diff --git a/test/java/foundation/pEp/jniadapter/test/jni167/TestAlice.java b/test/java/foundation/pEp/jniadapter/test/jni167/TestAlice.java
index fb61057..8089d66 100644
--- a/test/java/foundation/pEp/jniadapter/test/jni167/TestAlice.java
+++ b/test/java/foundation/pEp/jniadapter/test/jni167/TestAlice.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package foundation.pEp.jniadapter.test.jni167;
 
+import foundation.pEp.jniadapter.Message;
+import foundation.pEp.jniadapter.test.utils.AdapterTestUtils;
 import foundation.pEp.jniadapter.test.utils.CTXBase;
 import foundation.pEp.pitytest.TestSuite;
 import foundation.pEp.pitytest.TestUnit;
@@ -11,6 +13,9 @@ import static foundation.pEp.pitytest.TestLogger.log;
 /*
 JNI-167 - ASN1 Support
 
+TODO:
+just spot test that the encoding/decoding generally works. Dont test the whole codec.
+
 */
 
 
@@ -21,12 +26,41 @@ class TestAlice {
 
         CTXBase ctxBase = new CTXBase();
 
-        new TestUnit<CTXBase>("encodeASN1XER", ctxBase, ctx -> {
+        new TestUnit<CTXBase>("toXER", ctxBase, ctx -> {
             log("fdfd");
-            String tmp = ctx.msgAliceToAlice.encodeASN1XER();
+            String tmp = ctx.msgAliceToAlice.toXER();
             log(tmp);
         });
 
+
+        new TestUnit<CTXBase>("decodeASN1XER", ctxBase, ctx -> {
+            log("fdfd");
+            String msgXER = "<ASN1Message>\n" +
+                    "      <from>\n" +
+                    "          <address>alice@peptest.org</address>\n" +
+                    "          <user-id></user-id>\n" +
+                    "          <username>alice</username>\n" +
+                    "          <comm-type>0</comm-type>\n" +
+                    "          <lang>en</lang>\n" +
+                    "      </from>\n" +
+                    "      <to>\n" +
+                    "          <PIdentity>\n" +
+                    "              <address>bob@peptest.org</address>\n" +
+                    "              <user-id></user-id>\n" +
+                    "              <username>bob</username>\n" +
+                    "              <comm-type>0</comm-type>\n" +
+                    "              <lang>en</lang>\n" +
+                    "          </PIdentity>\n" +
+                    "      </to>\n" +
+                    "      <shortmsg>Hi i am the shortMessage</shortmsg>\n" +
+                    "      <longmsg>Hi i am the longMessage</longmsg>\n" +
+                    "</ASN1Message>\n";
+
+            Message m = Message.fromXER(msgXER);
+            log(AdapterTestUtils.msgToString(m, false));
+        });
+
+
         TestSuite.getDefault().run();
     }
 }