diff --git a/tests/geo/test_boozersurface.py b/tests/geo/test_boozersurface.py
index 461437cc1..badd5b34e 100644
--- a/tests/geo/test_boozersurface.py
+++ b/tests/geo/test_boozersurface.py
@@ -378,6 +378,10 @@ def test_run_code(self):
         # this second time should not actually run
         boozer_surface.run_code(boozer_surface.res['iota'], G=boozer_surface.res['G'])
         
+        # run the BoozerExact algorithm without a guess for G
+        boozer_surface.need_to_run_code = True
+        boozer_surface.solve_residual_equation_exactly_newton(iota=boozer_surface.res['iota'])
+        
     def test_convergence_cpp_and_notcpp_same(self):
         """
         This unit test verifies that that the cpp and not cpp implementations converge to