diff --git a/tests/test_bukuDb.py b/tests/test_bukuDb.py
index c8031eb..99f5a0c 100644
--- a/tests/test_bukuDb.py
+++ b/tests/test_bukuDb.py
@@ -17,6 +17,25 @@ TEST_TEMP_DBFILE_PATH = join(TEST_TEMP_DBDIR_PATH, 'bookmarks.db')
 
 from buku import BukuDb, parse_tags
 
+TEST_BOOKMARKS = [ ['http://slashdot.org',
+                    'SLASHDOT',
+                    parse_tags(['old,news']),
+                    "News for old nerds, stuff that doesn't matter",
+                    ],
+
+                   ['http://www.zażółćgęśląjaźń.pl/',
+                    'ZAŻÓŁĆ',
+                    parse_tags(['zażółć,gęślą,jaźń']),
+                    "Testing UTF-8, zażółć gęślą jaźń.",
+                    ],
+
+                   ['https://test.com:8080',
+                    'test',
+                    parse_tags(['test,tes,est,es']),
+                    "a case for replace_tag test",
+                    ],
+]
+
 @pytest.fixture()
 def setup():
     os.environ['XDG_DATA_HOME'] = TEST_TEMP_DIR_PATH
@@ -34,24 +53,7 @@ class TestBukuDb(unittest.TestCase):
         if exists(TEST_TEMP_DBFILE_PATH):
             os.remove(TEST_TEMP_DBFILE_PATH)
 
-        self.bookmarks = [ ['http://slashdot.org',
-                            'SLASHDOT',
-                            parse_tags(['old,news']),
-                            "News for old nerds, stuff that doesn't matter",
-                            ],
-
-                           ['http://www.zażółćgęśląjaźń.pl/',
-                            'ZAŻÓŁĆ',
-                            parse_tags(['zażółć,gęślą,jaźń']),
-                            "Testing UTF-8, zażółć gęślą jaźń.",
-                            ],
-
-                           ['https://test.com:8080',
-                            'test',
-                            parse_tags(['test,tes,est,es']),
-                            "a case for replace_tag test",
-                            ],
-        ]
+        self.bookmarks = TEST_BOOKMARKS
 
     def tearDown(self):
         os.environ['XDG_DATA_HOME'] = TEST_TEMP_DIR_PATH
@@ -163,9 +165,6 @@ class TestBukuDb(unittest.TestCase):
     # def test_search_by_tag(self):
         # self.fail()
 
-    # def test_compactdb(self):
-        # self.fail()
-
     # @unittest.skip('skipping')
     def test_delete_bookmark(self):
         bdb = BukuDb()
@@ -270,19 +269,34 @@ def test_print_bookmark(capsys, setup):
 
 def test_list_tags(capsys, setup):
     bdb = BukuDb()
-    out, err = capsys.readouterr()
 
     # adding bookmarks
     bdb.add_bookmark("http://one.com", "", parse_tags(['cat,ant,bee,1']), "")
     bdb.add_bookmark("http://two.com", "", parse_tags(['Cat,Ant,bee,1']), "")
     bdb.add_bookmark("http://three.com", "", parse_tags(['Cat,Ant,3,Bee,2']), "")
-    out, err = capsys.readouterr()
 
     # listing tags, asserting output
+    out, err = capsys.readouterr()
     bdb.list_tags()
     out, err = capsys.readouterr()
     assert out == "     1. 1\n     2. 2\n     3. 3\n     4. Ant\n     5. ant\n     6. bee\n     7. Bee\n     8. Cat\n     9. cat\n"
     assert err == ''
 
+def test_compactdb(setup):
+    bdb = BukuDb()
+
+    # adding bookmarks
+    for bookmark in TEST_BOOKMARKS:
+        bdb.add_bookmark(*bookmark)
+
+    # manually deleting 2nd index from db, calling compactdb
+    bdb.cur.execute('DELETE FROM bookmarks WHERE id = ?', (2,))
+    bdb.compactdb(2)
+
+    # asserting bookmarks have correct indices
+    assert bdb.get_bookmark_by_index(1) == (1, 'http://slashdot.org', 'SLASHDOT', ',news,old,', "News for old nerds, stuff that doesn't matter")
+    assert bdb.get_bookmark_by_index(2) == (2, 'https://test.com:8080', 'test', ',es,est,tes,test,', 'a case for replace_tag test')
+    assert bdb.get_bookmark_by_index(3) is None
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()