diff --git a/test/db/keyvalue-persisted.js b/test/db/keyvalue-persisted.js
index ecea1a0..8c30f64 100644
--- a/test/db/keyvalue-persisted.js
+++ b/test/db/keyvalue-persisted.js
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import { deepStrictEqual, strictEqual } from 'assert'
+import path from 'path'
+import fs from 'fs'
 import rmrf from 'rimraf'
 import { copy } from 'fs-extra'
 import * as IPFS from 'ipfs'
@@ -59,6 +61,12 @@ describe('KeyValuePersisted Database', function () {
     strictEqual(db.type, 'keyvalue')
   })
 
+  it('creates a directory for the persisted index', async () => {
+    const expectedPath = path.join('./orbitdb', `./${db.address}`, '/_index')
+    const directoryExists = fs.existsSync(expectedPath)
+    strictEqual(directoryExists, true)
+  })
+
   it('returns 0 items when it\'s a fresh database', async () => {
     const all = []
     for await (const item of db.iterator()) {