diff --git a/tests/add.rs b/tests/add.rs
index a9fa634..bae10c9 100644
--- a/tests/add.rs
+++ b/tests/add.rs
@@ -3,17 +3,18 @@ use std::str;
 mod utils;
 use utils::{utils::*, client::ClientTest};
 
-fn line_should_contains(line: &str, str: &str) {
+fn line_should_contains(lines: &Vec<String>, nb: usize, str: &str) {
 
-    if line.find(str).is_none()
+    if lines[nb].find(str).is_none()
     {
-        eprintln!("'{}' not found in '{}'", str, line);
+        eprintln!("'{}' not found in '{}'", str, lines[nb]);
+        dbg!(lines);
     }
 
-    assert!(line.find(str).is_some());
+    assert!(lines[nb].find(str).is_some());
 }
 
-fn lines_should_not_contains(lines: Vec<&str>, str: &str) {
+fn lines_should_not_contains(lines: Vec<String>, str: &str) {
 
     for line in lines {
         if line.find("Changes not staged for push").is_some() {
@@ -28,6 +29,16 @@ fn lines_should_not_contains(lines: Vec<&str>, str: &str) {
 
 }
 
+fn collect_status_lines(client: &mut ClientTest) -> Vec<String> {
+    let out = client.run_cmd("status");
+
+    str::from_utf8(&out.stdout)
+        .unwrap()
+        .split("\n")
+        .map(|s| s.to_owned())
+        .collect()
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod push_tests {
     use super::*;
@@ -40,13 +51,10 @@ mod push_tests {
         let _ = client.add_file("file1", "foo");
         client.run_cmd_ok("add file1");
 
-        let out = client.run_cmd("status");
-        let lines: Vec<&str> = str::from_utf8(&out.stdout)
-            .unwrap()
-            .split("\n")
-            .collect();
+        let lines = collect_status_lines(&mut client);
 
-        line_should_contains(lines[2], "file1");
+        // test
+        line_should_contains(&lines, 2, "file1");
         
         client.clean();
     }
@@ -59,15 +67,32 @@ mod push_tests {
         let _ = client.add_file("file1", "foo");
         client.run_cmd_ok("add .nextsync -f");
 
-        let out = client.run_cmd("status");
-        let lines: Vec<&str> = str::from_utf8(&out.stdout)
-            .unwrap()
-            .split("\n")
-            .collect();
+        let lines = collect_status_lines(&mut client);
 
+        // test
         lines_should_not_contains(lines, ".nextsync");
         
         client.clean();
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn add_dir_implicit() {
+        let id = get_random_test_id();
+        let mut client = ClientTest::new(id).init();
+
+        let _ = client.add_dir("dir");
+        let _ = client.add_file("dir/file1", "foo");
+
+        // adding the file should add the dir
+        client.run_cmd_ok("add dir/file1");
+
+        let lines = collect_status_lines(&mut client);
+
+        // tests
+        line_should_contains(&lines, 2, "dir");
+        line_should_contains(&lines, 3, "dir/file1");
+        
+        client.clean();
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/tests/push.rs b/tests/push.rs
index c816d94..cdda442 100644
--- a/tests/push.rs
+++ b/tests/push.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-use rand::{distributions::Alphanumeric, Rng};
 
 mod utils;
 use utils::{utils::*, server::ServerTest, client::ClientTest};
@@ -81,7 +80,7 @@ mod push_tests {
         let _ = client.add_file("dir/file2", "bar");
 
         // push dir and file2
-        client.run_cmd_ok("add file2");
+        client.run_cmd_ok("add dir/file2");
         client.run_cmd_ok("push");
 
         // tests
diff --git a/tests/utils/client.rs b/tests/utils/client.rs
index 89acad1..333cf1e 100644
--- a/tests/utils/client.rs
+++ b/tests/utils/client.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ pub struct ClientTest {
 
 impl ClientTest {
     pub fn new(id: String) -> Self {
-
         // create a directory in /tmp with the given id
         let mut vol = String::from("/tmp/");
         vol.push_str(&id);
@@ -56,6 +55,7 @@ impl ClientTest {
     pub fn run_cmd_ok(&mut self, args: &str) -> Output {
         let output = self.run_cmd(args);
         if !output.status.success() {
+            println!("id: {}", self.test_id.clone());
             println!("Failed to execute: '{}'", args);
             println!("stderr: {}", String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr));
             println!("stdout: {}", String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout));
diff --git a/tests/utils/server.rs b/tests/utils/server.rs
index 71600e4..1af3ed5 100644
--- a/tests/utils/server.rs
+++ b/tests/utils/server.rs
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ impl ServerTest {
         let full_path = self.volume.clone().join(file);
 
         if !full_path.exists() {
+            println!("id: {}", self.test_id.clone());
             eprintln!("File '{}' doesn't exists on the server", file);
             return false;
         }
@@ -101,6 +102,7 @@ impl ServerTest {
         for line in BufReader::new(f).lines(){
             if let Ok(line) = line {
                 if line != content {
+                    println!("id: {}", self.test_id.clone());
                     eprintln!("File '{}' is not equal, {} != {}", file, line, content);
                     return false;
                 }