diff --git a/tests/operations/test_architecture.py b/tests/operations/test_architecture.py
index 5ba387b4..f1f20071 100644
--- a/tests/operations/test_architecture.py
+++ b/tests/operations/test_architecture.py
@@ -18,9 +18,29 @@
 def test_architecture(
     architecture_config,
 ):
+    architecture = architecture_config.architecture_type(architecture_config)
+    assert architecture.dims is not None, f"Architecture dims are None {architecture}"
+
+
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "architecture_config",
+    [
+        lf("dummy_architecture"),
+        lf("unet_architecture"),
+    ],
+)
+def test_stored_architecture(
+    architecture_config,
+):
+    from dacapo.store.create_store import create_config_store
+    config_store = create_config_store()
+    config_store.store_architecture_config(architecture_config)
+    
+    retrieved_arch_config = config_store.retrieve_architecture_config(architecture_config.name)
 
-    architecture_type = architecture_config.architecture_type
 
-    architecture = architecture_type(architecture_config)
+    architecture = retrieved_arch_config.architecture_type(retrieved_arch_config)
 
     assert architecture.dims is not None, f"Architecture dims are None {architecture}"