diff --git a/tests/test_end_to_end.py b/tests/test_end_to_end.py
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+from subprocess import check_output
+
+
+def test_info():
+    """tests './silkaj info' returns a number of members"""
+
+    output = check_output(["silkaj", "info"])
+    assert "Number of members" in output.decode()