diff --git a/core-writer/test/test_ZmqRecvModule.cpp b/core-writer/test/test_ZmqRecvModule.cpp
index 139597f..341a255 100644
--- a/core-writer/test/test_ZmqRecvModule.cpp
+++ b/core-writer/test/test_ZmqRecvModule.cpp
@@ -1,2 +1,37 @@
+#include "gtest/gtest.h"
+#include "ZmqRecvModule.hpp"
+
+#include "RingBuffer.hpp"
+
+using namespace std;
+
+TEST(ZmqRecvModule, basic_interaction)
+{
+    uint8_t n_receivers = 4;
+
+    RingBuffer ring_buffer(10);
+
+    size_t n_modules(4);
+    unordered_map<string, HeaderDataType> header_values {
+            {"pulse_id", HeaderDataType("uint64")},
+            {"frame", HeaderDataType("uint64")},
+            {"is_good_frame", HeaderDataType("uint64")},
+            {"daq_rec", HeaderDataType("int64")},
+
+            {"pulse_id_diff", HeaderDataType("int64", n_modules)},
+            {"framenum_diff", HeaderDataType("int64", n_modules)},
+
+            {"missing_packets_1", HeaderDataType("uint64", n_modules)},
+            {"missing_packets_2", HeaderDataType("uint64", n_modules)},
+            {"daq_recs", HeaderDataType("uint64", n_modules)},
+
+            {"pulse_ids", HeaderDataType("uint64", n_modules)},
+            {"framenums", HeaderDataType("uint64", n_modules)},
+
+            {"module_number", HeaderDataType("uint64", n_modules)}
+    };
+
+    //ZmqRecvModule zmq_recv_module(ring_buffer,header_values,);
 
 
+}