diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/tests/spiffworkflow_backend/unit/test_message_service_2.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/tests/spiffworkflow_backend/unit/test_message_service_2.py
index 2e981940..ca9833ac 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/tests/spiffworkflow_backend/unit/test_message_service_2.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/tests/spiffworkflow_backend/unit/test_message_service_2.py
@@ -85,6 +85,12 @@ class TestMessageService(BaseTest):
         ## No error when calling with the correct parameters
         response = message_send("approval_result", {'payload': {'po_number' : 1001, 'customer_id': 'Sartography'}})
 
+        ## There is no longer a waiting message
+        waiting_messages = MessageInstanceModel.query. \
+            filter_by(message_type = "receive"). \
+            filter_by(process_instance_id = self.process_instance.id).all()
+        assert len(waiting_messages) == 0
+
     def assure_a_message_was_sent(self):
         # There should be one new send message for the given process instance.
         send_messages = MessageInstanceModel.query. \
@@ -110,8 +116,6 @@ class TestMessageService(BaseTest):
         waiting_message = waiting_messages[0]
         self.assure_correlation_properties_are_right(waiting_message)
 
-
-
     def assure_correlation_properties_are_right(self, message):
         # Correlation Properties should match up
         po_curr = next(c for c in message.message_correlations if c.name == "po_number")