diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index bb3e6dd..1fb7d60 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -9,10 +9,16 @@
    - sed -e 's/exports.testmode = false/exports.testmode = true/g' config.js > foo
    - mv foo config.js
    - cat config.js
+   - sudo service postgresql stop
+   - sudo service postgresql start 9.3
+   - psql --version
    - "echo create database blobvault as user postgres"
    - psql -c 'create database blobvault;' -U postgres
+   - psql -d blobvault -c "\conninfo" -U postgres
    - node migration.js
    - ./node_modules/knex/lib/bin/cli.js migrate:latest
    - "echo make test script executable"
    - chmod +x test.sh
    - "echo End of before script"
+addons:
+   postgresql: 9.3
diff --git a/api/attestation/phone.js b/api/attestation/phone.js
index 9cb2860..924dc96 100644
--- a/api/attestation/phone.js
+++ b/api/attestation/phone.js
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ exports.get = function(req,res,next) {
   var phoneNumber = normalizePhone(req.body.phone.country_code, req.body.phone.number);
 
   exports.store.getPhoneAttestation(identity_id, phoneNumber, function(resp){
+    console.log("GetPhoneAttestation Response:", resp)
     if (resp.error) {
       response.json({result:'error', message:'attestation DB error'}).status(500).pipe(res); 
               
@@ -78,10 +79,13 @@ exports.update = function (req, res, next) {
   var identity_id = req.params.identity_id;
   var phoneNumber = normalizePhone(req.body.phone.country_code, req.body.phone.number);
   var q           = new Queue;
+
+    console.log("attestation:phone:update:identity_id", identity_id,"phoneNumber:", phoneNumber)
   
   q.series([
   function(lib) { 
     exports.store.getPhoneAttestation(identity_id, phoneNumber, function(resp){
+    console.log("update:getPhoneAttestation:", resp)
       if (resp.error) {
         response.json({result:'error', message:'attestation DB error'}).status(500).pipe(res); 
         lib.terminate();
@@ -181,6 +185,7 @@ exports.update = function (req, res, next) {
       };
       
       exports.store.insert_or_update_where(options, function(db_resp) {
+        console.log("inert_or_update_where:resp:", db_resp)
         if (db_resp.error) {
           response.json({result:'error', message:'attestation database error'}).status(500).pipe(res);
           lib.terminate();
@@ -248,4 +253,4 @@ var normalizePhone = function (country, number) {
   
   return normalized;
 }  
-  
\ No newline at end of file
+  
diff --git a/lib/dbcommon.js b/lib/dbcommon.js
index db642c4..892bec7 100644
--- a/lib/dbcommon.js
+++ b/lib/dbcommon.js
@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@ var dbcommon = function(db) {
       .select()
       .nodeify(function(err, resp) {
         if (err) {
+          console.log("The real error is:", err)
           cb({error:new Error('Attestation DB error')});
         } else {
           cb(resp);
diff --git a/test.sh b/test.sh
index 13046aa..6dc6d1b 100755
--- a/test.sh
+++ b/test.sh
@@ -14,4 +14,5 @@ node_modules/.bin/mocha --ui tdd -R spec test/test-guard-requests.js &&
 node_modules/.bin/mocha --ui tdd -R spec test/test-profile-details.js &&
 node_modules/.bin/mocha --ui tdd -R spec test/test-2fa.js &&
 node_modules/.bin/mocha --ui tdd -R spec test/test-attestation.js &&
+node test/test-json.js &&
 node test/test-libutils.js
diff --git a/test/test-attestation.js b/test/test-attestation.js
index a116f7f..cc70e75 100644
--- a/test/test-attestation.js
+++ b/test/test-attestation.js
@@ -375,7 +375,6 @@ describe('Attestation:', function() {
   });
 });
 
-
 var validAttestation = function (attestation) {
 
   var utils = require('../lib/utils');
@@ -395,4 +394,4 @@ var validAttestation = function (attestation) {
   }
   
   return true;
-};
\ No newline at end of file
+};
diff --git a/test/test-json.js b/test/test-json.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cddb4e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test-json.js
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+var config = require('../config');
+var store = require('../lib/store')(config.dbtype);
+var assert = require('assert')
+
+var QL = require('queuelib')
+
+var q = new QL;
+
+q.series([
+function(lib) {
+    store.db.raw('select version()').then(function(resp) {
+        console.log("VERSION:", resp)
+        lib.done();
+    });
+},
+function(lib) {
+    store.db('attestations')
+    .truncate()
+    .then(function() {
+      return store.db('attestations')
+      .insert({id:'catcat',payload:{foo:'bar',life:42,animal:{cat:'gabby'}}})
+    })
+    .then(function() {
+        lib.done()
+    });     
+},
+function(lib) {
+    store.db('attestations')
+    .whereRaw("payload->>'life' = ?", 42)
+    .select()
+    .then(function(resp) {
+        assert.equal(84,resp[0].payload.life*2)
+        assert.equal('gabby',resp[0].payload.animal.cat)
+        console.log("all done")
+        lib.done()
+        process.exit()
+    })
+}
+])
+