diff --git a/test/controllers/DisableShardAllocationControllerSpec.scala b/test/controllers/DisableShardAllocationControllerSpec.scala
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+package controllers
+
+import elastic.{ElasticResponse, ElasticClient}
+import models.CerebroRequest
+import org.specs2.Specification
+import org.specs2.mock.Mockito
+import play.api.libs.json.Json
+import play.api.test.FakeApplication
+
+import scala.concurrent.duration.Duration
+import scala.concurrent.{Await, Future}
+
+object DisableShardAllocationControllerSpec extends Specification with Mockito {
+
+  def is =
+    s2"""
+    DisableShardAllocationController should ${step(play.api.Play.start(FakeApplication()))}
+      invoke disableShardAllocation         $disableShardAllocation
+                                            ${step(play.api.Play.stop(FakeApplication()))}
+      """
+
+  val controller = new DisableShardAllocationController
+
+  def disableShardAllocation = {
+    val expectedResponse = Json.parse(
+      """
+        |{
+        |  "acknowledged": true,
+        |  "persistent": {},
+        |  "transient": {
+        |    "cluster": {
+        |      "routing": {
+        |        "allocation": {
+        |          "enable": "none"
+        |        }
+        |      }
+        |    }
+        |  }
+        |}
+      """.stripMargin
+    )
+    val body = Json.obj("host" -> "somehost")
+    val client = mock[ElasticClient]
+    client.disableShardAllocation("somehost") returns Future.successful(ElasticResponse(200, expectedResponse))
+    val response = Await.result(controller.processElasticRequest(CerebroRequest(body), client), Duration("1s"))
+    there was one(client).disableShardAllocation("somehost")
+    response.body mustEqual expectedResponse
+    response.status mustEqual 200
+  }
+
+}