diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4de13f2..01a67b4 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -555,6 +555,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "axum",
  "chrono",
  "clap",
+ "http-body-util",
+ "serde_json",
  "tokio",
  "tower",
  "tower-cookies",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a83a5f3..f0b210c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,9 +9,11 @@ edition = "2021"
 axum = ">=0.8.0"
 chrono = { version = ">=0.4.40", features = ["now"] }
 clap = { version = ">=4.5.1", features = ["derive"] }
+serde_json = ">=1.0.140"
 tokio = { version = ">=1.36.0", features = ["full"] }
 tower-cookies = ">=0.11.0"
 uuid = { version = ">=1.8.0", features = ["v4"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
+http-body-util = ">=0.1.3"
 tower = { version = ">=0.5.2", features = ["util"] }
diff --git a/src/client.rs b/src/client.rs
index af663e2..cee723b 100644
--- a/src/client.rs
+++ b/src/client.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,12 @@ use std::{
 };
 use uuid::Uuid;
 
-const RESPONS_TO: [MsgType; 4] = [MsgType::ActionOk, MsgType::Document, MsgType::Error, MsgType::SessionValidated];
+const RESPONS_TO: [MsgType; 4] = [
+    MsgType::ActionOk,
+    MsgType::Document,
+    MsgType::Error,
+    MsgType::SessionValidated,
+];
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct ClientChannel {
diff --git a/src/document.rs b/src/document.rs
index 4b6e152..120726b 100644
--- a/src/document.rs
+++ b/src/document.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use crate::{
     queue::{Message, MsgType, Queue},
     ActionType, ErrorType,
 };
+use serde_json::Value;
 use std::{
     collections::HashMap,
     sync::mpsc::{channel, Receiver},
@@ -51,8 +52,9 @@ impl Document {
 
     fn add(&mut self, msg: Message) {
         let name = msg.get_data("name").unwrap().to_string();
-        let doc = msg.get_data("doc").unwrap().to_string();
-        self.data.insert(name, doc);
+        let doc: Value = serde_json::from_str(&msg.get_data("doc").unwrap().to_string()).unwrap();
+        self.data
+            .insert(name, doc["template"].as_str().unwrap().to_string());
         self.queue.send(msg.reply(MsgType::ActionOk)).unwrap();
     }
 
@@ -66,7 +68,7 @@ impl Document {
                 let mut holder = msg.reply(MsgType::Document);
                 holder.add_data("doc", data.clone());
                 holder
-            },
+            }
             None => {
                 let mut holder = msg.reply(MsgType::Error);
                 holder.add_data("error_type", ErrorType::DocumentNotFound);
@@ -80,6 +82,7 @@ impl Document {
 #[cfg(test)]
 pub mod documents {
     use super::*;
+    use serde_json::json;
     use std::time::Duration;
     use uuid::Uuid;
 
@@ -88,7 +91,10 @@ pub mod documents {
     fn setup_document() -> (Queue, Receiver<Message>) {
         let queue = Queue::new();
         let (tx, rx) = channel();
-        queue.add(tx, [MsgType::ActionOk, MsgType::Document, MsgType::Error].to_vec());
+        queue.add(
+            tx,
+            [MsgType::ActionOk, MsgType::Document, MsgType::Error].to_vec(),
+        );
         Document::start(queue.clone());
         (queue, rx)
     }
@@ -153,10 +159,13 @@ pub mod documents {
         let (queue, rx) = setup_document();
         let name = format!("name-{}", Uuid::new_v4());
         let content = format!("content-{}", Uuid::new_v4());
+        let input = json!({
+            "template": content.clone()
+        });
         let mut msg1 = Message::new(MsgType::DocumentRequest);
         msg1.add_data("name", name.clone());
         msg1.add_data("action", ActionType::Add);
-        msg1.add_data("doc", content.clone());
+        msg1.add_data("doc", input.to_string());
         queue.send(msg1.clone()).unwrap();
         let reply1 = rx.recv_timeout(TIMEOUT).unwrap();
         assert_eq!(reply1.get_id(), msg1.get_id());
diff --git a/src/field.rs b/src/field.rs
index f1de2c3..4b5a662 100644
--- a/src/field.rs
+++ b/src/field.rs
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ mod fields {
         let field: Field = Uuid::new_v4().into();
         match field.to_action() {
             Ok(_) => unreachable!("should have returned an error"),
-            Err(_) => {},
+            Err(_) => {}
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 82dedc8..ec6594e 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -132,7 +132,13 @@ impl MoreThanText {
         reply.get_data("sess_id").unwrap().to_uuid().unwrap()
     }
 
-    pub fn get_document<S>(&self, sess_id: Uuid, action: ActionType, doc_name: S) -> MTTReply
+    pub fn get_document<S>(
+        &self,
+        sess_id: Uuid,
+        action: ActionType,
+        doc_name: S,
+        data: String,
+    ) -> MTTReply
     where
         S: Into<String>,
     {
@@ -140,7 +146,7 @@ impl MoreThanText {
         msg.add_data("sess_id", sess_id);
         msg.add_data("action", action);
         msg.add_data("name", doc_name.into());
-        msg.add_data("doc", "splat");
+        msg.add_data("doc", data);
         let rx = self.client_channel.send(msg);
         let reply = rx.recv().unwrap();
         MTTReply::new(reply)
@@ -176,7 +182,7 @@ mod mtt {
     fn get_root_document_with_str() {
         let mut mtt = MoreThanText::new();
         let id = mtt.validate_session(Some(Uuid::new_v4()));
-        let output = mtt.get_document(id, ActionType::Get, "root");
+        let output = mtt.get_document(id, ActionType::Get, "root", "".to_string());
         assert!(output.get_error().is_none());
     }
 
@@ -184,7 +190,7 @@ mod mtt {
     fn get_root_document_with_string() {
         let mut mtt = MoreThanText::new();
         let id = mtt.validate_session(Some(Uuid::new_v4()));
-        let output = mtt.get_document(id, ActionType::Get, "root".to_string());
+        let output = mtt.get_document(id, ActionType::Get, "root".to_string(), "".to_string());
         assert!(output.get_error().is_none());
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index b733fc0..1f37996 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ async fn mtt_conn(
     method: Method,
     path: Path<HashMap<String, String>>,
     state: State<MoreThanText>,
+    body: String,
 ) -> impl IntoResponse {
     let (tx, mut rx) = channel(1);
     let action = match method {
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ async fn mtt_conn(
         None => "root".to_string(),
     };
     spawn(async move {
-        tx.send(state.get_document(sess_id.0, action, doc))
+        tx.send(state.get_document(sess_id.0, action, doc, body))
             .await
             .unwrap();
     });
@@ -112,7 +113,6 @@ async fn mtt_conn(
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod servers {
     use super::*;
-    use std::time::Duration;
     use axum::{
         body::Body,
         http::{
@@ -120,6 +120,9 @@ mod servers {
             Method, Request,
         },
     };
+    use http_body_util::BodyExt;
+    use serde_json::json;
+    use std::time::Duration;
     use tower::ServiceExt;
 
     #[tokio::test]
@@ -197,6 +200,10 @@ mod servers {
     async fn add_new_page() {
         let base = "/something".to_string();
         let api = format!("/api{}", &base);
+        let content = format!("content-{}", Uuid::new_v4());
+        let document = json!({
+            "template": content.clone()
+        });
         let app = create_app(MoreThanText::new()).await;
         let response = app
             .clone()
@@ -204,7 +211,7 @@ mod servers {
                 Request::builder()
                     .method(Method::POST)
                     .uri(&api)
-                    .body(Body::empty())
+                    .body(document.to_string())
                     .unwrap(),
             )
             .await
@@ -225,5 +232,7 @@ mod servers {
             "failed to get ro {:?}",
             base
         );
+        let body = response.into_body().collect().await.unwrap().to_bytes();
+        assert_eq!(body, content);
     }
 }