diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 273cfe9..a839860 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -99,4 +99,16 @@ add_executable(wctest src/main.cpp)
 target_link_libraries(wctest whisperCom)
 
 add_executable(wcListener src/Listener.cpp)
-target_link_libraries(wcListener whisperCom)
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+target_link_libraries(wcListener whisperCom)
+
+
+#
+# Everything TEST related
+#
+IF (${TEST_WHISPERCOM})
+
+add_executable(test_Service tests/test_Service.cpp)
+target_link_libraries(test_Service Catch2::Catch2WithMain whisperCom loguru)
+catch_discover_tests(test_Service)
+
+ENDIF()
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diff --git a/tests/test_Service.cpp b/tests/test_Service.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4b37072
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_Service.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/*
+* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+* License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+* file, You can obtain one at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+*/
+
+/**
+* @file
+* @copyright 2023 MPLv2
+*/
+
+/**
+  * \defgroup xy test
+  *
+  * These scenarios test xy
+  */
+
+#define CATCH_CONFIG_MAIN
+
+#include <catch2/catch_all.hpp>
+
+#include <WhisperCom/Service.hpp>
+#include <TestMessage.pb.h>
+#include <memory>
+
+/**
+* \brief Verify functional correctness of the class WhisperCom::Service.
+* \ingroup  class_test
+*
+*/
+SCENARIO("Constructing two services that send and receive messages.","[Service]")
+{
+  using namespace std::chrono_literals;
+  GIVEN("Two services, one for sending and one for receiving messages.")
+  {
+    std::string testTopic = "testTopic";
+
+    std::shared_ptr<WhisperCom::Service> serviceSource = nullptr;
+    REQUIRE_NOTHROW( serviceSource = std::make_shared<WhisperCom::Service>() );
+    REQUIRE( serviceSource != nullptr );
+    serviceSource->subscribe( testTopic );
+
+    std::shared_ptr<WhisperCom::Service> serviceSink = nullptr;
+    REQUIRE_NOTHROW( serviceSink = std::make_shared<WhisperCom::Service>() );
+    REQUIRE( serviceSink != nullptr );
+    serviceSink->subscribe( testTopic );
+
+    WHEN("Sending a message")
+    {
+      WhisperCom::Protobuf::TestMessage msg;
+      msg.set_str( "Hello World" );
+      WhisperCom::Protobuf::Message wmsg{};
+      wmsg.mutable_payload()->PackFrom( msg );
+      serviceSource->sendMessage( "test", wmsg );
+      std::this_thread::sleep_for( 400ms );
+
+      THEN("The sink service should receive the message")
+      {
+        CHECK( serviceSink->hasMessages() );
+      } //THEN
+    } // WHEN
+
+    serviceSource->stop();
+    serviceSink->stop();
+  } // GIVEN
+} //SCENARIO