diff --git a/src/enr/enr.ts b/src/enr/enr.ts
index 36576972..803c6ee6 100644
--- a/src/enr/enr.ts
+++ b/src/enr/enr.ts
@@ -178,12 +178,13 @@ export class ENR extends Map<ENRKey, ENRValue> {
 
   }
   verify(data: Buffer, signature: Buffer): boolean {
-    switch (this.id) {
-      case "v4":
-        return v4.verify(this.publicKey, data, signature);
-      default:
-        throw new Error(ERR_INVALID_ID);
+    if (!this.get("id") || this.id !== "v4") {
+      throw new Error(ERR_INVALID_ID);
+    }
+    if (!this.publicKey) {
+      throw new Error("Failed to verify enr: No public key");
     }
+    return v4.verify(this.publicKey, data, signature);
   }
   sign(data: Buffer, privateKey: Buffer): Buffer {
     switch (this.id) {
diff --git a/test/enr/enr.test.ts b/test/enr/enr.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..15281d63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/enr/enr.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+import PeerId from "peer-id";
+import {expect, assert} from "chai";
+import { ENR } from "../../src/enr/enr";
+import { createKeypairFromPeerId } from "../../src/keypair";
+import { toHex } from "../../src/util";
+import { ERR_INVALID_ID } from "../../src/enr/constants";
+
+describe("ENR", function() {
+  describe("decodeTxt", () => {
+    it("should encodeTxt and decodeTxt", async () => {
+      const peerId = await PeerId.create({keyType: "secp256k1"});
+      const enr = ENR.createFromPeerId(peerId);
+      const keypair = createKeypairFromPeerId(peerId);
+      const txt = enr.encodeTxt(keypair.privateKey);
+      expect(txt.slice(0, 4)).to.be.equal("enr:");
+      const enr2 = ENR.decodeTxt(txt);
+      expect(toHex(enr2.signature as Buffer)).to.be.equal(toHex(enr.signature as Buffer));
+    });
+
+    it("should decode valid enr successfully", () => {
+      const txt = "enr:-Ku4QMh15cIjmnq-co5S3tYaNXxDzKTgj0ufusA-QfZ66EWHNsULt2kb0eTHoo1Dkjvvf6CAHDS1Di-htjiPFZzaIPcLh2F0dG5ldHOIAAAAAAAAAACEZXRoMpD2d10HAAABE________x8AgmlkgnY0gmlwhHZFkMSJc2VjcDI1NmsxoQIWSDEWdHwdEA3Lw2B_byeFQOINTZ0GdtF9DBjes6JqtIN1ZHCCIyg";
+      const enr = ENR.decodeTxt(txt);
+      const eth2 = enr.get("eth2") as Buffer;
+      expect(eth2).to.not.be.undefined;
+      expect(toHex(eth2)).to.be.equal("f6775d0700000113ffffffffffff1f00");
+    });
+
+    it("should throw error - no id", () => {
+      try {
+        const txt = Buffer.from('656e723a2d435972595a62404b574342526c4179357a7a61445a584a42476b636e68344d486342465a6e75584e467264764a6a5830346a527a6a7a', 'hex').toString();
+        ENR.decodeTxt(txt);
+        assert.fail("Expect error here");
+      } catch (err) {
+        expect(err.message).to.be.equal(ERR_INVALID_ID);
+      }
+    });
+
+    it("should throw error - no public key", () => {
+      try {
+        const txt = "enr:-IS4QJ2d11eu6dC7E7LoXeLMgMP3kom1u3SE8esFSWvaHoo0dP1jg8O3-nx9ht-EO3CmG7L6OkHcMmoIh00IYWB92QABgmlkgnY0gmlwhH8AAAGJc2d11eu6dCsxoQIB_c-jQMOXsbjWkbN-kj99H57gfId5pfb4wa1qxwV4CIN1ZHCCIyk";
+        ENR.decodeTxt(txt);
+        assert.fail("Expect error here");
+      } catch (err) {
+        expect(err.message).to.be.equal("Failed to verify enr: No public key")
+      }
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe("verify", () => {
+    it("should throw error - no id", () => {
+      try {
+        const enr = new ENR({}, BigInt(0), Buffer.alloc(0));
+        enr.verify(Buffer.alloc(0), Buffer.alloc(0));
+        assert.fail("Expect error here");
+      } catch (err) {
+        expect(err.message).to.be.equal(ERR_INVALID_ID);
+      }
+    });
+
+    it("should throw error - invalid id", () => {
+      try {
+        const enr = new ENR({"id": Buffer.from("v3")}, BigInt(0), Buffer.alloc(0));
+        enr.verify(Buffer.alloc(0), Buffer.alloc(0));
+        assert.fail("Expect error here");
+      } catch (err) {
+        expect(err.message).to.be.equal(ERR_INVALID_ID);
+      }
+    });
+
+    it("should throw error - no public key", () => {
+      try {
+        const enr = new ENR({"id": Buffer.from("v4")}, BigInt(0), Buffer.alloc(0));
+        enr.verify(Buffer.alloc(0), Buffer.alloc(0));
+        assert.fail("Expect error here");
+      } catch (err) {
+        expect(err.message).to.be.equal("Failed to verify enr: No public key");
+      }
+    });
+
+    it("should return false", () => {
+      const txt = "enr:-Ku4QMh15cIjmnq-co5S3tYaNXxDzKTgj0ufusA-QfZ66EWHNsULt2kb0eTHoo1Dkjvvf6CAHDS1Di-htjiPFZzaIPcLh2F0dG5ldHOIAAAAAAAAAACEZXRoMpD2d10HAAABE________x8AgmlkgnY0gmlwhHZFkMSJc2VjcDI1NmsxoQIWSDEWdHwdEA3Lw2B_byeFQOINTZ0GdtF9DBjes6JqtIN1ZHCCIyg";
+      const enr = ENR.decodeTxt(txt);
+      // should have id and public key inside ENR
+      expect(enr.verify(Buffer.alloc(0), Buffer.alloc(0))).to.be.false;
+    });
+  });
+});
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