diff --git a/feed_test.go b/feed_test.go
index fad7b7f..c069660 100644
--- a/feed_test.go
+++ b/feed_test.go
@@ -7,6 +7,20 @@ import (
 
 var items []*Item
 
+func Test_NewItem(t *testing.T) {
+	content, _ := ioutil.ReadFile("testdata/initial.atom")
+	feed := New(1, true, chanHandler, itemHandler)
+	err := feed.FetchBytes("http://example.com", content, nil)
+	if err != nil { t.Error(err) }
+
+	content, _ = ioutil.ReadFile("testdata/initial_plus_one_new.atom")
+	feed.FetchBytes("http://example.com", content, nil)
+	expected := "Second title"
+	if expected != items[0].Title {
+		t.Errorf("Expected %s, got %s", expected, items[0].Title)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestFeed(t *testing.T) {
 	urilist := []string{
 		//"http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/examples/sampleRss091.xml", // Non-utf8 encoding.