diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/test/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/nvdcve/ConnectionFactoryTest.java b/dependency-check-core/src/test/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/nvdcve/ConnectionFactoryTest.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2015 OWASP.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.owasp.dependencycheck.data.nvdcve;
+
+import java.sql.Connection;
+import java.sql.SQLException;
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.AfterClass;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+import org.owasp.dependencycheck.BaseDBTestCase;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author jeremy
+ */
+public class ConnectionFactoryTest extends BaseDBTestCase {
+
+    /**
+     * Test of initialize method, of class ConnectionFactory.
+     *
+     * @throws org.owasp.dependencycheck.data.nvdcve.DatabaseException
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testInitialize() throws DatabaseException, SQLException {
+        ConnectionFactory.initialize();
+        Connection result = ConnectionFactory.getConnection();
+        assertNotNull(result);
+        result.close();
+        ConnectionFactory.cleanup();
+    }
+}