#!perl -T
-use Test::More tests => 1;
+use Test::More tests => 6;
+
+use OpenSRF::Utils::JSON;
+
+# do we have a JSON::XS object?
+is (ref $OpenSRF::Utils::JSON::parser, 'JSON::XS');
+
+# make sure the class and payload keys are as expected
+is ($OpenSRF::Utils::JSON::JSON_CLASS_KEY, '__c');
+is ($OpenSRF::Utils::JSON::JSON_PAYLOAD_KEY, '__p');
+
+# start with the simplest bits possible
+is (OpenSRF::Utils::JSON::true, 1);
+is (OpenSRF::Utils::JSON->true, 1);
+is (OpenSRF::Utils::JSON->false, 0);
-BEGIN {
- use_ok( 'OpenSRF::Utils::JSON' );
-}