diff --git a/test/token_test.exs b/test/token_test.exs
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+defmodule AuthPlugTokenTest do
+  use ExUnit.Case, async: true
+  import AuthPlug.Token
+
+  test "generate_jwt!/2 creates a JWT with the given data and secret" do
+    secret = "secretcanbeanystringyouwant"
+    data = %{email: "alex@dwyl.com", name: "Alex"}
+    jwt = generate_jwt!(data, secret)
+    assert Enum.count(String.split(jwt, ".")) == 3
+
+    decoded = verify_jwt!(jwt, secret)
+    assert data.email == Map.get(decoded, "email")
+  end
+end