diff --git a/test/test_all_hashes.rb b/test/test_all_hashes.rb
index b9b5119..3581c04 100644
--- a/test/test_all_hashes.rb
+++ b/test/test_all_hashes.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # run it by substiting in a 'long' [many row] query for the query variable and toggling use_all_hashes here at the top
 # note that we load all the rows first, then run .all_hashes on the result [to see more easily the effect of all hashes]
 # on my machine and a 200_000 row table, it took 3.38s versus 3.65s
+require 'rubygems'
 require 'mysqlplus'
 
 use_the_all_hashes_method = true 
diff --git a/test/test_failure.rb b/test/test_failure.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..824534f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_failure.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# shows the effect of using .all_hashes instead of looping on each hash 
+# run it by substiting in a 'long' [many row] query for the query variable and toggling use_all_hashes here at the top
+# note that we load all the rows first, then run .all_hashes on the result [to see more easily the effect of all hashes]
+# on my machine and a 200_000 row table, it took 3.38s versus 3.65s
+require 'rubygems'
+require 'mysqlplus'
+begin
+  Mysql.real_connect('fakehost','root', '', 'local_leadgen_dev')
+rescue Mysql::Error
+end
+begin
+  Mysql.real_connect('localhost','root', '', 'faketable')
+rescue Mysql::Error
+end
+begin
+  Mysql.real_connect('localhost', 'root', 'pass', 'db', 3307)# bad port
+rescue Mysql::Error
+end
+print "pass"
+
+