diff --git a/realis.go b/realis.go
index af7fb34..20614f1 100644
--- a/realis.go
+++ b/realis.go
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ func NewRealisClient(options ...ClientOption) (Realis, error) {
 		return nil, errors.New("incomplete Options -- url, cluster.json, or Zookeeper address required")
 	}
 
-	url, err = validateAndPopulateAuroraURL(url)
+	url, err = validateAuroraURL(url)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "invalid Aurora url")
 	}
diff --git a/realis_e2e_test.go b/realis_e2e_test.go
index 606f2b3..86be02c 100644
--- a/realis_e2e_test.go
+++ b/realis_e2e_test.go
@@ -903,7 +903,3 @@ func TestAuroraJob_UpdateSlaPolicy(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
-
-func TestAuroraURLValidator(t *testing.T) {
-
-}
diff --git a/util.go b/util.go
index 372d995..79a6bae 100644
--- a/util.go
+++ b/util.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func init() {
 	}
 }
 
-func validateAndPopulateAuroraURL(urlStr string) (string, error) {
+func validateAuroraURL(urlStr string) (string, error) {
 
 	// If no protocol defined, assume http
 	if !strings.Contains(urlStr, "://") {
diff --git a/util_test.go b/util_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ce4e7c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package realis
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestAuroraURLValidator(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("badURL", func(t *testing.T) {
+		url, err := validateAuroraURL("http://badurl.com/badpath")
+		assert.Empty(t, url)
+		assert.Error(t, err)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("URLHttp", func(t *testing.T) {
+		url, err := validateAuroraURL("http://goodurl.com:8081/api")
+		assert.Equal(t, "http://goodurl.com:8081/api", url)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("URLHttps", func(t *testing.T) {
+		url, err := validateAuroraURL("https://goodurl.com:8081/api")
+		assert.Equal(t, "https://goodurl.com:8081/api", url)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("URLNoPath", func(t *testing.T) {
+		url, err := validateAuroraURL("http://goodurl.com:8081")
+		assert.Equal(t, "http://goodurl.com:8081/api", url)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("URLNoProtocol", func(t *testing.T) {
+		url, err := validateAuroraURL("goodurl.com:8081/api")
+		assert.Equal(t, "http://goodurl.com:8081/api", url)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("URLNoProtocolNoPathNoPort", func(t *testing.T) {
+		url, err := validateAuroraURL("goodurl.com")
+		assert.Equal(t, "http://goodurl.com:8081/api", url)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+	})
+}