diff --git a/src/test/java/com/solab/iso8583/TestParsing.java b/src/test/java/com/solab/iso8583/TestParsing.java
index eefbb9a..33a9536 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/solab/iso8583/TestParsing.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/solab/iso8583/TestParsing.java
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ public class TestParsing {
         Assert.assertEquals(Calendar.JANUARY, cal.get(Calendar.MONTH));
         Assert.assertEquals(25, cal.get(Calendar.DATE));
         Assert.assertEquals(21, cal.get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY));
+		Assert.assertEquals("debug string should match", "060002000000000000000125213456", m.debugString());
         mf.setTimezoneForParseGuide(0x600, 7, TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT"));
         m = mf.parseMessage("060002000000000000000125213456".getBytes(), 0);
         f = m.getObjectValue(7);