diff --git a/src/context.rs b/src/context.rs
index 5a1eb27bc..61eb8b336 100644
--- a/src/context.rs
+++ b/src/context.rs
@@ -438,6 +438,13 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(res.is_err());
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_get_fresh_msgs() {
+        let t = dummy_context();
+        let fresh = t.ctx.get_fresh_msgs();
+        assert!(fresh.is_empty())
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_blobdir_exists() {
         let tmp = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();