diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 76978c1..2bc603b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ This plugin does not bundle any JDBC jar files, and does expect them to be in a
 particular location. Please ensure you read the 4 installation lines below.
 
 ## Headlines
-  - Support for connection pooling added in 0.2.0 [unreleased until #10 is resolved]
-  - Support for unsafe statement handling (allowing dynamic queries) in 0.2.0 [unreleased until #10 is resolved]
-  - Altered exception handling to now count sequential flushes with exceptions thrown in 0.2.0 [untested and unreleased until #10 is resolved]
+  - Support for connection pooling added in 0.2.0
+  - Support for unsafe statement handling (allowing dynamic queries) in 0.2.0 
+  - Altered exception handling to now count sequential flushes with exceptions thrown in 0.2.0 
 
 ## Versions
   - See master branch for logstash v2+
@@ -30,6 +30,13 @@ particular location. Please ensure you read the 4 installation lines below.
     - Add JDBC jar files to vendor/jar/jdbc in your logstash installation
   - And then configure (examples below)
 
+## Running tests
+Assuming valid JDBC jar, and jruby is setup and installed, and you have issued `jruby -S bundle install` in the development directory
+  - `SQL_JAR=path/to/your.jar jruby -S bundle exec rspec`
+If you need to provide username and password you may do this via the environment variables `SQL_USERNAME` and `SQL_PASSWORD`.
+
+Tests are not yet 100% complete.
+
 ## Configuration options
 
 | Option | Type | Description | Required? | Default |
diff --git a/logstash-output-jdbc.gemspec b/logstash-output-jdbc.gemspec
index 90ac188..c889fbe 100644
--- a/logstash-output-jdbc.gemspec
+++ b/logstash-output-jdbc.gemspec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = 'logstash-output-jdbc'
-  s.version = "0.2.0.rc5"
+  s.version = "0.2.1"
   s.licenses = [ "Apache License (2.0)" ]
   s.summary = "This plugin allows you to output to SQL, via JDBC"
   s.description = "This gem is a logstash plugin required to be installed on top of the Logstash core pipeline using $LS_HOME/bin/plugin install gemname. This gem is not a stand-alone program"
diff --git a/spec/outputs/jdbc_spec.rb b/spec/outputs/jdbc_spec.rb
index 3e648ba..9e2da38 100644
--- a/spec/outputs/jdbc_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/outputs/jdbc_spec.rb
@@ -1,13 +1,95 @@
 require "logstash/devutils/rspec/spec_helper"
 require "logstash/outputs/jdbc"
 require "stud/temporary"
+require "java"
 
 describe LogStash::Outputs::Jdbc do
+  def fetch_log_table_rowcount
+    # sleep for a second to let the flush happen
+    sleep 1
+    
+    stmt = @sql.createStatement()
+    rs = stmt.executeQuery("select count(*) as total from log")
+    count = 0
+    while rs.next()
+      count = rs.getInt("total")
+    end
+    stmt.close()
 
-  it "should register without errors" do
-    plugin = LogStash::Plugin.lookup("output", "jdbc").new({})
-    expect { plugin.register }.to_not raise_error
+    return count
+  end
+
+  let(:base_settings) { { 
+    "driver_jar_path" => @driver_jar_path,
+    "connection_string" => @test_connection_string, 
+    "username" => ENV['SQL_USERNAME'],
+    "password" => ENV['SQL_PASSWORD'],
+    "statement" => [ "insert into log (message) values(?)", "message" ],
+    "max_pool_size" => 1,
+    "flush_size" => 1,
+    "max_flush_exceptions" => 1
+  } }
+  let(:test_settings) { {} }
+  let(:plugin) { LogStash::Outputs::Jdbc.new(base_settings.merge(test_settings)) }
+  let(:event_fields) { { "message" => "This is a message!" } }
+  let(:event) { LogStash::Event.new(event_fields) }
+
+  before(:all) do
+    @driver_jar_path = File.absolute_path(ENV['SQL_JAR'])
+    @test_db_path = File.join(Stud::Temporary.directory, "test.db")
+    @test_connection_string = "jdbc:sqlite:#{@test_db_path}"
+
+    require @driver_jar_path
+
+    @sql = java.sql.DriverManager.get_connection(@test_connection_string, ENV['SQL_USERNAME'].to_s, ENV['SQL_PASSWORD'].to_s)
+    stmt = @sql.createStatement()
+    stmt.executeUpdate("CREATE table log (host text, timestamp datetime, message text);")
+    stmt.close()
+  end
+
+  before(:each) do
+    stmt = @sql.createStatement()
+    stmt.executeUpdate("delete from log")
+    stmt.close()
+  end
+
+  after(:all) do
+   File.unlink(@test_db_path) 
+   Dir.rmdir(File.dirname(@test_db_path))
+  end
+
+  describe "safe statement" do
+    it "should register without errors" do
+      expect { plugin.register }.to_not raise_error
+    end
+
+    it "receive event, without error" do
+      plugin.register
+      expect { plugin.receive(event) }.to_not raise_error
+
+      expect(fetch_log_table_rowcount).to eq(1)
+    end
+
+  end
+
+  describe "unsafe statement" do
+    let(:event_fields) {
+      { "message" => "This is a message!", "table" => "log" }
+    }
+    let(:test_settings) { {
+      "statement" => [ "insert into %{table} (message) values(?)", "message" ],
+      "unsafe_statement" => true
+    } }
+    
+    it "should register without errors" do
+      expect { plugin.register }.to_not raise_error
+    end
+
+    it "receive event, without error" do
+      plugin.register
+      plugin.receive(event)
+      expect(fetch_log_table_rowcount).to eq(1)
+    end
     
   end
-  
 end