diff --git a/dvc/analytics.py b/dvc/analytics.py
index 75ce5c58c..e17b6291c 100644
--- a/dvc/analytics.py
+++ b/dvc/analytics.py
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ def find_or_create_user_id():
     try:
         with Lock(lockfile):
             try:
-                user_id = json.load(fname.read_text())["user_id"]
+                user_id = json.loads(fname.read_text())["user_id"]
             except (FileNotFoundError, json.JSONDecodeError, AttributeError):
                 user_id = str(uuid.uuid4())
                 makedirs(fname.parent, exist_ok=True)
diff --git a/tests/func/test_analytics.py b/tests/func/test_analytics.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8b1378917
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/func/test_analytics.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_analytics.py b/tests/unit/test_analytics.py
index 2fbe134d4..302bff381 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_analytics.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_analytics.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import pytest
+import mock
 
 from dvc import analytics
 
@@ -22,3 +23,13 @@ def test_is_enabled(dvc_repo, config, result, monkeypatch):
     monkeypatch.delenv("DVC_TEST")
 
     assert result == analytics.is_enabled()
+
+
+def test_find_or_create_user_id(tmp_path):
+    with mock.patch(
+        "dvc.config.Config.get_global_config_dir", return_value=tmp_path
+    ):
+        created = analytics.find_or_create_user_id()
+        found = analytics.find_or_create_user_id()
+
+    assert  created == found