diff --git a/autonomi/tests/put.rs b/autonomi/tests/put.rs
index ca4a808c7e..c434c1c545 100644
--- a/autonomi/tests/put.rs
+++ b/autonomi/tests/put.rs
@@ -9,11 +9,27 @@
 use ant_logging::LogBuilder;
 use autonomi::{client::ClientConfig, Client};
 use eyre::Result;
-use test_utils::{evm::get_funded_wallet, gen_random_data};
+use test_utils::{evm::get_funded_wallet, gen_random_data, peers_from_env};
 
 #[tokio::test]
-async fn put() -> Result<()> {
-    let _log_appender_guard = LogBuilder::init_single_threaded_tokio_test("put", false);
+async fn put_1() -> Result<()> {
+    let _log_appender_guard = LogBuilder::init_single_threaded_tokio_test("put_1", false);
+
+    let client = Client::connect(&peers_from_env()?).await?;
+    let wallet = get_funded_wallet();
+    let data = gen_random_data(1024 * 1024 * 10);
+
+    let addr = client.data_put_public(data.clone(), wallet.into()).await?;
+
+    let data_fetched = client.data_get_public(addr).await?;
+    assert_eq!(data, data_fetched, "data fetched should match data put");
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn put_2() -> Result<()> {
+    let _log_appender_guard = LogBuilder::init_single_threaded_tokio_test("put_2", false);
 
     let client = Client::init_with_config(ClientConfig {
         local: true,