diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 44d148d..9c9adfa 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,3 +18,11 @@ Thumbs.db
 ########
 *.log
 /misc-dev/
+
+cover.html
+cover.out
+tmp/
+
+cover.out
+cover.html
+tmp/
diff --git a/internal/communication/roundtripper_test.go b/internal/communication/roundtripper_test.go
index d28cf53..6736af8 100644
--- a/internal/communication/roundtripper_test.go
+++ b/internal/communication/roundtripper_test.go
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ func TestRoundTripperRoundTrip(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf(`Unexpected error: %v`, err)
 	}
 
+	request.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+	request.Header.Set("x-nginx-loadbalancer-kubernetes", "nlk")
+
 	response, err := roundTripper.RoundTrip(request)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf(`Unexpected error: %v`, err)
diff --git a/internal/core/event_test.go b/internal/core/event_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b3b8926
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/core/event_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package core
+
+import (
+	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestNewEvent(t *testing.T) {
+	expectedType := Created
+	expectedService := &v1.Service{}
+	expectedPreviousService := &v1.Service{}
+	expectedNodeIps := []string{"127.0.0.1"}
+
+	event := NewEvent(expectedType, expectedService, expectedPreviousService, expectedNodeIps)
+
+	if event.Type != expectedType {
+		t.Errorf("expected Created, got %v", event.Type)
+	}
+
+	if event.Service != expectedService {
+		t.Errorf("expected service, got %#v", event.Service)
+	}
+
+	if event.PreviousService != expectedPreviousService {
+		t.Errorf("expected previous service, got %#v", event.PreviousService)
+	}
+
+	if event.NodeIps[0] != expectedNodeIps[0] {
+		t.Errorf("expected node ips, got %#v", event.NodeIps)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/core/upstream_server_test.go b/internal/core/upstream_server_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7b0eed5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/core/upstream_server_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2023 F5 Inc. All rights reserved.
+ * Use of this source code is governed by the Apache License that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+ */
+
+package core
+
+import "testing"
+
+func TestNewUpstreamServer(t *testing.T) {
+	host := "localhost"
+	us := NewUpstreamServer(host)
+	if us.Host != host {
+		t.Errorf("NewUpstreamServer(%s) = %s; want %s", host, us.Host, host)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/probation/server_test.go b/internal/probation/server_test.go
index 5888def..b51d15e 100644
--- a/internal/probation/server_test.go
+++ b/internal/probation/server_test.go
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ package probation
 
 import (
 	"github.com/nginxinc/kubernetes-nginx-ingress/test/mocks"
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"net/http"
 	"testing"
 )
 
@@ -51,3 +53,21 @@ func TestHealthServer_HandleFailCheck(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Expected 'Service Not Available', got %v", body)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestHealthServer_Start(t *testing.T) {
+	server := NewHealthServer()
+	server.Start()
+
+	response, err := http.Get("http://localhost:51031/livez")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+
+	if response.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Errorf("Expected status code %v, got %v", http.StatusAccepted, response.StatusCode)
+	}
+
+	logrus.Infof("recevied a response from the probe server: %v", response)
+
+	server.Stop()
+}