diff --git a/tests/testmanytables/init_add_tables.ik b/tests/testmanytables/init_add_tables.ik
index b14de232..93b9815c 100644
--- a/tests/testmanytables/init_add_tables.ik
+++ b/tests/testmanytables/init_add_tables.ik
@@ -1 +1,35 @@
-set add table (set id = 1, tables='public.*');
+try {
+    set add table (set id = 1, tables='public.*');
+} on error {
+    echo 'Expected failure - some of the tables in public are not replicable';
+} on success {
+    echo 'Oops - seems we added all the tables in public, which should not have worked';
+    exit 1;
+}
+
+try {
+    set add table (set id = 1, tables='public.table2');
+} on error {
+    echo 'Expected failure - table2 does not have a primary key';
+} on success {
+    echo 'Oops - table2 is not supposed to be successfully added!';
+    exit 1;
+}
+
+try {
+   set add table (set id = 1, tables='public.table[145]');
+} on error {
+   echo 'table1, table4, table5 should be replicable';
+   exit 1;
+}
+
+try {
+   set add table (set id = 1, tables='public.table[145]');
+} on error {
+   echo 'these tables are already replicated so we expect this to fail';
+} on success {
+    echo 'Oops - these tables should not be successfully added!';
+    exit 1;
+}
+
+set add table (id=22, set id=1, origin=1, fully qualified name = 'public.table2', key='table2_id_key');