diff --git a/requests_test.go b/requests_test.go
index e3b8dd3..c2d0fad 100644
--- a/requests_test.go
+++ b/requests_test.go
@@ -108,7 +108,8 @@ func TestRequest(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	defer ns.Shutdown()
 
-	tempdir := t.TempDir()
+	// tempdir := t.TempDir()
+	tempdir := "tmp"
 	srv, conf := newServerForTesting(t, "127.0.0.1:42222", tempdir)
 	srv.Start()
 	defer srv.Stop()
@@ -126,6 +127,22 @@ func TestRequest(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	tests := []test{
+		{
+			info: "REQHello test",
+			message: Message{
+				ToNode:        "errorCentral",
+				FromNode:      "errorCentral",
+				Method:        REQErrorLog,
+				MethodArgs:    []string{},
+				MethodTimeout: 5,
+				Data:          []byte("error data"),
+				// ReplyMethod:   REQTest,
+				Directory: "error_log",
+				FileName:  "error.results",
+			}, want: []byte("error data"),
+			containsOrEquals: fileContains,
+			viaSocketOrCh:    viaCh,
+		},
 		{
 			info: "REQHello test",
 			message: Message{
diff --git a/steward_test.go b/steward_test.go
index 7dbe17b..8aa3da0 100644
--- a/steward_test.go
+++ b/steward_test.go
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ func TestStewardServer(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Specify all the test funcs to run in the slice.
 	funcs := []testFunc{
-		checkREQErrorLogTest,
 		checkREQTailFileTest,
 		checkErrorKernelMalformedJSONtest,
 		checkMetricValuesTest,
@@ -77,26 +76,6 @@ func TestStewardServer(t *testing.T) {
 // Check REQ types
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-// Check the error logger type.
-func checkREQErrorLogTest(stewardServer *server, conf *Configuration, t *testing.T, tempDir string) error {
-	m := Message{
-		ToNode: "somenode",
-	}
-
-	p := newProcess(stewardServer.ctx, stewardServer, Subject{}, processKindSubscriber, nil)
-
-	stewardServer.errorKernel.errSend(p, m, fmt.Errorf("some error"))
-
-	resultFile := filepath.Join(conf.SubscribersDataFolder, "errorLog", "errorCentral", "error.log")
-	_, err := findStringInFileTest("some error", resultFile, conf, t)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf(" \U0001F631  [FAILED]	: checkREQErrorLogTest: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	t.Logf(" \U0001f600 [SUCCESS]	: checkREQErrorLogTest\n")
-	return nil
-}
-
 // Check the tailing of files type.
 func checkREQTailFileTest(stewardServer *server, conf *Configuration, t *testing.T, tmpDir string) error {
 	// Create a file with some content.