diff --git a/requests_test.go b/requests_test.go
index 6aaab10..7c5608d 100644
--- a/requests_test.go
+++ b/requests_test.go
@@ -1,7 +1,120 @@
 package steward
 
-func requestTest() {
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	natsserver "github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2/server"
+)
+
+func newServerForTesting(t *testing.T) *server {
+	//if !*logging {
+	//	log.SetOutput(io.Discard)
+	//}
+
+	// Start Steward instance
+	// ---------------------------------------
+	// tempdir := t.TempDir()
+
+	// Create the config to run a steward instance.
+	tempdir := "./tmp"
+	conf := &Configuration{
+		SocketFolder:   filepath.Join(tempdir, "tmp"),
+		DatabaseFolder: filepath.Join(tempdir, "var/lib"),
+		//SubscribersDataFolder: filepath.Join(tempdir, "data"),
+		SubscribersDataFolder: "./tmp/",
+		ConfigFolder:          "./tmp/etc",
+		BrokerAddress:         "127.0.0.1:42222",
+		PromHostAndPort:       ":2112",
+		NodeName:              "central",
+		CentralNodeName:       "central",
+		DefaultMessageRetries: 1,
+		DefaultMessageTimeout: 3,
+		EnableSocket:          true,
+		// AllowEmptySignature:   true,
+		EnableDebug: true,
+
+		StartSubREQCliCommand:     true,
+		StartSubREQCliCommandCont: true,
+		StartSubREQToConsole:      true,
+		StartSubREQToFileAppend:   true,
+		StartSubREQToFile:         true,
+		StartSubREQHello:          true,
+		StartSubREQErrorLog:       true,
+		StartSubREQHttpGet:        true,
+		StartSubREQTailFile:       true,
+		// StartSubREQToSocket:		flagNodeSlice{OK: true, Values: []Node{"*"}},
+	}
+	stewardServer, err := NewServer(conf, "test")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf(" * failed: could not start the Steward instance %v\n", err)
+	}
+
+	return stewardServer
+}
+
+// Start up the nats-server message broker for testing purposes.
+func newNatsServerForTesting(t *testing.T) *natsserver.Server {
+	// Start up the nats-server message broker.
+	nsOpt := &natsserver.Options{
+		Host: "127.0.0.1",
+		Port: 42222,
+	}
+
+	ns, err := natsserver.NewServer(nsOpt)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf(" * failed: could not start the nats-server %v\n", err)
+	}
+
+	return ns
+}
+
+func TestRequest(t *testing.T) {
 	type test struct {
-		want []byte
+		message Message
+		want    []byte
+	}
+
+	ns := newNatsServerForTesting(t)
+	if err := natsserver.Run(ns); err != nil {
+		natsserver.PrintAndDie(err.Error())
+	}
+	defer ns.Shutdown()
+
+	srv := newServerForTesting(t)
+	srv.Start()
+	defer srv.Stop()
+
+	tests := []test{
+		{message: Message{
+			ToNode:        "central",
+			FromNode:      "central",
+			Method:        REQCliCommand,
+			MethodArgs:    []string{"bash", "-c", "echo apekatt"},
+			MethodTimeout: 5,
+			ReplyMethod:   REQTest,
+		}, want: []byte("apekatt"),
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+
+		sam, err := newSubjectAndMessage(tt.message)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("newSubjectAndMessage failed: %v\n", err)
+		}
+
+		srv.toRingBufferCh <- []subjectAndMessage{sam}
+
+		result := <-srv.errorKernel.testCh
+		resStr := string(result)
+		resStr = strings.TrimSuffix(resStr, "\n")
+		result = []byte(resStr)
+
+		if !bytes.Equal(result, tt.want) {
+			t.Fatalf("\n **** want: %v, got: %v\n", tt.want, result)
+		}
 	}
 }