diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 6c89ff2a..b08ff80b 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1089,4 +1089,72 @@ impl DerefMut for AlignedBuf {
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
-mod tests;
+mod tests {
+    use serde_ext::Deserialize;
+    use crate::Deserializer;
+
+    static JSON: &str = r#"{
+        "code": 200,
+        "success": true,
+        "payload": {
+            "features": [
+                "serde",
+                "json"
+            ]
+        }
+    }"#;
+
+    #[derive(Deserialize, PartialEq, Debug)]
+    struct TestPayload {
+        features: Vec<String>
+    }
+
+    #[derive(Deserialize, PartialEq, Debug)]
+    struct TestEnvelope {
+        code: usize,
+        success: bool,
+        payload: TestPayload
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_deser_to_value() {
+        let mut json = JSON.as_bytes().to_vec();
+        let d = Deserializer::from_slice(&mut json).expect("Invalid JSON");
+
+        let original_index = d.idx;
+        let original_nodes = d.tape.len();
+
+        let v = d.as_value();
+
+        assert!(v.contains_key("payload"), "Failed to find payload key");
+        let v = v.get("payload").unwrap();
+        assert!(v.is_object(), "payload not recognized as object: {:?}", v);
+        assert!(v.contains_key("features"), "Failed to find features key");
+        let v = v.get("features").unwrap();
+        assert!(v.is_array(), "features not recognized as array: {:?}", v);
+
+        // proving that value peeking doesn't affect the deserializer
+
+        assert_eq!(original_index, d.idx, "Deserializer has been internally modified");
+        assert_eq!(original_nodes, d.tape.len(), "Deserializer has been internally modified");
+    }
+
+     #[test]
+    fn test_deser_restart() {
+        let mut json = JSON.as_bytes().to_vec();
+        let mut d = Deserializer::from_slice(&mut json).expect("Invalid JSON");
+
+        let original_index = d.idx;
+        let original_nodes = d.tape.len();
+
+        let test1 = TestEnvelope::deserialize(&mut d).expect("Deserialization failed");
+
+        assert!(original_index != d.idx, "Deserializer has NOT been internally modified");
+        assert_eq!(original_nodes, d.tape.len(), "Deserializer nodes are NOT intact");
+
+        d.restart();
+
+        let test2 = TestEnvelope::deserialize(&mut d).expect("Deserialization failed");
+
+        assert_eq!(test2, test1, "Deserializer is not idempotent");
+    }}