diff --git a/contentcuration/contentcuration/tests/views/test_settings.py b/contentcuration/contentcuration/tests/views/test_settings.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7cf3145e95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contentcuration/contentcuration/tests/views/test_settings.py
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+from mock import mock
+
+from django.template.loader import render_to_string
+from django.conf import settings as ccsettings
+
+from contentcuration.tests import testdata
+from contentcuration.tests.base import StudioAPITestCase
+from contentcuration.views.settings import StorageSettingsView
+from contentcuration.forms import StorageRequestForm
+
+class StorageSettingsViewTestCase(StudioAPITestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(StorageSettingsViewTestCase, self).setUp()
+        self.view = StorageSettingsView()
+        self.view.request = mock.Mock()
+        self.view.request.user = testdata.user(email="tester@tester.com")
+
+    def test_storage_request(self):
+        
+        with mock.patch("contentcuration.views.settings.send_mail") as send_mail:
+
+            data = dict(
+                storage="storage",
+                kind="kind",
+                resource_count="resource_count",
+                resource_size="resource_size",
+                creators="creators",
+                sample_link="sample_link",
+                license="license",
+                public="channel1, channel2",
+                audience="audience",
+                import_count="import_count",
+                location="location",
+                uploading_for="uploading_for",
+                organization_type="organization_type",
+                time_constraint="time_constraint",
+                message="message"
+            )
+            self.form = StorageRequestForm(data=data)     
+
+            self.assertTrue(self.form.is_valid())
+            self.view.form_valid(self.form)
+
+            message = render_to_string(
+                "settings/storage_request_email.txt",
+                {
+                    "data": self.form.cleaned_data,
+                    "user": self.view.request.user,
+                    "channels": ["channel1", "channel2"]
+                },
+            )
+
+            send_mail.assert_called_once()
+            send_mail.assert_called_with(
+                f"Kolibri Studio storage request from {self.view.request.user.email}",
+                message,
+                ccsettings.DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL,
+                [ccsettings.SPACE_REQUEST_EMAIL, self.view.request.user.email],
+            )
diff --git a/contentcuration/contentcuration/views/settings.py b/contentcuration/contentcuration/views/settings.py
index b34f311ece..9900e9e794 100644
--- a/contentcuration/contentcuration/views/settings.py
+++ b/contentcuration/contentcuration/views/settings.py
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ def form_valid(self, form):
         )
 
         send_mail(
-            f"Kolibri Studio storage request from {self.request.user}",
+            f"Kolibri Studio storage request from {self.request.user.email}",
             message,
             ccsettings.DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL,
             [ccsettings.SPACE_REQUEST_EMAIL, self.request.user.email],