diff --git a/buku b/buku
index d8f783d..3ab9caf 100755
--- a/buku
+++ b/buku
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ class BukuDb:
         resultset = self.cur.fetchall()
         return resultset[0][0] if resultset else -1
 
-    def get_max_id(self):
+    def get_max_id(self) -> int:
         """Fetch the ID of the last record.
 
         Returns
diff --git a/tests/test_bukuDb.py b/tests/test_bukuDb.py
index 2d70eef..cb0f079 100644
--- a/tests/test_bukuDb.py
+++ b/tests/test_bukuDb.py
@@ -1435,6 +1435,21 @@ def test_exportdb_single_rec(tmpdir):
             assert f.read()
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    'urls, exp_res',
+    [
+        [[], -1],
+        [['http://example.com'], 1],
+        [['htttp://example.com', 'http://google.com'], 2],
+    ])
+def test_get_max_id(urls, exp_res):
+    with NamedTemporaryFile(delete=False) as f:
+        db = BukuDb(dbfile=f.name)
+        if urls:
+            list(map(lambda x: db.add_rec(x), urls))
+        assert db.get_max_id() == exp_res
+
+
 # Helper functions for testcases