diff --git a/store_test.go b/store_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6c255a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/store_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+package cbornode_test
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/ipfs/boxo/blockstore"
+	u "github.com/ipfs/boxo/util"
+	cid "github.com/ipfs/go-cid"
+	ds "github.com/ipfs/go-datastore"
+	ds_sync "github.com/ipfs/go-datastore/sync"
+	dstest "github.com/ipfs/go-datastore/test"
+	cbornode "github.com/ipfs/go-ipld-cbor"
+	ipld "github.com/ipfs/go-ipld-format"
+)
+
+var bg = context.Background()
+
+func TestGetWhenKeyNotPresent(t *testing.T) {
+	bs := blockstore.NewBlockstore(ds_sync.MutexWrap(ds.NewMapDatastore()))
+	cborStore := cbornode.NewCborStore(bs)
+	c := cid.NewCidV1(uint64(cid.DagCBOR), u.Hash([]byte("stuff")))
+	out := new(cbornode.CborByteArray)
+	err := cborStore.Get(bg, c, out)
+
+	if !bytes.Equal([]byte{}, []byte(*out)) {
+		t.Error("nil block expected")
+	}
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Error("error expected, got nil")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGetWhenKeyIsNil(t *testing.T) {
+	bs := blockstore.NewBlockstore(ds_sync.MutexWrap(ds.NewMapDatastore()))
+	cborStore := cbornode.NewCborStore(bs)
+	out := new(cbornode.CborByteArray)
+	err := cborStore.Get(bg, cid.Cid{}, out)
+
+	if !bytes.Equal([]byte{}, []byte(*out)) {
+		t.Error("nil block expected")
+	}
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Error("error expected, got nil")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPutThenGetBlock(t *testing.T) {
+	bs := blockstore.NewBlockstore(ds_sync.MutexWrap(ds.NewMapDatastore()))
+	cborStore := cbornode.NewCborStore(bs)
+	cborObj := cbornode.Cborstr("some data")
+
+	c, err := cborStore.Put(bg, cborObj)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if !cborObj.Cid().Equals(c) {
+		t.Fatalf("expected cid %s does not match actual cid %s", cborObj.Cid().String(), c.String())
+	}
+
+	out := new(cbornode.CborByteArray)
+	err = cborStore.Get(bg, cborObj.Cid(), out)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if !bytes.Equal(cborObj.RawData(), out.RawData()) {
+		t.Fatalf("expected result %x does not match actual result %x", cborObj.RawData(), out.RawData())
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGetManyWhenKeyNotPresent(t *testing.T) {
+	bs := blockstore.NewGetManyBlockstore(dstest.NewTestTxnDatastore(ds.NewMapDatastore(), false))
+	cborStore := cbornode.NewGetManyCborStore(bs)
+	c1 := cid.NewCidV1(uint64(cid.DagCBOR), u.Hash([]byte("stuff")))
+	c2 := cid.NewCidV1(uint64(cid.DagCBOR), u.Hash([]byte("stuff2")))
+	outs := []interface{}{new(cbornode.CborByteArray), new(cbornode.CborByteArray)}
+	cursors, missingCIDs, err := cborStore.GetMany(bg, []cid.Cid{c1, c2}, outs)
+	if len(cursors) != 0 {
+		t.Error("no cursors expected")
+	}
+	if len(missingCIDs) != 2 {
+		t.Error("2 missing cids expected")
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error("no error expected")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGetManyWhenKeyIsNil(t *testing.T) {
+	bs := blockstore.NewGetManyBlockstore(dstest.NewTestTxnDatastore(ds.NewMapDatastore(), false))
+	cborStore := cbornode.NewGetManyCborStore(bs)
+	outs := []interface{}{new(cbornode.CborByteArray), new(cbornode.CborByteArray)}
+	_, _, err := cborStore.GetMany(bg, []cid.Cid{{}, {}}, outs)
+	if !ipld.IsNotFound(err) {
+		t.Fail()
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPutManyThenGetManyBlock(t *testing.T) {
+	bs := blockstore.NewGetManyBlockstore(dstest.NewTestTxnDatastore(ds.NewMapDatastore(), false))
+	cborStore := cbornode.NewGetManyCborStore(bs)
+	cbornode.Cborstr("some data")
+	obj1 := cbornode.Cborstr("some data1")
+	obj2 := cbornode.Cborstr("some data2")
+	obj3 := cbornode.Cborstr("some data3")
+	obj4 := cbornode.Cborstr("some data4")
+	expectedResults := []interface{}{obj1, obj2, obj4}
+	_, err := cborStore.PutMany(bg, expectedResults)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	outs := []interface{}{new(cbornode.CborByteArray),
+		new(cbornode.CborByteArray),
+		new(cbornode.CborByteArray),
+		new(cbornode.CborByteArray)}
+	cursors, missingCIDs, err := cborStore.GetMany(bg, []cid.Cid{obj1.Cid(), obj2.Cid(), obj3.Cid(), obj4.Cid()}, outs)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if len(missingCIDs) != 1 {
+		println(len(missingCIDs))
+		t.Fatal("unexpected number of missing CIDs")
+	}
+	for cursor := range cursors {
+		if !expectedResults[cursor.Index].(*cbornode.CborByteArray).Cid().Equals(cursor.CID) {
+			t.Fatalf("expected cid %s does not match actual result %s", expectedResults[cursor.Index].(*cbornode.CborByteArray).Cid().String(), cursor.CID.String())
+		}
+		if !bytes.Equal(expectedResults[cursor.Index].(*cbornode.CborByteArray).RawData(), outs[cursor.Index].(*cbornode.CborByteArray).RawData()) {
+			t.Fatalf("expected result %x does not match actual result %x", expectedResults[cursor.Index].(*cbornode.CborByteArray).RawData(), outs[cursor.Index].(*cbornode.CborByteArray).RawData())
+		}
+	}
+	if !bytes.Equal(missingCIDs[0].Bytes(), obj3.Cid().Bytes()) {
+		t.Fail()
+	}
+}
diff --git a/util.go b/util.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1dd982c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util.go
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+package cbornode
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+
+	"github.com/ipfs/go-cid"
+	mh "github.com/multiformats/go-multihash"
+
+	cbg "github.com/whyrusleeping/cbor-gen"
+)
+
+type CborByteArray []byte
+
+func (c *CborByteArray) MarshalCBOR(w io.Writer) error {
+	if err := cbg.WriteMajorTypeHeader(w, cbg.MajByteString, uint64(len(*c))); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	_, err := w.Write(*c)
+	return err
+}
+
+func (c *CborByteArray) UnmarshalCBOR(r io.Reader) error {
+	maj, extra, err := cbg.CborReadHeader(r)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if maj != cbg.MajByteString {
+		return fmt.Errorf("expected byte array")
+	}
+	if uint64(cap(*c)) < extra {
+		*c = make([]byte, extra)
+	}
+	if _, err := io.ReadFull(r, *c); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func Cborstr(s string) *CborByteArray {
+	v := CborByteArray(s)
+	return &v
+}
+
+func (c *CborByteArray) Cid() cid.Cid {
+	pref := cid.Prefix{
+		Codec:    uint64(cid.DagCBOR),
+		MhType:   mh.SHA2_256,
+		MhLength: 32,
+		Version:  1,
+	}
+	cc, err := pref.Sum(c.RawData())
+	if err != nil {
+		return cid.Undef
+	}
+	return cc
+}
+
+func (c *CborByteArray) RawData() []byte {
+	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	c.MarshalCBOR(buf)
+	return buf.Bytes()
+}