diff --git a/destination.go b/destination.go
index 97e45c0..73a08fd 100644
--- a/destination.go
+++ b/destination.go
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ func (d *Destination) Configure(ctx context.Context, cfg map[string]string) erro
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("invalid config: %w", err)
 	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -42,11 +43,13 @@ func (d *Destination) Open(ctx context.Context) (err error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to dial: %w", err)
 	}
+	sdk.Logger(ctx).Debug().Msg("connected to RabbitMQ")
 
 	d.ch, err = d.conn.Channel()
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to open channel: %w", err)
 	}
+	sdk.Logger(ctx).Debug().Msgf("opened channel")
 
 	return nil
 }
@@ -62,6 +65,10 @@ func (d *Destination) Write(ctx context.Context, records []sdk.Record) (int, err
 		if err != nil {
 			return 0, fmt.Errorf("failed to publish: %w", err)
 		}
+
+		sdk.Logger(ctx).Debug().Msgf(
+			"published message %s on %s",
+			string(record.Position), d.config.QueueName)
 	}
 
 	return len(records), nil
diff --git a/destination_test.go b/destination_test.go
index 6a7489d..e961810 100644
--- a/destination_test.go
+++ b/destination_test.go
@@ -2,14 +2,95 @@ package rabbitmq
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"fmt"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/alarbada/conduit-connector-rabbitmq/test"
+	sdk "github.com/conduitio/conduit-connector-sdk"
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
 	"github.com/matryer/is"
+	"github.com/rabbitmq/amqp091-go"
 )
 
-func TestTeardown_NoOpen(t *testing.T) {
+func TestTeardownDestination_NoOpen(t *testing.T) {
 	is := is.New(t)
 	con := NewDestination()
 	err := con.Teardown(context.Background())
 	is.NoErr(err)
 }
+
+func newDestinationCfg(queueName string) map[string]string {
+	return map[string]string{
+		"url":       test.URL,
+		"queueName": queueName,
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDestination_Integration(t *testing.T) {
+	// ctx := test.CtxWithLogger()
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	is := is.New(t)
+
+	queueName := test.SetupQueueName(t, is)
+
+	{
+		destination := NewDestination()
+		cfg := newDestinationCfg(queueName)
+
+		err := destination.Configure(ctx, cfg)
+		is.NoErr(err)
+
+		err = destination.Open(ctx)
+		is.NoErr(err)
+
+		defer test.TeardownResource(is, ctx, destination)
+
+		recsToWrite := generate3Records(queueName)
+		writtenTotal, err := destination.Write(ctx, recsToWrite)
+		is.Equal(writtenTotal, len(recsToWrite))
+		is.NoErr(err)
+	}
+
+	{
+		conn, err := amqp091.Dial(test.URL)
+		is.NoErr(err)
+
+		defer test.CloseResource(is, conn)
+
+		ch, err := conn.Channel()
+		is.NoErr(err)
+
+		defer test.CloseResource(is, ch)
+
+		recs, err := ch.Consume(queueName, "", true, false, false, false, nil)
+		is.NoErr(err)
+
+		rec1 := <-recs
+		is.Equal(string(rec1.Body), "example message 0")
+
+		rec2 := <-recs
+		is.Equal(string(rec2.Body), "example message 1")
+
+		rec3 := <-recs
+		is.Equal(string(rec3.Body), "example message 2")
+	}
+}
+
+func generate3Records(queueName string) []sdk.Record {
+	recs := []sdk.Record{}
+
+	for i := 0; i < 3; i++ {
+		exampleMessage := fmt.Sprintf("example message %d", i)
+
+		rec := sdk.Util.Source.NewRecordCreate(
+			[]byte(uuid.NewString()),
+			sdk.Metadata{"rabbitmq.queue": queueName},
+			sdk.RawData("test-key"),
+			sdk.RawData(exampleMessage),
+		)
+
+		recs = append(recs, rec)
+	}
+
+	return recs
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 11ec702..8370c31 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ toolchain go1.21.1
 require (
 	github.com/conduitio/conduit-connector-sdk v0.8.0
 	github.com/golangci/golangci-lint v1.55.2
+	github.com/google/uuid v1.4.0
 	github.com/matryer/is v1.4.1
 	github.com/rabbitmq/amqp091-go v1.9.0
 	github.com/rs/zerolog v1.31.0
@@ -83,7 +84,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/golangci/revgrep v0.5.2 // indirect
 	github.com/golangci/unconvert v0.0.0-20180507085042-28b1c447d1f4 // indirect
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 // indirect
-	github.com/google/uuid v1.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/gordonklaus/ineffassign v0.0.0-20230610083614-0e73809eb601 // indirect
 	github.com/gostaticanalysis/analysisutil v0.7.1 // indirect
 	github.com/gostaticanalysis/comment v1.4.2 // indirect
diff --git a/source.go b/source.go
index 64aa0c2..f521a2e 100644
--- a/source.go
+++ b/source.go
@@ -37,11 +37,11 @@ func (s *Source) Configure(ctx context.Context, cfg map[string]string) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("invalid config: %w", err)
 	}
+	
 	return nil
 }
 
 func (s *Source) Open(ctx context.Context, pos sdk.Position) (err error) {
-
 	s.conn, err = amqp091.Dial(s.config.URL)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to dial: %w", err)
diff --git a/test/utils.go b/test/utils.go
index 0192990..eab2149 100644
--- a/test/utils.go
+++ b/test/utils.go
@@ -39,3 +39,21 @@ func DeleteQueue(is *is.I, queueName string) {
 	_, err = ch.QueueDelete(queueName, false, false, false)
 	is.NoErr(err)
 }
+
+type closable interface {
+	Close() error
+}
+
+func CloseResource(is *is.I, c closable) {
+	err := c.Close()
+	is.NoErr(err)
+}
+
+type teardownable interface {
+	Teardown(context.Context) error
+}
+
+func TeardownResource(is *is.I, ctx context.Context, t teardownable) {
+	err := t.Teardown(ctx)
+	is.NoErr(err)
+}