diff --git a/tests/src/testPlainVariableCreation.cpp b/tests/src/testPlainVariableCreation.cpp
index 3ac56b311de48f362931cafb5fa609d5615e6ada..93af4d5742f2f1a7c573605ad47e1507e8405d51 100644
--- a/tests/src/testPlainVariableCreation.cpp
+++ b/tests/src/testPlainVariableCreation.cpp
@@ -34,10 +34,13 @@ void testVariableExistence(){
 
   for (auto const location : { "CHAR", "DOUBLE", "FLOAT", "INT", "SHORT", "UCHAR", "UINT", "USHORT"} ){
     for (auto const property : { "CONSTANT_ARRAY", "FROM_DEVICE_ARRAY", "TO_DEVICE_ARRAY "} ){
-      std::cout << "Getting Array " << "//"<<location << "/" << property<< std::endl;
       // if this throws the property does not exist. we should always be able to read"
       BOOST_CHECK_NO_THROW( DoocsServerTestHelper::doocsGetArray<int>( (std::string("//")+location+"/"+ property).c_str() ));
     }
+    for (auto const property : { "DATA_TYPE_CONSTANT", "FROM_DEVICE_SCALAR", "TO_DEVICE_SCALAR"} ){
+      // if this throws the property does not exist. we should always be able to read"
+      BOOST_CHECK_NO_THROW( DoocsServerTestHelper::doocsGet<int>( (std::string("//")+location+"/"+ property).c_str() ));
+    }
   }
       //  DoocsServerTestHelper::doocsGet<int>("//MYDUMMY/SOME_INT")
 }