diff --git a/maxctrl/test/startstop.js b/maxctrl/test/startstop.js
index fd58391a4..f0c851a56 100644
--- a/maxctrl/test/startstop.js
+++ b/maxctrl/test/startstop.js
@@ -1,33 +1,51 @@
 require('../test_utils.js')()
 
-describe("Start/Stop Commands", function() {
+describe('Start/Stop Commands', function() {
     before(startMaxScale)
 
     it('stop service', function() {
         return verifyCommand('stop service Read-Connection-Router', 'services/Read-Connection-Router')
             .then(function(res) {
-                res.data.attributes.state.should.equal("Stopped")
+                res.data.attributes.state.should.equal('Stopped')
             })
     })
 
     it('start service', function() {
         return verifyCommand('start service Read-Connection-Router', 'services/Read-Connection-Router')
             .then(function(res) {
-                res.data.attributes.state.should.equal("Started")
+                res.data.attributes.state.should.equal('Started')
             })
     })
 
     it('stop monitor', function() {
         return verifyCommand('stop monitor MySQL-Monitor', 'monitors/MySQL-Monitor')
             .then(function(res) {
-                res.data.attributes.state.should.equal("Stopped")
+                res.data.attributes.state.should.equal('Stopped')
             })
     })
 
     it('start monitor', function() {
         return verifyCommand('start monitor MySQL-Monitor', 'monitors/MySQL-Monitor')
             .then(function(res) {
-                res.data.attributes.state.should.equal("Running")
+                res.data.attributes.state.should.equal('Running')
+            })
+    })
+
+    it('stop maxscale', function() {
+        return verifyCommand('stop maxscale', 'services')
+            .then(function(res) {
+                res.data.forEach((i) => {
+                    i.attributes.state.should.equal('Stopped')
+                })
+            })
+    })
+
+    it('start maxscale', function() {
+        return verifyCommand('start maxscale', 'services')
+            .then(function(res) {
+                res.data.forEach((i) => {
+                    i.attributes.state.should.equal('Started')
+                })
             })
     })