diff --git a/check/test.go b/check/test.go
index b15cb8b..c391ae3 100644
--- a/check/test.go
+++ b/check/test.go
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ type compare struct {
 }
 
 type testOutput struct {
-	testResult   bool
-	actualResult string
+	testResult     bool
+	actualResult   string
 	ExpectedResult string
 }
 
@@ -76,36 +76,22 @@ func (t *testItem) execute(s string) *testOutput {
 	} else {
 		// Path != "" - we don't know whether it's YAML or JSON but
 		// we can just try one then the other
-		buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
 		var jsonInterface interface{}
 
 		if t.Path != "" {
-			err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(s), &jsonInterface)
+			err := unmarshal(s, &jsonInterface)
 			if err != nil {
-				err := yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(s), &jsonInterface)
-				if err != nil {
-					fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "failed to load YAML or JSON from provided input \"%s\": %v\n", s, err)
-					return failTestItem("failed to load YAML or JSON")
-				}
+				fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "failed to load YAML or JSON from provided input \"%s\": %v\n", s, err)
+				return failTestItem("failed to load YAML or JSON")
 			}
-		}
 
-		// Parse the jsonpath/yamlpath expression...
-		j := jsonpath.New("jsonpath")
-		j.AllowMissingKeys(true)
-		err := j.Parse(t.Path)
-		if err != nil {
-			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "unable to parse path expression \"%s\": %v\n", t.Path, err)
-			return failTestItem("unable to parse path expression")
 		}
 
-		err = j.Execute(buf, jsonInterface)
+		jsonpathResult, err := executeJSONPath(t.Path, &jsonInterface)
 		if err != nil {
-			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "error executing path expression \"%s\": %v\n", t.Path, err)
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "unable to parse path expression \"%s\": %v\n", t.Path, err)
 			return failTestItem("error executing path expression")
 		}
-
-		jsonpathResult := fmt.Sprintf("%s", buf)
 		match = (jsonpathResult != "")
 		flagVal = jsonpathResult
 	}
@@ -205,6 +191,35 @@ func (t *testItem) execute(s string) *testOutput {
 	return result
 }
 
+func unmarshal(s string, jsonInterface *interface{}) error {
+	data := []byte(s)
+	err := json.Unmarshal(data, jsonInterface)
+	if err != nil {
+		err := yaml.Unmarshal(data, jsonInterface)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func executeJSONPath(path string, jsonInterface interface{}) (string, error) {
+	j := jsonpath.New("jsonpath")
+	j.AllowMissingKeys(true)
+	err := j.Parse(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	err = j.Execute(buf, jsonInterface)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	jsonpathResult := fmt.Sprintf("%s", buf)
+	return jsonpathResult, nil
+}
+
 type tests struct {
 	TestItems []*testItem `yaml:"test_items"`
 	BinOp     binOp       `yaml:"bin_op"`
diff --git a/check/test_test.go b/check/test_test.go
index a74679c..430863d 100644
--- a/check/test_test.go
+++ b/check/test_test.go
@@ -201,3 +201,124 @@ func TestTestExecuteExceptions(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestTestUnmarshal(t *testing.T) {
+	type kubeletConfig struct {
+		Kind       string
+		ApiVersion string
+		Address    string
+	}
+	cases := []struct {
+		content        string
+		jsonInterface  interface{}
+		expectedToFail bool
+	}{
+		{
+			`{
+			"kind": "KubeletConfiguration",
+			"apiVersion": "kubelet.config.k8s.io/v1beta1",
+			"address": "0.0.0.0"
+			}
+			`,
+			kubeletConfig{},
+			false,
+		}, {
+			`
+kind: KubeletConfiguration
+address: 0.0.0.0
+apiVersion: kubelet.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
+authentication:
+  anonymous:
+    enabled: false
+  webhook:
+    cacheTTL: 2m0s
+  enabled: true
+  x509:
+    clientCAFile: /etc/kubernetes/pki/ca.crt
+tlsCipherSuites:
+  - TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
+  - TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
+`,
+			kubeletConfig{},
+			false,
+		},
+		{
+			`
+kind: ddress: 0.0.0.0
+apiVersion: kubelet.config.k8s.io/v1beta
+`,
+			kubeletConfig{},
+			true,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		err := unmarshal(c.content, &c.jsonInterface)
+		if err != nil {
+			if !c.expectedToFail {
+				t.Errorf("%s, expectedToFail:%v, got:%v\n", c.content, c.expectedToFail, err)
+			}
+		} else {
+			if c.expectedToFail {
+				t.Errorf("%s, expectedToFail:%v, got:Did not fail\n", c.content, c.expectedToFail)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestExecuteJSONPath(t *testing.T) {
+	type kubeletConfig struct {
+		Kind       string
+		ApiVersion string
+		Address    string
+	}
+	cases := []struct {
+		jsonPath       string
+		jsonInterface  kubeletConfig
+		expectedResult string
+		expectedToFail bool
+	}{
+		{
+			// JSONPath parse works, results don't match
+			"{.Kind}",
+			kubeletConfig{
+				Kind:       "KubeletConfiguration",
+				ApiVersion: "kubelet.config.k8s.io/v1beta1",
+				Address:    "127.0.0.0",
+			},
+			"blah",
+			true,
+		},
+		{
+			// JSONPath parse works, results match
+			"{.Kind}",
+			kubeletConfig{
+				Kind:       "KubeletConfiguration",
+				ApiVersion: "kubelet.config.k8s.io/v1beta1",
+				Address:    "127.0.0.0",
+			},
+			"KubeletConfiguration",
+			false,
+		},
+		{
+			// JSONPath parse fails
+			"{.ApiVersion",
+			kubeletConfig{
+				Kind:       "KubeletConfiguration",
+				ApiVersion: "kubelet.config.k8s.io/v1beta1",
+				Address:    "127.0.0.0",
+			},
+			"",
+			true,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		result, err := executeJSONPath(c.jsonPath, c.jsonInterface)
+		if err != nil && !c.expectedToFail {
+			t.Fatalf("jsonPath:%q, expectedResult:%q got:%v\n", c.jsonPath, c.expectedResult, err)
+		}
+		if c.expectedResult != result && !c.expectedToFail {
+			t.Errorf("jsonPath:%q, expectedResult:%q got:%q\n", c.jsonPath, c.expectedResult, result)
+		}
+	}
+}