diff --git a/test/fixtures/fields_static/.apkg-spec.yaml b/test/fixtures/fields_static/.apkg-spec.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..455ae6ead9a0cea526bb6c353842df6a16ef2045
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/fields_static/.apkg-spec.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+content_version: 1.0.0
+
+templates:
+- q_a
+
+content:
+- import_csv:
+    content_version: 2024-01-19 19:00:00+00:00
+    note_type: Q/A Testnotetype
+    file_patterns:
+    - '*.csv'
+    # and to making one deck per card type
+    deck_name_pattern: '{{card_type}}'
+    fields_mapping:
+    - guid
+    - Question
+    fields_static:
+     Answer: Tapir
+    tags: []
+
+resource_paths: []
diff --git a/test/fixtures/fields_static/data.csv b/test/fixtures/fields_static/data.csv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a225a9eaad6e1f0240bc57d8dc11c338ccd0c0f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/fields_static/data.csv
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+34573;Welches Tier hat den schönsten Rüssel?
diff --git a/test/test_export_apkgs.py b/test/test_export_apkgs.py
index 03259b01a0edfffa8245cc4ad9cfd3335677170e..7ff7af3471cfa0b9d8f5c7943633d843fcfa15d7 100644
--- a/test/test_export_apkgs.py
+++ b/test/test_export_apkgs.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ class MockArgs:
 CONTENT_PATH_ANKI = 'test/fixtures/anki'
 CONTENT_PATH_CSV = 'test/fixtures/csv'
 CONTENT_PATH_CSV_UPDATED_CONTENT = 'test/fixtures/csv_updated_content'
+CONTENT_PATH_FIELDS_STATIC = 'test/fixtures/fields_static'
 TEMPLATES_PATH = 'test/fixtures/templates'
 TEMPLATES_PATH_UPDATED = 'test/fixtures/templates_updated'
 
@@ -325,6 +326,41 @@ class TestExportApkgs(unittest.TestCase):
                     self.assertEqual(
                         template['afmt'],
                         'Back: {{Answer}}')
+    
+    def test_static_fields(self):
+        """
+        static_fields are set on the resulting card in Anki
+        """
+        with TemporaryDirectory() as temp_collection_dir:
+            col = Collection(str(Path(temp_collection_dir) / "test.anki2"))
+            with TemporaryDirectory() as first_export_dir:
+                args_first = MockArgs(
+                    content=CONTENT_PATH_FIELDS_STATIC,
+                    templates_dir=TEMPLATES_PATH,
+                    output_dir=first_export_dir,
+                    dry_run=False)
+                package = export_package_from_spec(
+                    Path(CONTENT_PATH_FIELDS_STATIC) / '.apkg-spec.yaml',
+                    args_first)
+
+                # import the first time, everything is new
+                result1 = col.import_anki_package(ImportAnkiPackageRequest(
+                    package_path=str(package),
+                    options=ImportAnkiPackageOptions(
+                        merge_notetypes=True,
+                        update_notes=ImportAnkiPackageUpdateCondition.IMPORT_ANKI_PACKAGE_UPDATE_CONDITION_IF_NEWER,
+                        update_notetypes=ImportAnkiPackageUpdateCondition.IMPORT_ANKI_PACKAGE_UPDATE_CONDITION_IF_NEWER,
+                        with_scheduling=False,
+                        with_deck_configs=False,
+                    )
+                ))
+                self.assertEqual(len(result1.log.new), 1)
+                self.assertEqual(
+                    result1.log.new[0].fields,
+                    # the empty one is resources
+                    [ 'Welches Tier hat den schönsten Rüssel?', 'Tapir', '' ]
+                )
+
 
 def find_template(col: Collection, name: str):
     template = None