diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c9107a53f..3fd2f4236 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -109,12 +109,12 @@ browser-test: out/fluree-browser-sdk.js
 cljstest: cljs-browser-test cljs-node-test
 
 cljtest:
-	clojure -M:cljtest
+	clojure -X:cljtest
 
 test: cljtest cljstest nodejs-test browser-test
 
 eastwood:
-	clojure -M:test:eastwood
+	clojure -M:cljtest:eastwood
 
 ci: test eastwood
 
diff --git a/deps.edn b/deps.edn
index cd8b49c02..9ceb6df69 100644
--- a/deps.edn
+++ b/deps.edn
@@ -60,9 +60,11 @@
 
   :cljtest
   {:extra-paths ["test" "dev-resources"]
-   :extra-deps  {lambdaisland/kaocha    {:mvn/version "1.71.1119"}
-                 org.clojure/test.check {:mvn/version "1.1.1"}}
-   :main-opts   ["-m" "kaocha.runner"]}
+   :extra-deps  {lambdaisland/kaocha         {:mvn/version "1.71.1119"}
+                 org.clojure/test.check      {:mvn/version "1.1.1"}
+                 com.magnars/test-with-files {:mvn/version "2021-02-17"}}
+   :exec-fn     kaocha.runner/exec-fn
+   :exec-args   {}}
 
   :js-deps
   {:extra-deps {com.timetraveltoaster/target-bundle-libs {:mvn/version "RELEASE"}}
diff --git a/test/fluree/db/json_ld/api_test.cljc b/test/fluree/db/json_ld/api_test.cljc
index 6a7f160cb..0858ce9b6 100644
--- a/test/fluree/db/json_ld/api_test.cljc
+++ b/test/fluree/db/json_ld/api_test.cljc
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
             #?@(:cljs [[clojure.core.async :refer [go <!]]
                        [clojure.core.async.interop :refer [<p!]]])
             [fluree.db.json-ld.api :as fluree]
-            [fluree.db.test-utils :as test-utils]))
+            [fluree.db.test-utils :as test-utils]
+            #?(:clj [test-with-files.tools :refer [with-tmp-dir]])))
 
 (deftest exists?-test
   (testing "returns true after committing data to a ledger"
@@ -34,3 +35,79 @@
              (is (<p! (fluree/exists? conn ledger-alias)))
              (is (not (<p! (fluree/exists? conn "notaledger"))))
              (done)))))))
+
+#?(:clj
+   (deftest load-from-file-test
+     (testing "can load a file ledger with single cardinality predicates"
+       (with-tmp-dir storage-path
+         (let [conn         @(fluree/connect
+                               {:method :file :storage-path storage-path
+                                :defaults
+                                {:context test-utils/default-context}})
+               ledger-alias "transact-basic-test-single-card"
+               ledger       @(fluree/create conn ledger-alias)
+               db           @(fluree/stage
+                               (fluree/db ledger)
+                               [{:context      {:ex "http://example.org/ns/"}
+                                 :id           :ex/brian,
+                                 :type         :ex/User,
+                                 :schema/name  "Brian"
+                                 :schema/email "brian@example.org"
+                                 :schema/age   50
+                                 :ex/favNums   7}
+
+                                {:context      {:ex "http://example.org/ns/"}
+                                 :id           :ex/cam,
+                                 :type         :ex/User,
+                                 :schema/name  "Cam"
+                                 :schema/email "cam@example.org"
+                                 :schema/age   34
+                                 :ex/favNums   5
+                                 :ex/friend    :ex/brian}])
+               _            @(fluree/commit! ledger db)
+               _            (Thread/sleep 1000)
+               loaded       @(fluree/load conn ledger-alias)]
+           (if (instance? Throwable loaded)
+             (throw loaded)
+             (is (= (:t db) (:t (fluree/db loaded))))))))
+
+     (testing "can load a file ledger with multi-cardinality predicates"
+       (with-tmp-dir storage-path
+         (let [conn         @(fluree/connect
+                               {:method :file :storage-path storage-path
+                                :defaults
+                                {:context test-utils/default-context}})
+               ledger-alias "transact-basic-test-multi-card"
+               ledger       @(fluree/create conn ledger-alias)
+               db           @(fluree/stage
+                               (fluree/db ledger)
+                               [{:context      {:ex "http://example.org/ns/"}
+                                 :id           :ex/brian,
+                                 :type         :ex/User,
+                                 :schema/name  "Brian"
+                                 :schema/email "brian@example.org"
+                                 :schema/age   50
+                                 :ex/favNums   7}
+
+                                {:context      {:ex "http://example.org/ns/"}
+                                 :id           :ex/alice,
+                                 :type         :ex/User,
+                                 :schema/name  "Alice"
+                                 :schema/email "alice@example.org"
+                                 :schema/age   50
+                                 :ex/favNums   [42, 76, 9]}
+
+                                {:context      {:ex "http://example.org/ns/"}
+                                 :id           :ex/cam,
+                                 :type         :ex/User,
+                                 :schema/name  "Cam"
+                                 :schema/email "cam@example.org"
+                                 :schema/age   34
+                                 :ex/favNums   [5, 10]
+                                 :ex/friend    [:ex/brian :ex/alice]}])
+               _            @(fluree/commit! ledger db)
+               _            (Thread/sleep 1000)
+               loaded       @(fluree/load conn ledger-alias)]
+           (if (instance? Throwable loaded)
+             (throw loaded)
+             (is (= (:t db) (:t (fluree/db loaded))))))))))