diff --git a/server/tests/verify_basic_cases.sh b/server/tests/verify_basic_cases.sh
index 1eda5da..b23e796 100644
--- a/server/tests/verify_basic_cases.sh
+++ b/server/tests/verify_basic_cases.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 
 # Available tests marked with `TEST` - ez grep usage
 
-active_tests='list_all_channels create_channel delete_channel'
+active_tests='list_all_channels create_channel delete_channel
+send_message
+'
 
 list_all_channels() { # TEST
 	result=$(curl --silent -i $GET $url/channels/list -d $simple_key)
@@ -25,11 +27,11 @@ delete_channel() {
 }
 
 send_message() {
-	# creating a bs channel, we don't care about this operation
-	# as long as the other test passes this should be fine
-	$crl $POST $url/channel/create -d '{"secret":"secret","name":"msgchannel"}'
+	# ignoring the reaction to this as its not _completely_ relevant for this test
+	$crl $POST $url/channels/create -d '{"secret":"secret","name":"msgchannel","kind":2}' > /dev/null
 
-	kv='{"secret":"secret", "content":"message sample", "channel":123}'
+	# now we can try sending the right parameters to send a basic message
+	kv='{"secret":"secret", "content":"message sample", "channel":"msgchannel"}'
 	result=$($crl $POST $url/message/send -d "$kv")
 	code=$(echo "$result" | grep HTTP\/1.1 | awk '{print $2}')
 	# non-existant channel for now but whatever ignore for now