile_;
+  run;
+%end;
+
+proc http method='POST' headerin=&fref0 out=&fref1
+  url="&_sasjs_apiserverurl/SASjsApi/group/&gid/&uid";
+%if &mdebug=1 %then %do;
+  debug level=1;
+%end;
+run;
+
+%mp_abort(
+  iftrue=(&syscc ne 0)
+  ,mac=ms_adduser2group.sas
+  ,msg=%str(Issue submitting query to SASjsApi/group)
+)
+
+libname &libref JSON fileref=&fref1;
+
+data &outds;
+  set &libref..users;
+  drop ordinal_root ordinal_users;
+%if &mdebug=1 %then %do;
+  putlog _all_;
+%end;
+run;
+
+
+%mp_abort(
+  iftrue=(&syscc ne 0)
+  ,mac=ms_creategroup.sas
+  ,msg=%str(Issue reading response JSON)
+)
+
+/* reset options */
+options &optval;
+
+%if &mdebug=0 %then %do;
+  filename &fref0 clear;
+  filename &fref1 clear;
+  libname &libref clear;
+%end;
+%else %do;
+  data _null_;
+    infile &fref1;
+    input;
+    putlog _infile_;
+  run;
+%end;
+
+%mend ms_adduser2group;
diff --git a/server/ms_getgroups.sas b/server/ms_getgroups.sas
index bb96b23..524e454 100644
--- a/server/ms_getgroups.sas
+++ b/server/ms_getgroups.sas
@@ -2,13 +2,19 @@
   @file
   @brief Fetches the list of groups from SASjs Server
   @details Fetches the list of groups from SASjs Server and writes them to an
-  output dataset.
+  output dataset.  Provide a username to filter for the groups for a particular
+  user.
 
   Example:
 
       %ms_getgroups(outds=userlist)
 
+  With filter:
+
+      %ms_getgroups(outds=userlist, user=James)
+
   @param [in] mdebug= (0) Set to 1 to enable DEBUG messages
+  @param [in] user= (0) Provide the username on which to filter
   @param [out] outds= (work.ms_getgroups) This output dataset will contain the
     list of groups. Format:
 |NAME:$32.|DESCRIPTION:$64.|GROUPID:best.|
@@ -30,9 +36,10 @@
 **/
 
 %macro ms_getgroups(
-    outds=work.ms_getgroups
-    ,mdebug=0
-  );
+  user=0,
+  outds=work.ms_getgroups,
+  mdebug=0
+);
 
 %mp_abort(
   iftrue=(&syscc ne 0)
@@ -46,7 +53,10 @@
   /* groups api does not exist in desktop mode */
   data &outds;
     length NAME $32 DESCRIPTION $64. GROUPID 8;
-    call missing (of _all_);
+    name="&sysuserid";
+    description="&sysuserid (group - desktop mode)";
+    groupid=1;
+    output;
     stop;
   run;
   %return;
@@ -76,12 +86,35 @@ run;
   run;
 %end;
 
-proc http method='GET' headerin=&fref0 out=&fref1
-  url="&_sasjs_apiserverurl/SASjsApi/group";
-%if &mdebug=1 %then %do;
-  debug level=1;
+%if "&user"="0" %then %do;
+  proc http method='GET' headerin=&fref0 out=&fref1
+    url="&_sasjs_apiserverurl/SASjsApi/group";
+  %if &mdebug=1 %then %do;
+    debug level=1;
+  %end;
+  run;
+%end;
+%else %do;
+  /*
+    first get the userid - cannot do this directly until the following ticket
+    is closed: https://github.com/sasjs/server/issues/188
+  */
+  data;run;
+  %local ds1 uid;
+  %let ds1=&syslast;
+  %ms_getusers(outds=&ds1)
+  %let uid=0;
+  data _null_;
+    set &ds1;
+    if username="&user" then call symputx('uid',id,'l');
+  run;
+  proc http method='GET' headerin=&fref0 out=&fref1
+    url="&_sasjs_apiserverurl/SASjsApi/group";
+  %if &mdebug=1 %then %do;
+    debug level=1;
+  %end;
+  run;
 %end;
-run;
 
 %mp_abort(
   iftrue=(&syscc ne 0)
diff --git a/server/ms_getusers.sas b/server/ms_getusers.sas
index 5228736..a93e98c 100644
--- a/server/ms_getusers.sas
+++ b/server/ms_getusers.sas
@@ -2,13 +2,18 @@
   @file
   @brief Fetches the list of users from SASjs Server
   @details Fetches the list of users from SASjs Server and writes them to an
-  output dataset.
+  output dataset.  Can also be filtered, for a particular group.
 
   Example:
 
       %ms_getusers(outds=userlist)
 
+  Filtering for a group:
+
+      %ms_getusers(outds=work.groupmembers, group=GROUPNAME)
+
   @param [in] mdebug= (0) Set to 1 to enable DEBUG messages
+  @param [in] group= (0) Set to a group name to filter members for that group
   @param [out] outds= (work.ms_getusers) This output dataset will contain the
     list of user accounts. Format:
 |DISPLAYNAME:$18.|USERNAME:$10.|ID:best.|
@@ -24,18 +29,22 @@
   <h4> SAS Macros </h4>
   @li mf_getuniquefileref.sas
   @li mf_getuniquelibref.sas
+  @li mf_getuniquename.sas
   @li mp_abort.sas
+  @li ms_getgroups.sas
 
   <h4> Related Files </h4>
   @li ms_createuser.sas
+  @li ms_getgroups.sas
   @li ms_getusers.test.sas
 
 **/
 
 %macro ms_getusers(
-    outds=work.ms_getusers
-    ,mdebug=0
-  );
+  outds=work.ms_getusers,
+  group=0,
+  mdebug=0
+);
 
 %mp_abort(
   iftrue=(&syscc ne 0)
@@ -67,27 +76,56 @@ run;
     put _infile_;
   run;
 %end;
-
-proc http method='GET' headerin=&fref0 out=&fref1
-  url="&_sasjs_apiserverurl/SASjsApi/user";
-%if &mdebug=1 %then %do;
-  debug level=1;
+%if "&group"="0" %then %do;
+  proc http method='GET' headerin=&fref0 out=&fref1
+    url="&_sasjs_apiserverurl/SASjsApi/user";
+  %if &mdebug=1 %then %do;
+    debug level=1;
+  %end;
+  run;
+%end;
+%else %do;
+  /* currently we only have an API to fetch by group ID */
+  /* so first fetch all the groups, and grab the id */
+  %local groupid ds1;
+  %let ds1=%mf_getuniquename(prefix=groups);
+  %ms_getgroups(outds=&ds1)
+  data _null_;
+    set &ds1;
+    where name="&group";
+    call symputx('groupid',groupid,'l');
+  run;
+
+  proc http method='GET' headerin=&fref0 out=&fref1
+    url="&_sasjs_apiserverurl/SASjsApi/group/&groupid";
+  %if &mdebug=1 %then %do;
+    debug level=1;
+    %put &=groupid;
+  %end;
+  run;
+
 %end;
-run;
 
 %mp_abort(
   iftrue=(&syscc ne 0)
   ,mac=ms_getusers.sas
-  ,msg=%str(Issue submitting GET query to SASjsApi/user)
+  ,msg=%str(Issue submitting API query)
 )
 
 libname &libref JSON fileref=&fref1;
 
-data &outds;
-  set &libref..root;
-  drop ordinal_root;
-run;
-
+%if "&group"="0" %then %do;
+  data &outds;
+    set &libref..root;
+    drop ordinal_root;
+  run;
+%end;
+%else %do;
+  data &outds;
+    set &libref..users;
+    drop ordinal_root ordinal_users;
+  run;
+%end;
 
 %mp_abort(
   iftrue=(&syscc ne 0)
diff --git a/tests/serveronly/ms_adduser2group.test.sas b/tests/serveronly/ms_adduser2group.test.sas
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..177e089
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/serveronly/ms_adduser2group.test.sas
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/**
+  @file
+  @brief Testing ms_adduser2group.sas macro
+
+  <h4> SAS Macros </h4>
+  @li mf_getuniquename.sas
+  @li mp_assert.sas
+  @li mp_assertscope.sas
+  @li ms_adduser2group.sas
+  @li ms_creategroup.sas
+
+**/
+
+/* first, create an empty group */
+%let group=%substr(%mf_getuniquename(),1,8);
+%ms_creategroup(&group, desc=The description,mdebug=&sasjs_mdebug,outds=test1a)
+%let groupid=0;
+data _null_;
+  set work.test1a;
+  call symputx('groupid',groupid);
+run;
+%mp_assert(
+  iftrue=(&groupid>0),
+  desc=Checking that group was created with an ID,
+  outds=work.test_results
+)
+
+/* now add a user (user 1 always exists) */
+
+
+%mp_assertscope(SNAPSHOT)
+%ms_adduser2group(uid=1,gid=&groupid,mdebug=&sasjs_mdebug,outds=test1)
+%mp_assertscope(COMPARE
+  ,ignorelist=MCLIB0_JADP1LEN MCLIB0_JADPNUM MCLIB0_JADVLEN
+)
+
+/* check the user is in the output list */
+%let checkid=0;
+data _null_;
+  set work.test1;
+  if id=1 then call symputx('checkid',1);
+run;
+%mp_assert(
+  iftrue=(&checkid=1),
+  desc=Checking that user was created in the new group,
+  outds=work.test_results
+)
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/tests/serveronly/ms_createuser.test.sas b/tests/serveronly/ms_createuser.test.sas
index 1479ab8..6749066 100644
--- a/tests/serveronly/ms_createuser.test.sas
+++ b/tests/serveronly/ms_createuser.test.sas
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 data _null_;
   set work.test1;
   call symputx('id',id);
+  putlog (_all_)(=);
 run;
 %mp_assert(
   iftrue=(&id>0),
@@ -35,7 +36,8 @@ run;
 %let checkid=0;
 data _null_;
   set work.test2;
-  where username="&user";
+  if _n_<20 then putlog (_all_)(=);
+  if username="&user";
   call symputx('checkid',id);
 run;
 %mp_assert(
diff --git a/tests/serveronly/ms_getusers.test.sas b/tests/serveronly/ms_getusers.test.sas
index addc778..307c6c8 100644
--- a/tests/serveronly/ms_getusers.test.sas
+++ b/tests/serveronly/ms_getusers.test.sas
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
   @brief Testing ms_getusers.sas macro
 
   <h4> SAS Macros </h4>
+  @li ms_creategroup.sas
+  @li ms_adduser2group.sas
   @li ms_getusers.sas
   @li mp_assertdsobs.sas
   @li mp_assertscope.sas
@@ -18,6 +20,39 @@
 
 %mp_assertdsobs(work.test1,test=ATLEAST 1)
 
+/**
+  * test the extraction of group members
+  */
+
+/* create a group */
+%let group=%substr(%mf_getuniquename(),1,8);
+%ms_creategroup(&group, desc=some desc,mdebug=&sasjs_mdebug,outds=work.group)
+%let gid=0;
+data _null_;
+  set work.group;
+  call symputx('gid',groupid);
+run;
+
+/* add a member */
+%ms_adduser2group(uid=1,gid=&gid)
+
+/* extract the members */
+%ms_getusers(group=&group,outds=test2)
+
+/* check the user is in the output list */
+%let checkid=0;
+data _null_;
+  set work.test2;
+  if id=1 then call symputx('checkid',1);
+run;
+%mp_assert(
+  iftrue=(&checkid=1),
+  desc=Checking that admin user was created in the new group,
+  outds=work.test_results
+)
+
+
+
 
 
 
diff --git a/tests/serveronly/ms_runstp.test.sas b/tests/serveronly/ms_runstp.test.sas
index 00fc38f..457688b 100644
--- a/tests/serveronly/ms_runstp.test.sas
+++ b/tests/serveronly/ms_runstp.test.sas
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ options mprint;
 )
 %mp_assertscope(COMPARE)
 
-libname webeen json (weboot);
+libname webeen json fileref=weboot;
 
 data _null_;
   infile weboot;
diff --git a/tests/serveronly/ms_testservice.test.sas b/tests/serveronly/ms_testservice.test.sas
index e61f7dc..34c892c 100644
--- a/tests/serveronly/ms_testservice.test.sas
+++ b/tests/serveronly/ms_testservice.test.sas
@@ -10,7 +10,12 @@
 **/
 
 filename ft15f001 temp;
-parmcards4;
+data _null_;
+  file ft15f001;
+  infile cards;
+  input;
+  put _infile_;
+cards4;
   %put Initialising sendObj: ;
   %put _all_;
   %webout(FETCH)
@@ -27,6 +32,7 @@ parmcards4;
   %mend x; %x()
   %webout(CLOSE)
 ;;;;
+run;
 %put creating web service: &mcTestAppLoc/services;
 %ms_createwebservice(
   path=&mcTestAppLoc/services,
diff --git a/tests/serveronly/ms_webout.test.sas b/tests/serveronly/ms_webout.test.sas
index 34dc868..bd68244 100644
--- a/tests/serveronly/ms_webout.test.sas
+++ b/tests/serveronly/ms_webout.test.sas
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ run;
 %ms_webout(OBJ,datasets,fref=&fref)
 %ms_webout(CLOSE,fref=&fref)
 
-libname test JSON (&fref);
+libname test JSON fileref=&fref;
 data root;
   set test.root;
   call symputx('checkval',sysvlong);