diff --git a/python/pythontest/TestTools.py b/python/pythontest/TestTools.py
index 6780a55002ccf70268f956a17c2eae178cf60984..cb96eb022e9a71bfb9e684b31fe574cf5100dcbd 100644
--- a/python/pythontest/TestTools.py
+++ b/python/pythontest/TestTools.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import pytest
 sys.path.append('../')
 import _config
 from tools import (init128, to_param_id, my_error, read_ecenv,
-                   get_cmdline_arguments)
+                   get_cmdline_arguments, submit_job_to_ecserver)
 
 
 class TestTools():
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class TestTools():
         for par in pars:
             assert par in [130, 134, 142, 146]
 
-    def test_error_notifcation(self):
+    def test_my_error(self):
         '''
         '''
         with pytest.raises(SystemExit) as pytest_wrapped_e:
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ class TestTools():
     def test_silent_remove(self):
         assert True
 
-
     def test_get_list_as_string(self):
         assert True
 
@@ -117,9 +116,21 @@ class TestTools():
 
     def test_put_file_to_ecserver(self):
         assert True
+        #assert subprocess.call(['ssh', host, 'test -e ' + pipes.quote(path)]) == 0
+
+    def test_fail_submit_job_to_ecserver(self):
+        with pytest.raises(SystemExit) as pytest_wrapped_e:
+            submit_job_to_ecserver('${HOME}', 'ecgate', 'job.ksh')
+        assert pytest_wrapped_e.type == SystemExit
+        assert pytest_wrapped_e.value.code == '... ECACCESS-JOB-SUBMIT FAILED!'
+
+    def test_success_submit_job_to_ecserver(self):
+
+        result = submit_job_to_ecserver('TestData/testfile.txt',
+                                        'ecgate', 'TestData/testfile.txt')
+        assert result == 0
+
 
-    def submit_job_to_ecserver(self):
-        assert True
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/python/tools.py b/python/tools.py
index 6d9933d07e3b9b1cd901f28aace63317acbd5b14..7e097bff0a8e9b309d420976bf8b18c31330f0d4 100644
--- a/python/tools.py
+++ b/python/tools.py
@@ -499,15 +499,16 @@ def submit_job_to_ecserver(ecd, target, jobname):
             The name of the jobfile to be submitted to the ECMWF server.
 
     @Return:
-        <nothing>
+        rcode: integer
+            Resulting code of subprocess.check_call.
     '''
 
     try:
-        subprocess.check_call(['ecaccess-job-submit',
-                               '-queueName', target,
-                               jobname])
+        rcode = subprocess.check_call(['ecaccess-job-submit',
+                                       '-queueName', target,
+                                       jobname])
     except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
         print '... ERROR CODE: ', e.returncode
         sys.exit('... ECACCESS-JOB-SUBMIT FAILED!')
 
-    return
+    return rcode