diff --git a/PickList/PickListAllTests.cs b/PickList/PickListAllTests.cs
index cb81471..473e987 100644
--- a/PickList/PickListAllTests.cs
+++ b/PickList/PickListAllTests.cs
@@ -119,7 +119,22 @@ namespace raven_integration
             Util.ShouldContainValidationError(a, "Template", "2201");
 
 
-            //empty template
+            //MALFORMED TEMPLATE JSON ERROR
+            d = new JObject();
+            d.Id = 3;//User type
+            dTemplateArray = new JArray();
+            df = new JObject();
+            df.fld = "useremployeenumber";
+            dTemplateArray.Add(df);
+            string sTemplate=dTemplateArray.ToString(Newtonsoft.Json.Formatting.None);
+            d.Template = sTemplate.Substring(2);//<-- ERROR missing first two characters of json template array
+            //replace the User template at the server
+            a = await Util.PostAsync("PickList/Template", await Util.GetTokenAsync("BizAdminFull"), d.ToString(Newtonsoft.Json.Formatting.None));
+            //"{\"error\":{\"code\":\"2200\",\"details\":[{\"message\":\"Template is not valid JSON string: Error reading JArray from JsonReader. Current JsonReader item is not an array: String. Path '', line 1, position 5.\",\"target\":\"Template\",\"error\":\"2203\"}],\"message\":\"Object did not pass validation\"}}"
+            Util.ValidateErrorCodeResponse(a, 2200, 400);
+            Util.ShouldContainValidationError(a, "Template", "2203");
+
+
             //malformed template bad json?