diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/Admin.java b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/Admin.java
index dfa3f64ad6f..50f3b439645 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/Admin.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/Admin.java
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@
 
 import static edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.util.json.NullSafeJsonBuilder.jsonObjectBuilder;
 import static edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.util.json.JsonPrinter.*;
+import java.sql.Timestamp;
+import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
@@ -523,10 +525,12 @@ public Response validate() {
         return okResponse(msg);
     }
     
+    //should the path for this method refer instead to the auth user ID?
     @Path("confirmEmail/{token}")
     @GET
     public Response getConfirmEmailToken(@PathParam("token") String token) {
-        
+        ConfirmEmailExecResponse confirmEmailExecResponse = confirmEmailSvc.processToken(token);
+        ConfirmEmailData confirmEmailData = confirmEmailExecResponse.getConfirmEmailData();
         
         return null;
     }
@@ -541,7 +545,10 @@ public Response confirmTheEmail(@PathParam("token") String token) {
         if (confirmEmailData == null) {
             return errorResponse(Status.NOT_FOUND, "Invalid token: " + token);
         }
+        long nowInMilliseconds = new Date().getTime();
+        Timestamp emailConfirmed = new Timestamp(nowInMilliseconds);
         AuthenticatedUser authenticatedUser = confirmEmailData.getAuthenticatedUser();
+        authenticatedUser.setEmailConfirmed(emailConfirmed);
             return okResponse(jsonForAuthUser(authenticatedUser));
 //        return okResponse("found user " +authenticatedUser.getId());
     }
diff --git a/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/ConfirmEmailIT.java b/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/ConfirmEmailIT.java
index d4d1e9fe5ae..f38e3eb38e3 100644
--- a/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/ConfirmEmailIT.java
+++ b/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/ConfirmEmailIT.java
@@ -42,9 +42,7 @@ public static void setUp() {
     @Test
     public void testConfirm() {
         //  Can't seem to get timestamp to appear in authenticated user Json output
-        /**
-         *
-         */
+        
         String email = null;
 
         Response createUserToConfirm = createUser(getRandomUsername(), "firstName", "lastName", email);
@@ -54,7 +52,7 @@ public void testConfirm() {
         createUserToConfirm.then().assertThat()
                 .statusCode(200);
 
-        //redundant?    
+        //redundant?  
         long userIdToConfirm = JsonPath.from(createUserToConfirm.body().asString()).getLong("data.authenticatedUser.id");
         String userToConfirmApiToken = JsonPath.from(createUserToConfirm.body().asString()).getString("data.apiToken");
         String usernameToConfirm = JsonPath.from(createUserToConfirm.body().asString()).getString("data.user.userName");
@@ -68,13 +66,16 @@ public void testConfirm() {
          * (primary key). This can answer questions the superuser may have, such
          * as, "Did the user's token expire?"
          */
-//        Response getConfirmEmailData = given()
-//                .get("/api/admin/confirmEmail/" + 42);
+        
+        Response getConfirmEmailData = given()
+                .get("/api/admin/confirmEmail/" + 42);
         
         Response noSuchToken = given()
                 .post("/api/admin/confirmEmail/" + token);
         noSuchToken.prettyPrint();
-        // todo assert "Invalid token: noSuchToken" and 404
+        noSuchToken.then().assertThat()
+                .statusCode(404);
+        // [X] todo assert "Invalid token: noSuchToken" and 404
         /**
          *
          * User will call a second method within admin API to POST token to new