diff --git a/dot/network/utils_test.go b/dot/network/utils_test.go
index d5ad3b69b7..44a57282d3 100644
--- a/dot/network/utils_test.go
+++ b/dot/network/utils_test.go
@@ -17,10 +17,11 @@
 package network
 
 import (
-	"reflect"
+	"bytes"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/ChainSafe/gossamer/lib/utils"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
 // list of IPFS peers, for testing only
@@ -39,25 +40,17 @@ var TestPeers = []string{
 func TestStringToAddrInfo(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, str := range TestPeers {
 		pi, err := stringToAddrInfo(str)
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Fatal(err)
-		}
-
-		if pi.ID.Pretty() != str[len(str)-46:] {
-			t.Errorf("got %s expected %s", pi.ID.Pretty(), str)
-		}
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.Equal(t, pi.ID.Pretty(), str[len(str)-46:])
 	}
 }
 
 func TestStringsToAddrInfos(t *testing.T) {
 	pi, err := stringsToAddrInfos(TestPeers)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
 	for k, pi := range pi {
-		if pi.ID.Pretty() != TestPeers[k][len(TestPeers[k])-46:] {
-			t.Errorf("got %s expected %s", pi.ID.Pretty(), TestPeers[k])
-		}
+		require.Equal(t, pi.ID.Pretty(), TestPeers[k][len(TestPeers[k])-46:])
 	}
 }
 
@@ -66,30 +59,59 @@ func TestGenerateKey(t *testing.T) {
 	defer utils.RemoveTestDir(t)
 
 	keyA, err := generateKey(0, testDir)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
+	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	keyB, err := generateKey(0, testDir)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	if reflect.DeepEqual(keyA, keyB) {
-		t.Error("Generated keys should not match")
-	}
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NotEqual(t, keyA, keyB)
 
 	keyC, err := generateKey(1, testDir)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
+	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	keyD, err := generateKey(1, testDir)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, keyC, keyD)
+}
+
+func TestReadLEB128ToUint64(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		input  []byte
+		output uint64
+	}{
+		{
+			input:  []byte("\x02"),
+			output: 2,
+		},
+		{
+			input:  []byte("\x7F"),
+			output: 127,
+		},
+		{
+			input:  []byte("\x80\x01"),
+			output: 128,
+		},
+		{
+			input:  []byte("\x81\x01"),
+			output: 129,
+		},
+		{
+			input:  []byte("\x82\x01"),
+			output: 130,
+		},
+		{
+			input:  []byte("\xB9\x64"),
+			output: 12857,
+		},
 	}
 
-	if !reflect.DeepEqual(keyC, keyD) {
-		t.Error("Generated keys should match")
+	for _, tc := range tests {
+		b := make([]byte, 2)
+		buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
+		_, err := buf.Write(tc.input)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		ret, err := readLEB128ToUint64(buf, b[:1])
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.Equal(t, tc.output, ret)
 	}
 }