diff --git a/tests/9_FakeManifestTest.hpp b/tests/9_FakeManifestTest.hpp
index e4379cd..a95a73c 100644
--- a/tests/9_FakeManifestTest.hpp
+++ b/tests/9_FakeManifestTest.hpp
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ class FakeManifestTest : public Test {
 	{
 		install(get, "missingmanifest");
 
+		if (!exists("sdroot/image.png")) {
+			error << "The downloaded file in package 'missingmanifest' on server 'c' did not successfully extract" << endl;
+			return false;
+		}
+
 		std::string sum = calculateMD5("sdroot/image.png").c_str();
 		const char * rightSum = "26a7965e5aa6acced42de92eeee76d7a";
 		if (rightSum != sum) {
@@ -16,6 +21,13 @@ class FakeManifestTest : public Test {
             return false;
         }
 
+		// make sure the missingmanifest has "installed" state
+		auto missingmanifest = get->lookup("missingmanifest");
+		if (!missingmanifest || missingmanifest->getStatus() != INSTALLED) {
+			error << "The package 'missingmanifest' on server 'c' was not installed" << endl;
+			return false;
+		}
+
         // install one more time, and make sure we're still all good
         install(get, "missingmanifest");
 
@@ -25,6 +37,9 @@ class FakeManifestTest : public Test {
             return false;
         }
 
+		// TODO: test zip extractions with an extra folder or no folder directory
+		// TODO: test upgrade of fake manifest packages
+
 		return true;
 	}
 };
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/server/c/zips/missingmanifest.zip b/tests/server/c/zips/missingmanifest.zip
index 612d456..7939036 100644
Binary files a/tests/server/c/zips/missingmanifest.zip and b/tests/server/c/zips/missingmanifest.zip differ
diff --git a/tests/test_utils.cpp b/tests/test_utils.cpp
index a2f6247..a3d0d43 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_utils.cpp
@@ -60,7 +60,9 @@ std::string calculateMD5(const char* path)
   char* file_buffer;
 
   file_descript = open(path, O_RDONLY);
-  if(file_descript < 0) exit(-1);
+  if(file_descript < 0) {
+    return "";
+  }
 
   file_size = get_size_by_fd(file_descript);