diff --git a/tests/test_async_executor.py b/tests/test_async_executor.py
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+import unittest
+
+from mock import Mock, patch
+from patroni.async_executor import AsyncExecutor
+from threading import Thread
+
+
+class TestAsyncExecutor(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.a = AsyncExecutor()
+
+    @patch.object(Thread, 'start', Mock())
+    def test_run_async(self):
+        self.a.run_async(Mock(return_value=True))
+
+    def test_run(self):
+        self.a.run(Mock(side_effect=Exception()))