diff --git a/test/test_general_poller_routes.py b/test/test_general_poller_routes.py
index 756446610cfcf062031dab534a0a84900ddb8563..73b6d81c0389a2cc8997b7810ee4b620e3fe08ae 100644
--- a/test/test_general_poller_routes.py
+++ b/test/test_general_poller_routes.py
@@ -50,3 +50,16 @@ def test_eumetsat_multicast(mocker, client):
     jsonschema.validate(
         response_data, poller.MULTICAST_SUBSCRIPTION_LIST_SCHEMA)
     assert response_data, "the subscription list shouldn't be empty"
+
+
+def test_gws_direct(client):
+
+    rv = client.get(
+        '/poller/gws/direct',
+        headers=DEFAULT_REQUEST_HEADERS)
+    assert rv.status_code == 200
+    assert rv.is_json
+    response_data = json.loads(rv.data.decode('utf-8'))
+    jsonschema.validate(
+        response_data, poller.GWS_DIRECT_DATA_SCHEMA)
+    assert response_data, "the subscription list shouldn't be empty"