diff --git a/examples/kernel-module/Makefile b/examples/kernel-module/Makefile
index c41fcd3..9d03085 100644
--- a/examples/kernel-module/Makefile
+++ b/examples/kernel-module/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # out-of-tree called make with two arguments -- kernel headers path and name
 # of target binary that MUST be produced by makefile
+# - $(TARGET).ko_test: name of test binary that MUST be produced by makefile
 # e.g.:
 #    make KERNEL=/lib/modules/4.8.0-58-generic/build TARGET=hello-world.ko
 KERNEL := /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ $(TARGET)-objs = module.o
 
 all:
 	make -C $(KERNEL) M=$(PWD) modules
+	cp test.sh $(TARGET).ko_test
 
 clean:
 	make -C $(KERNEL) M=$(PWD) clean
diff --git a/examples/kernel-module/module.c b/examples/kernel-module/module.c
index 3800135..028e345 100644
--- a/examples/kernel-module/module.c
+++ b/examples/kernel-module/module.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 int init_module(void)
 {
+	printk("COOKIE!\n");
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/examples/kernel-module/test.sh b/examples/kernel-module/test.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6a939e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/kernel-module/test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# check for message in kernel log
+dmesg | grep COOKIE
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 668d2c2..f159cf8 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -178,18 +178,13 @@ func cleanDmesg(q *qemu.QemuSystem) (err error) {
 	return
 }
 
-func testKernelModule(q *qemu.QemuSystem, ka artifact) (output string, err error) {
-	// TODO
-	err = errors.New("Not implemented")
+func testKernelModule(q *qemu.QemuSystem, ka artifact, test string) (output string, err error) {
+	output, err = q.Command("root", test)
+	// TODO generic checks for WARNING's and so on
 	return
 }
 
 func testKernelExploit(q *qemu.QemuSystem, ka artifact, test, exploit string) (output string, err error) {
-	output, err = q.Command("user", "chmod +x "+test)
-	if err != nil {
-		return
-	}
-
 	output, err = q.Command("user", "chmod +x "+exploit)
 	if err != nil {
 		return
@@ -280,19 +275,32 @@ func whatever(swg *sizedwaitgroup.SizedWaitGroup, ka artifact, ki kernelInfo) {
 		return
 	}
 
+	testPath := outFile + "_test"
+
+	remoteTest := fmt.Sprintf("/tmp/test_%d", rand.Int())
+	err = q.CopyFile("user", testPath, remoteTest)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	_, err = q.Command("root", "chmod +x "+remoteTest)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
 	if ka.Type == KernelModule {
 		// TODO Write insmod log to file or database
 		output, err := q.CopyAndInsmod(outFile)
 		if err != nil {
-			log.Println(output)
+			log.Println(output, err)
 			return
 		}
 		run_ok = true
 
 		// TODO Write test results to file or database
-		output, err = testKernelModule(q, ka)
+		output, err = testKernelModule(q, ka, remoteTest)
 		if err != nil {
-			log.Println(output)
+			log.Println(output, err)
 			return
 		}
 		test_ok = true
@@ -303,14 +311,6 @@ func whatever(swg *sizedwaitgroup.SizedWaitGroup, ka artifact, ki kernelInfo) {
 			return
 		}
 
-		testPath := outFile + "_test"
-
-		remoteTest := fmt.Sprintf("/tmp/test_%d", rand.Int())
-		err = q.CopyFile("user", testPath, remoteTest)
-		if err != nil {
-			return
-		}
-
 		// TODO Write test results to file or database
 		output, err = testKernelExploit(q, ka, remoteTest, remoteExploit)
 		if err != nil {