diff --git a/jpo-ode-svcs/src/test/java/us/dot/its/jpo/ode/traveler/TimDepositControllerTest.java b/jpo-ode-svcs/src/test/java/us/dot/its/jpo/ode/traveler/TimDepositControllerTest.java
index e76cd0ced..5c61a856b 100644
--- a/jpo-ode-svcs/src/test/java/us/dot/its/jpo/ode/traveler/TimDepositControllerTest.java
+++ b/jpo-ode-svcs/src/test/java/us/dot/its/jpo/ode/traveler/TimDepositControllerTest.java
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public void emptyRequestShouldReturnEmptyError() {
 
    @Test
    public void invalidJsonSyntaxShouldReturnJsonSyntaxError() {
-      ResponseEntity<String> actualResponse = testTimDepositController.postTim("{\"invalid\":\"json\"}}");
+      ResponseEntity<String> actualResponse = testTimDepositController.postTim("{\"in\"va}}}on\"}}");
       assertEquals("{\"error\":\"Malformed or non-compliant JSON syntax.\"}", actualResponse.getBody());
    }
 
@@ -160,4 +160,11 @@ public void testSuccessfulMessageReturnsSuccessMessagePut(@Capturing TimTransmog
       assertEquals("{\"success\":\"true\"}", actualResponse.getBody());
    }
 
+   @Test
+   public void testDepositingTimWithExtraProperties(@Capturing TimTransmogrifier capturingTimTransmogrifier, @Capturing XmlUtils capturingXmlUtils) {
+      String timToSubmit = "{\"request\":{\"rsus\":[],\"snmp\":{},\"randomProp1\":true,\"randomProp2\":\"hello world\"},\"tim\":{\"msgCnt\":\"13\",\"timeStamp\":\"2017-03-13T01:07:11-05:00\",\"randomProp3\":123,\"randomProp4\":{\"nestedProp1\":\"foo\",\"nestedProp2\":\"bar\"}}}";
+      ResponseEntity<String> actualResponse = testTimDepositController.postTim(timToSubmit);
+      assertEquals("{\"success\":\"true\"}", actualResponse.getBody());
+   }
+
 }