diff --git a/src/SFA.DAS.EmployerAccounts.UnitTests/Services/Reservations/WhenIGetReservationWithTimeoutData.cs b/src/SFA.DAS.EmployerAccounts.UnitTests/Services/Reservations/WhenIGetReservationWithTimeoutData.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2e33a96858
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/SFA.DAS.EmployerAccounts.UnitTests/Services/Reservations/WhenIGetReservationWithTimeoutData.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using FluentAssertions;
+using Moq;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
+using NUnit.Framework;
+using Polly;
+using Polly.Registry;
+using SFA.DAS.EmployerAccounts.Interfaces;
+using SFA.DAS.EmployerAccounts.Models.Reservations;
+using SFA.DAS.EmployerAccounts.Services;
+
+namespace SFA.DAS.EmployerAccounts.UnitTests.Services.Reservations
+{
+    class WhenIGetReservationWithTimeoutData
+    {
+        private Mock<IReservationsApiClient> _mockReservationsApiClient;
+        private IReservationsService _sut;
+        private Mock<ReservationsService> _mockreservationsService;
+        private string _testData;
+        private Mock<IAsyncPolicy> _mockPolicy;
+
+        long _accountId;
+
+        [SetUp]
+        public void Arrange()
+        {
+            _accountId = 123;
+            _testData = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(new List<Reservation> { new Reservation { AccountId = _accountId } });
+
+            _mockReservationsApiClient = new Mock<IReservationsApiClient>();
+            _mockReservationsApiClient
+                .Setup(m => m.Get(_accountId))
+                .ReturnsAsync(_testData);
+            _mockPolicy = new Mock<IAsyncPolicy>();
+            var mockRegistryPolicy = new PolicyRegistry();
+            mockRegistryPolicy.Add(Constants.DefaultServiceTimeout, _mockPolicy.Object);
+            _mockreservationsService = new Mock<ReservationsService>(_mockReservationsApiClient.Object);
+            _sut = new ReservationsServiceWithTimeout(_mockreservationsService.Object, mockRegistryPolicy);
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public async Task ThenTheReservationsAreReturnedFromTheService()
+        {
+            //arrange
+            IEnumerable<Reservation> reservations = new List<Reservation> {
+                new Reservation {AccountId = _accountId}
+            };
+            _mockreservationsService.Setup(rs => rs.Get(_accountId))
+                .Returns(It.IsAny<Task<IEnumerable<Reservation>>>());
+            //act
+            await _sut.Get(_accountId);
+
+            // assert 
+            _mockPolicy.Verify(p => p.ExecuteAsync(It.IsAny<Func<Task<IEnumerable<Reservation>>>>()));
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public async Task ThenTheReservationsServiceReturnsATimeout()
+        {
+            //act
+            await _sut.Get(_accountId);
+
+            // assert 
+            _mockPolicy.Verify(p => p.ExecuteAsync(It.IsAny<Func<Task<IEnumerable<Reservation>>>>()));
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/SFA.DAS.EmployerAccounts/Services/ReservationsService.cs b/src/SFA.DAS.EmployerAccounts/Services/ReservationsService.cs
index 631def5c6b..7be36dabfa 100644
--- a/src/SFA.DAS.EmployerAccounts/Services/ReservationsService.cs
+++ b/src/SFA.DAS.EmployerAccounts/Services/ReservationsService.cs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ public ReservationsService(IReservationsApiClient client)
 
         public async Task<IEnumerable<Reservation>> Get(long accountId)
         {
-            string reservations = await _client.Get(accountId);
+            var reservations = await _client.Get(accountId);
             return JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<IEnumerable<Reservation>>(reservations);
         }
     }