diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 62a76db..8b3e7fb 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -25,12 +25,13 @@ exe = executable('seldon', sources_seldon + 'src/main.cpp',
 
 
 tests = [
-  ['Test Tarjan', 'test/test_tarjan.cpp'],
-  ['Test DeGroot', 'test/test_deGroot.cpp'],
-  ['Test Activity Driven', 'test/test_activity.cpp'],
-  ['Test Network', 'test/test_network.cpp'],
-  ['Test Network Generation', 'test/test_network_generation.cpp'],
-  ['Test Sampling', 'test/test_sampling.cpp'],
+  ['Test_Tarjan', 'test/test_tarjan.cpp'],
+  ['Test_DeGroot', 'test/test_deGroot.cpp'],
+  ['Test_Activity Driven', 'test/test_activity.cpp'],
+  ['Test_Network', 'test/test_network.cpp'],
+  ['Test_Network Generation', 'test/test_network_generation.cpp'],
+  ['Test_Sampling', 'test/test_sampling.cpp'],
+  ['Test_IO', 'test/test_io.cpp'],
 ]
 
 Catch2 = dependency('Catch2', method : 'cmake', modules : ['Catch2::Catch2WithMain', 'Catch2::Catch2'])
diff --git a/test/res/network.txt b/test/res/network.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..37a337f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/res/network.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# idx_agent,n_neighbors_in,indices_neighbors_in[...],weights_in[...]
+0, 2, 2, 1, 0.1, -0.2
+1, 0
+2, 1, 1, 1.2
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diff --git a/test/test_io.cpp b/test/test_io.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5765946
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_io.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#include "catch2/matchers/catch_matchers.hpp"
+#include "network.hpp"
+#include "network_generation.hpp"
+
+#include <catch2/catch_test_macros.hpp>
+#include <catch2/matchers/catch_matchers_floating_point.hpp>
+#include <catch2/matchers/catch_matchers_range_equals.hpp>
+
+#include <config_parser.hpp>
+#include <filesystem>
+#include <simulation.hpp>
+namespace fs = std::filesystem;
+
+TEST_CASE( "Test reading in the network from a file", "[io_network]" )
+{
+    using namespace Seldon;
+    using namespace Catch::Matchers;
+
+    auto proj_root_path = fs::current_path();
+    auto network_file   = proj_root_path / fs::path( "test/res/network.txt" );
+
+    auto network = Seldon::generate_from_file( network_file );
+
+    REQUIRE( network->n_agents() == 3 );
+
+    std::vector<std::vector<int>> neighbours_expected           = { { 2, 1 }, {}, { 1 } };
+    std::vector<std::vector<Network::WeightT>> weights_expected = { { 0.1, -0.2 }, {}, { 1.2 } };
+
+    for( int i = 0; i < network->n_agents(); i++ )
+    {
+        fmt::print( "{}", i );
+        REQUIRE_THAT( neighbours_expected[i], Catch::Matchers::UnorderedRangeEquals( network->get_neighbours( i ) ) );
+        REQUIRE_THAT( weights_expected[i], Catch::Matchers::UnorderedRangeEquals( network->get_weights( i ) ) );
+    }
+}
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