diff --git a/tests/fixturenet-pocket/run-pocket-test.sh b/tests/fixturenet-pocket/run-pocket-test.sh
index 5d2b5ca..f0bab62 100755
--- a/tests/fixturenet-pocket/run-pocket-test.sh
+++ b/tests/fixturenet-pocket/run-pocket-test.sh
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ echo "Images in the local registry:"
 docker image ls -a
 # Deploy the test container
 $TEST_TARGET_SO --stack $STACK deploy up
+# Run some status checks (TODO verify the responses)
+$TEST_TARGET_SO --stack fixturenet-pocket deploy exec fixturenet-eth-bootnode-lighthouse /scripts/status-internal.sh
+$TEST_TARGET_SO --stack fixturenet-pocket deploy exec pocket "pocket query height"
+$TEST_TARGET_SO --stack fixturenet-pocket deploy logs pocket
+# Send a relay request
+curl -X POST --data '{"relay_network_id":"0021","payload":{"data":"{\"jsonrpc\": \"2.0\",\"id\": 1,\"method\": \"eth_blockNumber\",\"params\": []}","method":"POST","path":"","headers":{}}}' http://localhost:8081/v1/client/sim
 # Clean up
 $TEST_TARGET_SO --stack $STACK deploy down
 echo "Test passed"