diff --git a/gateway/requests/requests.go b/gateway/requests/requests.go
index 94bfa8a3..fb40469c 100644
--- a/gateway/requests/requests.go
+++ b/gateway/requests/requests.go
@@ -21,3 +21,8 @@ type AlexaRequestBody struct {
 	Session AlexaSession `json:"session"`
 	Request AlexaRequest `json:"request"`
 }
+
+type PrometheusAlert struct {
+	Status   string `json:"status"`
+	Receiver string `json:"receiver"`
+}
diff --git a/prometheus/test_alert.json b/gateway/tests/test_alert.json
similarity index 100%
rename from prometheus/test_alert.json
rename to gateway/tests/test_alert.json
diff --git a/gateway/tests/unmarshall_test.go b/gateway/tests/unmarshall_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..989dcd33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gateway/tests/unmarshall_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package requests
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+
+	"io/ioutil"
+
+	"encoding/json"
+
+	"github.com/alexellis/faas/gateway/requests"
+)
+
+func TestUnmarshallAlert(t *testing.T) {
+	file, _ := ioutil.ReadFile("./test_alert.json")
+
+	var alert requests.PrometheusAlert
+	err := json.Unmarshal(file, &alert)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	fmt.Println("OK", string(file), alert)
+	if (len(alert.Status)) == 0 {
+		t.Fatal("No status read")
+	}
+	if (len(alert.Receiver)) == 0 {
+		t.Fatal("No status read")
+	}
+}