diff --git a/test/client-large-torrent.js b/test/client-large-torrent.js
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+var Client = require('../').Client
+var fs = require('fs')
+var parseTorrent = require('parse-torrent')
+var test = require('tape')
+
+var torrent = fs.readFileSync(__dirname + '/torrents/sintel-5gb.torrent')
+var parsedTorrent = parseTorrent(torrent)
+var peerId = new Buffer('01234567890123456789')
+var port = 6881
+
+test('client.start()', function (t) {
+  t.plan(4)
+
+  var client = new Client(peerId, port, parsedTorrent)
+
+  client.on('error', function (err) {
+    t.error(err)
+  })
+
+  client.once('update', function (data) {
+    t.equal(data.announce, 'http://t.bitlove.org/announce')
+    t.equal(typeof data.complete, 'number')
+    t.equal(typeof data.incomplete, 'number')
+  })
+
+  client.once('peer', function (addr) {
+    t.pass('there is at least one peer') // TODO: this shouldn't rely on an external server!
+    client.stop()
+  })
+
+  client.start()
+})
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