diff --git a/src/api/artiste/controllers/__tests__/artiste.test.js b/src/api/artiste/controllers/__tests__/artiste.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c053605
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/api/artiste/controllers/__tests__/artiste.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+import {describe, it, expect, vi} from 'vitest'
+
+const {default: createController} = await import('../artiste.js')
+
+function buildStrapi({jwtUserId, dbUser, existingArtiste = null}) {
+  const dbQuery = {
+    findOne: vi.fn(async () => existingArtiste)
+  }
+  const artisteDocuments = {
+    create: vi.fn(async ({data}) => ({id: 42, ...data}))
+  }
+  const userDocuments = {
+    findOne: vi.fn(async () => dbUser)
+  }
+
+  const strapi = {
+    contentType: vi.fn(() => ({uid: 'api::artiste.artiste', kind: 'collectionType'})),
+    plugins: {
+      'users-permissions': {
+        services: {
+          jwt: {
+            getToken: vi.fn(async () => ({id: jwtUserId}))
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    db: {
+      query: vi.fn(() => dbQuery)
+    },
+    documents: vi.fn(uid => {
+      if (uid === 'plugin::users-permissions.user') return userDocuments
+      if (uid === 'api::artiste.artiste') return artisteDocuments
+      throw new Error(`unexpected uid: ${uid}`)
+    })
+  }
+
+  return {strapi, artisteDocuments}
+}
+
+function buildCtx(data) {
+  return {
+    request: {
+      body: {data},
+      header: {authorization: 'Bearer faketoken'}
+    },
+    unauthorized: vi.fn(),
+    badRequest: vi.fn(),
+    notFound: vi.fn()
+  }
+}
+
+const dbUser = {id: 1, documentId: 'user-doc-1', username: 'foo', email: 'foo@bar.com'}
+
+function buildData(overrides = {}) {
+  return {
+    alias: 'Test Artist',
+    user: {...dbUser},
+    ...overrides
+  }
+}
+
+describe('artiste.create', () => {
+  it('refuse et ne crée rien quand le user du JWT ne correspond pas au user du payload, sans planter', async () => {
+    const {strapi, artisteDocuments} = buildStrapi({jwtUserId: 999, dbUser})
+    const controller = createController({strapi})
+    const ctx = buildCtx(buildData())
+
+    await controller.create(ctx)
+
+    expect(ctx.unauthorized).toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(artisteDocuments.create).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
+  it('crée l\'artiste quand le user du JWT correspond au user du payload', async () => {
+    const {strapi, artisteDocuments} = buildStrapi({jwtUserId: 1, dbUser})
+    const controller = createController({strapi})
+    const ctx = buildCtx(buildData())
+
+    await controller.create(ctx)
+
+    expect(ctx.unauthorized).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(artisteDocuments.create).toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/api/artiste/controllers/artiste.js b/src/api/artiste/controllers/artiste.js
index b3bee3b..a5e053b 100644
--- a/src/api/artiste/controllers/artiste.js
+++ b/src/api/artiste/controllers/artiste.js
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ module.exports = createCoreController('api::artiste.artiste', ({strapi}) => ({
         ].services.jwt.getToken(ctx)
 
         if (id !== data.user.id) {
-          throw new UnauthorizedError('Opération non autorisée')
+          return ctx.unauthorized('Opération non autorisée')
         }
       } catch (err) {
-        throw new UnauthorizedError(ctx, err, 'Opération non autorisée')
+        return ctx.unauthorized('Opération non autorisée')
       }
     }
 
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@ module.exports = createCoreController('api::artiste.artiste', ({strapi}) => ({
     })
 
     if (!user) {
-      throw new NotFoundError('Utilisateur introuvable.')
+      return ctx.notFound('Utilisateur introuvable.')
     }
 
     if (user.id !== data.user.id || user.username !== data.user.username || user.email !== data.user.email) {
-      ctx.badRequest('Informations non valides.')
+      return ctx.badRequest('Informations non valides.')
     }
 
     const artiste = await strapi.db.query('api::artiste.artiste').findOne({