diff --git a/web/src/python/nimbusrest/admin/connection.py b/web/src/python/nimbusrest/admin/connection.py
index c1ebdf7d..c2b5dfa0 100644
--- a/web/src/python/nimbusrest/admin/connection.py
+++ b/web/src/python/nimbusrest/admin/connection.py
@@ -40,8 +40,9 @@ def add_user(self, user):
 
         udict = {'dn' : user.dn}
 
-        u = self.post_json('users/', udict)
-        return self._user_from_data(u)
+        resp = self.post_json('users/', udict)
+        print 'resp is None --> ', resp, udict
+        return self._user_from_data(resp)
 
     def get_user(self, user_id):
         """
diff --git a/web/src/python/nimbusrest/tests.py b/web/src/python/nimbusrest/tests.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ddd44ba9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/src/python/nimbusrest/tests.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import unittest
+from nimbusrest.admin.connection import AdminConnection
+
+
+class FakeUser(object):
+    id = 1
+    dn = "test_dn"
+
+class TestNimbusRestClient(unittest.TestCase):
+    
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.user = FakeUser()
+        self.uri = "http://localhost:4443/admin/"
+        self.key = "testadmin"
+        self.secret = "secret"
+        self.conn = AdminConnection(self.uri, self.key, self.secret)
+
+    def test_add_user(self):
+        resp = self.conn.add_user(self.user) 
+        print resp
+        self.assertEquals(1, 1)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()