diff --git a/core-buffer/test/test_WriterZmqReceiver.cpp b/core-buffer/test/test_WriterZmqReceiver.cpp
index e69de29..8ad0d2d 100644
--- a/core-buffer/test/test_WriterZmqReceiver.cpp
+++ b/core-buffer/test/test_WriterZmqReceiver.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+#include "WriterZmqReceiver.hpp"
+#include "bitshuffle/bitshuffle.h"
+#include "zmq.h"
+
+TEST(WriterZmqReceiver, basic_test)
+{
+    size_t n_modules = 4;
+    uint64_t pulse_id = 12345;
+
+    auto ctx = zmq_ctx_new();
+    zmq_ctx_set (ctx, ZMQ_IO_THREADS, 1);
+
+    void* sockets[n_modules];
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < n_modules; i++) {
+        sockets[i] = zmq_socket(ctx, ZMQ_PUSH);
+
+        int linger = 0;
+        if (zmq_setsockopt(sockets[i], ZMQ_LINGER, &linger,
+                           sizeof(linger)) != 0) {
+            throw runtime_error(zmq_strerror(errno));
+        }
+
+        stringstream ipc_addr;
+        ipc_addr << REPLAY_STREAM_IPC_URL << i;
+        const auto ipc = ipc_addr.str();
+
+        if (zmq_bind(sockets[i], ipc.c_str()) != 0) {
+            throw runtime_error(zmq_strerror(errno));
+        }
+    }
+    this_thread::sleep_for(chrono::milliseconds(100));
+
+    WriterZmqReceiver receiver(ctx, REPLAY_STREAM_IPC_URL, n_modules);
+    this_thread::sleep_for(chrono::milliseconds(100));
+
+    size_t compressed_frame_size = 5000;
+    auto frame_buffer = make_unique<char[]>(compressed_frame_size);
+
+    ImageMetadata image_metadata;
+    auto compress_size = bshuf_compress_lz4_bound(
+            MODULE_N_PIXELS, PIXEL_N_BYTES, MODULE_N_PIXELS);
+    auto image_buffer = make_unique<char[]>(compress_size * n_modules);
+
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < n_modules; i++) {
+
+        CompressedModuleFrame frame_metadata;
+        frame_metadata.module_frame.pulse_id = pulse_id;
+        frame_metadata.module_frame.frame_index = pulse_id+100;
+        frame_metadata.module_frame.n_received_packets = 128;
+        frame_metadata.module_frame.daq_rec = 4;
+
+        frame_metadata.is_frame_present = 1;
+        frame_metadata.compressed_size = compressed_frame_size;
+
+        zmq_send(sockets[i],
+                 &frame_metadata,
+                 sizeof(CompressedModuleFrame),
+                 ZMQ_SNDMORE);
+
+        zmq_send(sockets[i],
+                 (char*)(frame_buffer.get()),
+                 compressed_frame_size,
+                 0);
+    }
+
+    receiver.get_next_image(pulse_id, &image_metadata, image_buffer.get());
+    EXPECT_EQ(pulse_id, image_metadata.pulse_id);
+}
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