diff --git a/dsi/tests/test_plugin.py b/dsi/tests/test_plugin.py
index 44879322..647e52cb 100644
--- a/dsi/tests/test_plugin.py
+++ b/dsi/tests/test_plugin.py
@@ -1,25 +1,16 @@
 from dsi.plugins import file_writer as fw
 import cv2
-import sqlite3
-import numpy as np
+import subprocess
 import os
 
 def test_export_db_erd():
+    subprocess.run(["sqlite3", "erd_test.db"], stdin= open("examples/data/erd_test.sql", "r"))
+    fw.ER_Diagram("erd_test.db").export_erd("erd_test.db", "erd_test_output")
+    os.remove("erd_test.db")
 
-    connection = sqlite3.connect("test.db")
-    cursor = connection.cursor()
-    cursor.execute("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS example (id INTEGER, name TEXT, age INTEGER)")
-    cursor.execute("INSERT INTO example VALUES (1, 'alice', 20)")
-    cursor.execute("INSERT INTO example VALUES (2, 'bob', 30)")
-    cursor.execute("INSERT INTO example VALUES (3, 'eve', 40)")
-    connection.commit()
-    connection.close()
-
-    fw.ER_Diagram("test.db").export_erd("test.db", "test1")
-
-    er_image = cv2.imread("test1.png") 
-    assert er_image is not None #check if image generated at all
+    assert cv2.imread("erd_test_output.png") is not None #check if image generated at all
     
-    pixel_mean = np.mean(er_image)
-    os.remove("test1.png")
-    assert pixel_mean != 255 #check if image is all white pixels (no diagram generated)
+    assert open("examples/data/er-diagram.png","rb").read() == open("erd_test_output.png","rb").read() #check if er diagram matches reference image
+    os.remove("erd_test_output.png")
+
+test_export_db_erd()
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diff --git a/examples/data/er-diagram.png b/examples/data/er-diagram.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9c512597
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diff --git a/examples/data/erd_test.sql b/examples/data/erd_test.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8606f0af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/data/erd_test.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+-- Create the `publishers` table
+CREATE TABLE publishers (
+    publisher_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
+    name TEXT NOT NULL,
+    address TEXT
+);
+
+-- Create the `authors` table
+CREATE TABLE authors (
+    author_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
+    name TEXT NOT NULL,
+    birth_date DATE
+);
+
+-- Create the `books` table
+CREATE TABLE books (
+    book_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
+    title TEXT NOT NULL,
+    publish_date DATE,
+    publisher_id INTEGER,
+    author_id INTEGER,
+    FOREIGN KEY (publisher_id) REFERENCES publishers(publisher_id),
+    FOREIGN KEY (author_id) REFERENCES authors(author_id)
+);
+
+-- Insert some sample data into `publishers`
+INSERT INTO publishers (name, address) VALUES
+('Penguin Random House', 'New York, NY'),
+('HarperCollins', 'New York, NY');
+
+-- Insert some sample data into `authors`
+INSERT INTO authors (name, birth_date) VALUES
+('J.K. Rowling', '1965-07-31'),
+('George R.R. Martin', '1948-09-20');
+
+-- Insert some sample data into `books`
+INSERT INTO books (title, publish_date, publisher_id, author_id) VALUES
+('Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone', '1997-06-26', 1, 1),
+('A Game of Thrones', '1996-08-06', 2, 2);