diff --git a/tests/test-turn.lua b/tests/test-turn.lua
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..03178b74d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test-turn.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+dofile('../scripts/run-turn.lua')
+turn = get_turn()
+eressea.free_game()
+print("trying to read data from " .. turn)
+eressea.read_game(turn .. ".dat")