diff --git a/asyncgit/src/sync/merge.rs b/asyncgit/src/sync/merge.rs
index bb6e5d2f..93d73bb3 100644
--- a/asyncgit/src/sync/merge.rs
+++ b/asyncgit/src/sync/merge.rs
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ mod tests {
         create_branch,
         tests::{repo_init, write_commit_file},
     };
+    use pretty_assertions::assert_eq;
 
     #[test]
     fn test_smoke() {
@@ -134,6 +135,10 @@ mod tests {
 
         merge_branch(repo_path, "master").unwrap();
 
+        let msg = merge_msg(repo_path).unwrap();
+
+        assert_eq!(&msg[0..12], "Merge branch");
+
         let mergeheads = mergehead_ids(repo_path).unwrap();
 
         assert_eq!(mergeheads[0], c1);