diff --git a/lard_tests/tests/common/mod.rs b/lard_tests/tests/common/mod.rs
index 95277959..28af25ca 100644
--- a/lard_tests/tests/common/mod.rs
+++ b/lard_tests/tests/common/mod.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,14 @@ use lard_ingestion::{PgConnectionPool, PooledPgConn};
 const CONNECT_STRING: &str = "host=localhost user=postgres dbname=postgres password=postgres";
 pub const PARAMCONV_CSV: &str = "../ingestion/resources/paramconversions.csv";
 
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
+pub struct IngestorResponse {
+    pub message: String,
+    pub message_id: usize,
+    pub res: u8,
+    pub retry: bool,
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
 pub struct StationsResponse {
     pub tseries: Vec<Tseries>,
diff --git a/lard_tests/tests/ingestion.rs b/lard_tests/tests/ingestion.rs
index e33bd536..84df8814 100644
--- a/lard_tests/tests/ingestion.rs
+++ b/lard_tests/tests/ingestion.rs
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ async fn test_kldata_endpoint() {
 
     let test = async {
         let station_id = 1800;
-        let client = reqwest::Client::new();
         let obsinn_msg = format!(
             "kldata/nationalnr={}/type=508/messageid=23
 TA,TWD(0,0)
@@ -77,15 +76,18 @@ TA,TWD(0,0)
             station_id
         );
 
+        let client = reqwest::Client::new();
         let resp = client
             .post("http://localhost:3001/kldata")
             .body(obsinn_msg)
             .send()
             .await
             .unwrap();
-        println!("\ningestion resp: {}", resp.text().await.unwrap());
 
-        // TODO: do something else with the response
+        let json: common::IngestorResponse = resp.json().await.unwrap();
+
+        assert_eq!(json.res, 0);
+        assert_eq!(json.message_id, 23)
     };
 
     tokio::select! {