diff --git a/server/cloudcmd.js b/server/cloudcmd.js
index 636998a5..98cf65e1 100644
--- a/server/cloudcmd.js
+++ b/server/cloudcmd.js
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ function getPrefix(prefix) {
     return prefix || '';
 }
 
-
+module.exports._authCheck = authCheck;
 function authCheck(socket, success) {
     if (!config('auth'))
         return success();
diff --git a/test/server/cloudcmd.js b/test/server/cloudcmd.js
index 71c49cf5..640de30f 100644
--- a/test/server/cloudcmd.js
+++ b/test/server/cloudcmd.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ const config = require(DIR + 'config');
 const {
     _authenticate,
     _getPrefix,
+    _authCheck,
 } = cloudcmd;
 
 test('cloudcmd: args: no', (t) => {
@@ -61,6 +62,54 @@ test('cloudcmd: getPrefix', (t) => {
     t.end();
 });
 
+test('cloudcmd: authCheck: success', (t) => {
+    const auth = config('auth');
+    const success = sinon.stub();
+    const on = sinon.stub;
+    const socket = {
+        on,
+    };
+    
+    config('auth', true);
+    _authCheck(socket, success);
+    config('auth', auth);
+    
+    t.notOk(success.called, 'should not call success');
+    t.end();
+});
+
+test('cloudcmd: authCheck: socket', (t) => {
+    const auth = config('auth');
+    const success = sinon.stub();
+    const on = sinon.stub();
+    const socket = {
+        on,
+    };
+    
+    config('auth', true);
+    _authCheck(socket, success);
+    config('auth', auth);
+    
+    t.ok(on.calledWith('auth'), 'should call socket.on');
+    t.end();
+});
+
+test('cloudcmd: authCheck: success', (t) => {
+    const success = sinon.stub();
+    const auth = config('auth');
+    const on = sinon.stub();
+    const socket = {
+        on,
+    };
+    
+    config('auth', true);
+    _authCheck(socket, success);
+    config('auth', auth);
+    
+    t.notOk(success.called, 'should not call success');
+    t.end();
+});
+
 test('cloudcmd: authenticate: reject', (t) => {
     const success = sinon.stub();
     const emit = sinon.stub();