diff --git a/tests/proxy/basic_proxy.py b/tests/proxy/basic_proxy.py
index 3dd87d3fa06d9fad19b432b129ee340bcec4827f..e2a87627e78dd5a27723a5c0ca759a4e234c1815 100644
--- a/tests/proxy/basic_proxy.py
+++ b/tests/proxy/basic_proxy.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ def basic_proxy(conductor: ClusterConductor, dir, log: Logger):
 
         node_to_put = 0
         base_key = "key"
-        for i in range(0, 51):
+        for i in range(0, 50):
             r = c.put(node_to_put, f"{base_key}{i}", f"{i}", timeout=10)
             assert r.ok, f"expected ok for new key, got {r.status_code}"
             node_to_put += 1
@@ -25,8 +25,12 @@ def basic_proxy(conductor: ClusterConductor, dir, log: Logger):
 
         r = c.get_all(0, timeout=10) # should get all of shard 1's keys
         assert r.ok, f"expected ok for get, got {r.status_code}"
-        res = r.json()["items"]
-        print("res-- {}", res)
+        items = r.json()["items"]
+        keys = items.keys()
+        for key in keys:
+            r = c.get(2, key, timeout=10)
+            assert r.ok, f"expected ok for get, got {r.status_code}"
+            assert r.json()["value"] == items[key], f"wrong value returned: {r.json()}"
 
         return True, "ok"