diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-zzz_fix1.R b/tests/testthat/test-zzz_fix1.R
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+
+
+
+
+test_that("test .onLoad", {
+
+  is_chk <- Sys.getenv("_R_CHECK_PACKAGE_NAME_", "") != .packageName
+
+
+  if (is_chk) {
+    invisible()
+  } else {
+
+
+  indep_session <- callr::r(function() {
+    ordinalsimr_opts_preload <- grep("ordinalsimr.", names(options()), value = TRUE) |>
+      purrr::set_names() |>
+      purrr::map(~getOption(.x))
+
+
+    pkgload::load_all()
+
+    ordinalsimr_opts_postload <- grep("ordinalsimr.", names(options()), value = TRUE) |>
+      purrr::set_names() |>
+      purrr::map(~getOption(.x))
+
+    return(
+      list(ordinalsimr_opts_preload = ordinalsimr_opts_preload,
+           ordinalsimr_opts_postload = ordinalsimr_opts_postload))
+  })
+  }
+
+
+  # check that the options are empty on starting R
+  expect_length(indep_session$ordinalsimr_opts_preload, 0)
+
+  # check that options exist after loading the package
+  expect_named(indep_session$ordinalsimr_opts_postload, c('ordinalsimr.default_iterations',
+                                                          'ordinalsimr.default_ratio',
+                                                          'ordinalsimr.default_size_max',
+                                                          'ordinalsimr.default_size_min'
+  ))
+  expect_length(indep_session$ordinalsimr_opts_postload, 4)
+
+  expect_equal(indep_session$ordinalsimr_opts_postload$ordinalsimr.default_iterations, 1000)
+  expect_equal(indep_session$ordinalsimr_opts_postload$ordinalsimr.default_size_min, 30)
+  expect_equal(indep_session$ordinalsimr_opts_postload$ordinalsimr.default_size_max, 200)
+  expect_equal(indep_session$ordinalsimr_opts_postload$ordinalsimr.default_ratio, "50:50")
+
+
+
+})