diff --git a/test/index.js b/test/index.js
index 266cdca..b44d03c 100644
--- a/test/index.js
+++ b/test/index.js
@@ -70,6 +70,29 @@ test ('reject invalid user', async (t) => {
   ));
 });
 
+test ('reject and recover', async (t) => {
+  await t.throwsAsync (client.login (
+    'testuser',
+    'bar',
+    `http://localhost:${port}`
+  ));
+
+  const session = await client.login (
+    'testuser',
+    'foo',
+    `http://localhost:${port}`
+  );
+  t.is (typeof session, 'string');
+
+  const resp = await fetch (
+    `http://localhost:${port}`,
+    { headers: { session } }
+  );
+
+  t.is (resp.status, consts.http.status_ok);
+  t.is (await resp.text (), 'foo:69');
+});
+
 test ('reject invalid password', async (t) => {
   await t.throwsAsync (client.login (
     'testuser',