diff --git a/patch-db/Cargo.toml b/patch-db/Cargo.toml
index eb69ba3..b8a480f 100644
--- a/patch-db/Cargo.toml
+++ b/patch-db/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,4 +21,6 @@ thiserror = "1.0.23"
 tokio = { version = "1.0.1", features = ["sync", "fs", "rt", "io-util", "macros"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
+proptest = "1.0.0"
 serde = { version = "1.0.118", features = ["rc", "derive"] }
+tokio = { version = "1.0.1", features = ["sync", "fs", "rt", "rt-multi-thread", "io-util", "macros"] }
diff --git a/patch-db/src/test.rs b/patch-db/src/test.rs
index 6261bbc..fc967cb 100644
--- a/patch-db/src/test.rs
+++ b/patch-db/src/test.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 use super::*;
+use proptest::prelude::*;
+use tokio::runtime::Builder;
 
-#[tokio::test]
-async fn basic() {
+async fn init_test_env() -> PatchDb {
     let db = PatchDb::open("test.db").await.unwrap();
     db.put(
         &JsonPointer::<&'static str>::default(),
@@ -9,18 +10,63 @@ async fn basic() {
             a: "test1".to_string(),
             b: Child {
                 a: "test2".to_string(),
-                b: 4,
+                b: 1,
             },
         },
     )
-    .await
-    .unwrap();
+    .await.unwrap();
+    db
+}
+
+async fn put_string_into_root(db: PatchDb, s: String) -> Arc<Revision> {
+    println!("trying string: {}", s);
+    db.put(
+        &JsonPointer::<&'static str>::default(),
+        &s
+    )
+    .await.unwrap()
+}
+
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn basic() {
+    let db = init_test_env().await;
     let ptr: JsonPointer = "/b/b".parse().unwrap();
+    let mut get_res: Value = db.get(&ptr).await.unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(get_res, 1);
     db.put(&ptr, &"hello").await.unwrap();
-    let get_res: Value = db.get(&ptr).await.unwrap();
+    get_res = db.get(&ptr).await.unwrap();
     assert_eq!(get_res, "hello");
 }
 
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn transaction() {
+    let db = init_test_env().await;
+    let mut tx = db.begin();
+    let ptr: JsonPointer = "/b/b".parse().unwrap();
+    tx.put(&ptr, &(2 as usize)).await.unwrap();
+    tx.put(&ptr, &(1 as usize)).await.unwrap();
+    let _res = tx.commit().await.unwrap();
+    println!("res = {:?}", _res);
+
+}
+
+proptest! {
+    #[test]
+    fn doesnt_crash(s in "\\PC*") {
+        // build runtime
+        let runtime = Builder::new_multi_thread()
+            .worker_threads(4)
+            .thread_name("test-doesnt-crash")
+            .thread_stack_size(3 * 1024 * 1024)
+            .build()
+            .unwrap();
+        let db = runtime.block_on(init_test_env());
+        let put_future = put_string_into_root(db, s);
+        runtime.block_on(put_future);
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, serde::Deserialize, serde::Serialize)]
 pub struct Sample {
     a: String,