diff --git a/pkg/extractor/batchers/readerBatcher_test.go b/pkg/extractor/batchers/readerBatcher_test.go
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+++ b/pkg/extractor/batchers/readerBatcher_test.go
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+package batchers
+
+import (
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestOpenReaderToChan(t *testing.T) {
+	r := ioutil.NopCloser(strings.NewReader("Hello\nthere\nbob"))
+	b := OpenReaderToChan("src", r, 1)
+
+	b1 := <-b.BatchChan()
+	assert.Equal(t, "src", b1.Source)
+	assert.Equal(t, "Hello", string(b1.Batch[0]))
+	assert.Equal(t, uint64(1), b1.BatchStart)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, 1, b.ActiveFileCount())
+}