diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a166fb7..10c4fbd 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 test-build: test build
 
 test:
-	go test ./...
+	go test -race ./...
 
 build:
 	go build -o bin/ ./...
diff --git a/pkg/registry/http.go b/pkg/registry/http.go
index 1623f66..3126114 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/http.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/http.go
@@ -8,9 +8,13 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
+type httpGetter interface {
+	Get(url string) (resp *http.Response, err error)
+}
+
 // SchemaRegistry is a file repository (local or remote) that contains JSON schemas for Kubernetes resources
 type SchemaRegistry struct {
-	c                  *http.Client
+	c                  httpGetter
 	schemaPathTemplate string
 	strict             bool
 }
diff --git a/pkg/registry/http_test.go b/pkg/registry/http_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..45a7ee6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/registry/http_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+package registry
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/http"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+type mockHTTPGetter struct {
+	httpGet func(string) (*http.Response, error)
+}
+
+func newMockHTTPGetter(f func(string) (*http.Response, error)) *mockHTTPGetter {
+	return &mockHTTPGetter{
+		httpGet: f,
+	}
+}
+func (m mockHTTPGetter) Get(url string) (resp *http.Response, err error) {
+	return m.httpGet(url)
+}
+
+func TestDownloadSchema(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, testCase := range []struct {
+		name                                         string
+		c                                            httpGetter
+		schemaPathTemplate                           string
+		strict                                       bool
+		resourceKind, resourceAPIVersion, k8sversion string
+		expect                                       []byte
+		expectErr                                    error
+	}{
+		{
+			"error when downloading",
+			newMockHTTPGetter(func(url string) (resp *http.Response, err error) {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed downloading from registry")
+			}),
+			"http://kubernetesjson.dev",
+			true,
+			"Deployment",
+			"v1",
+			"1.18.0",
+			nil,
+			fmt.Errorf("failed downloading schema at http://kubernetesjson.dev: failed downloading from registry"),
+		},
+		{
+			"getting 404",
+			newMockHTTPGetter(func(url string) (resp *http.Response, err error) {
+				return &http.Response{
+					StatusCode: http.StatusNotFound,
+					Body:       ioutil.NopCloser(strings.NewReader("http response mock body")),
+				}, nil
+			}),
+			"http://kubernetesjson.dev",
+			true,
+			"Deployment",
+			"v1",
+			"1.18.0",
+			nil,
+			fmt.Errorf("no schema found"),
+		},
+		{
+			"200",
+			newMockHTTPGetter(func(url string) (resp *http.Response, err error) {
+				return &http.Response{
+					StatusCode: http.StatusOK,
+					Body:       ioutil.NopCloser(strings.NewReader("http response mock body")),
+				}, nil
+			}),
+			"http://kubernetesjson.dev",
+			true,
+			"Deployment",
+			"v1",
+			"1.18.0",
+			[]byte("http response mock body"),
+			nil,
+		},
+	} {
+		reg := SchemaRegistry{
+			c:                  testCase.c,
+			schemaPathTemplate: testCase.schemaPathTemplate,
+			strict:             testCase.strict,
+		}
+
+		res, err := reg.DownloadSchema(testCase.resourceKind, testCase.resourceAPIVersion, testCase.k8sversion)
+		if err == nil || testCase.expectErr == nil {
+			if err != testCase.expectErr {
+				t.Errorf("during test '%s': expected error, got:\n%s\n%s\n", testCase.name, testCase.expectErr, err)
+			}
+		} else if err.Error() != testCase.expectErr.Error() {
+			t.Errorf("during test '%s': expected error, got:\n%s\n%s\n", testCase.name, testCase.expectErr, err)
+		}
+
+		if bytes.Compare(res, testCase.expect) != 0 {
+			t.Errorf("during test '%s': expected %s, got %s", testCase.name, testCase.expect, res)
+		}
+	}
+
+}