diff --git a/cmd/main.go b/cmd/main.go
index 473e088..8cc1e6e 100644
--- a/cmd/main.go
+++ b/cmd/main.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/go-kit/kit/log"
 	"github.com/go-kit/kit/log/level"
@@ -78,7 +77,7 @@ func Run() {
 
 func probeHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, logger log.Logger, config config.Config) {
 
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(r.Context(), time.Duration(config.Global.TimeoutSeconds*float64(time.Second)))
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(r.Context())
 	defer cancel()
 	r = r.WithContext(ctx)
 
diff --git a/cmd/main_test.go b/cmd/main_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..70df1de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/main_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,220 @@
+// Copyright 2020 The Prometheus Authors
+// 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 cmd
+
+import (
+	"encoding/base64"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/go-kit/kit/log"
+	"github.com/prometheus-community/json_exporter/config"
+	pconfig "github.com/prometheus/common/config"
+)
+
+func TestFailIfSelfSignedCA(t *testing.T) {
+	target := httptest.NewTLSServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	}))
+	defer target.Close()
+
+	req := httptest.NewRequest("GET", "http://example.com/foo"+"?target="+target.URL, nil)
+	recorder := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	probeHandler(recorder, req, log.NewNopLogger(), config.Config{})
+
+	resp := recorder.Result()
+	body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusServiceUnavailable {
+		t.Fatalf("Fail if (not strict) selfsigned CA test fails unexpectedly, got %s", body)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSucceedIfSelfSignedCA(t *testing.T) {
+	c := config.Config{}
+	c.HTTPClientConfig.TLSConfig.InsecureSkipVerify = true
+	target := httptest.NewTLSServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	}))
+	defer target.Close()
+
+	req := httptest.NewRequest("GET", "http://example.com/foo"+"?target="+target.URL, nil)
+	recorder := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	probeHandler(recorder, req, log.NewNopLogger(), c)
+
+	resp := recorder.Result()
+	body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Fatalf("Succeed if (not strict) selfsigned CA test fails unexpectedly, got %s", body)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestFailIfTargetMissing(t *testing.T) {
+	req := httptest.NewRequest("GET", "http://example.com/foo", nil)
+	recorder := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	probeHandler(recorder, req, log.NewNopLogger(), config.Config{})
+
+	resp := recorder.Result()
+	body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusBadRequest {
+		t.Fatalf("Fail if 'target' query parameter missing test fails unexpectedly, got %s", body)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDefaultAcceptHeader(t *testing.T) {
+	target := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		expected := "application/json"
+		if got := r.Header.Get("Accept"); got != expected {
+			t.Errorf("Default 'Accept' header mismatch, got %s, expected: %s", got, expected)
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNotAcceptable)
+		}
+	}))
+	defer target.Close()
+
+	req := httptest.NewRequest("GET", "http://example.com/foo"+"?target="+target.URL, nil)
+	recorder := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	probeHandler(recorder, req, log.NewNopLogger(), config.Config{})
+
+	resp := recorder.Result()
+	body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Fatalf("Default 'Accept: application/json' header test fails unexpectedly, got %s", body)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestCorrectResponse(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		ConfigFile    string
+		ServeFile     string
+		ResponseFile  string
+		ShouldSucceed bool
+	}{
+		{"../test/config/good.yml", "/serve/good.json", "../test/response/good.txt", true},
+		{"../test/config/good.yml", "/serve/repeat-metric.json", "../test/response/good.txt", false},
+	}
+
+	target := httptest.NewServer(http.FileServer(http.Dir("../test")))
+	defer target.Close()
+
+	for i, test := range tests {
+		c, err := config.LoadConfig(test.ConfigFile)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Failed to load config file %s", test.ConfigFile)
+		}
+
+		req := httptest.NewRequest("GET", "http://example.com/foo"+"?target="+target.URL+test.ServeFile, nil)
+		recorder := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		probeHandler(recorder, req, log.NewNopLogger(), c)
+
+		resp := recorder.Result()
+		body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+
+		expected, _ := ioutil.ReadFile(test.ResponseFile)
+
+		if test.ShouldSucceed && string(body) != string(expected) {
+			t.Fatalf("Correct response validation test %d fails unexpectedly.\nGOT:\n%s\nEXPECTED:\n%s", i, body, expected)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestBasicAuth(t *testing.T) {
+	username := "myUser"
+	password := "mySecretPassword"
+	expected := "Basic " + base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString([]byte(username+":"+password))
+	target := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		if got := r.Header.Get("Authorization"); got != expected {
+			t.Errorf("BasicAuth mismatch, got: %s, expected: %s", got, expected)
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusUnauthorized)
+		}
+	}))
+	defer target.Close()
+
+	req := httptest.NewRequest("GET", "http://example.com/foo"+"?target="+target.URL, nil)
+	recorder := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	c := config.Config{}
+	auth := &pconfig.BasicAuth{
+		Username: username,
+		Password: pconfig.Secret(password),
+	}
+
+	c.HTTPClientConfig.BasicAuth = auth
+	probeHandler(recorder, req, log.NewNopLogger(), c)
+
+	resp := recorder.Result()
+	body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Fatalf("BasicAuth test fails unexpectedly. Got: %s", body)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestBearerToken(t *testing.T) {
+	token := "mySecretToken"
+	target := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		expected := "Bearer " + token
+		if got := r.Header.Get("Authorization"); got != expected {
+			t.Errorf("BearerToken mismatch, got: %s, expected: %s", got, expected)
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusUnauthorized)
+		}
+	}))
+	defer target.Close()
+
+	req := httptest.NewRequest("GET", "http://example.com/foo"+"?target="+target.URL, nil)
+	recorder := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	c := config.Config{}
+
+	c.HTTPClientConfig.BearerToken = pconfig.Secret(token)
+	probeHandler(recorder, req, log.NewNopLogger(), c)
+
+	resp := recorder.Result()
+	body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Fatalf("BearerToken test fails unexpectedly. Got: %s", body)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestHTTPHeaders(t *testing.T) {
+	headers := map[string]string{
+		"X-Dummy":         "test",
+		"User-Agent":      "unsuspicious user",
+		"Accept-Language": "en-US",
+	}
+	target := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		for key, value := range headers {
+			if got := r.Header.Get(key); got != value {
+				t.Errorf("Unexpected value of header %q: expected %q, got %q", key, value, got)
+			}
+		}
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+	}))
+	defer target.Close()
+
+	req := httptest.NewRequest("GET", "http://example.com/foo"+"?target="+target.URL, nil)
+	recorder := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	c := config.Config{}
+	c.Headers = headers
+
+	probeHandler(recorder, req, log.NewNopLogger(), c)
+
+	resp := recorder.Result()
+	body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Fatalf("Setting custom headers failed unexpectedly. Got: %s", body)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 6f32bd7..db7e799 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -41,14 +41,9 @@ const (
 type Config struct {
 	Headers          map[string]string        `yaml:"headers,omitempty"`
 	Metrics          []Metric                 `yaml:"metrics"`
-	Global           GlobalConfig             `yaml:"global_config,omitempty"`
 	HTTPClientConfig pconfig.HTTPClientConfig `yaml:"http_client_config,omitempty"`
 }
 
-type GlobalConfig struct {
-	TimeoutSeconds float64 `yaml:"timeout_seconds,omitempty"`
-}
-
 func LoadConfig(configPath string) (Config, error) {
 	var config Config
 	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(configPath)
@@ -70,9 +65,6 @@ func LoadConfig(configPath string) (Config, error) {
 			config.Metrics[i].Help = config.Metrics[i].Name
 		}
 	}
-	if config.Global.TimeoutSeconds == 0 {
-		config.Global.TimeoutSeconds = 10
-	}
 
 	return config, nil
 }
diff --git a/examples/config.yml b/examples/config.yml
index 9252d78..c0451cc 100644
--- a/examples/config.yml
+++ b/examples/config.yml
@@ -31,6 +31,3 @@ headers:
 #     username: myuser
 #     #password: veryverysecret
 #     password_file: /tmp/mysecret.txt
-#
-# global_config:
-#   timeout_seconds: 30 // defaults to 10
diff --git a/test/config/good.yml b/test/config/good.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0110ff4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/config/good.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+---
+metrics:
+- name: example_global_value
+  path: $.counter
+  help: Example of a top-level global value scrape in the json
+  labels:
+    environment: beta # static label
+    location: $.location          # dynamic label
+
+- name: example_value
+  type: object
+  help: Example of sub-level value scrapes from a json
+  path: $.values[*]?(@.state == "ACTIVE")
+  labels:
+    environment: beta # static label
+    id: $.id          # dynamic label
+  values:
+    active: 1      # static value
+    count: $.count # dynamic value
+    boolean: $.some_boolean
+
diff --git a/test/response/good.txt b/test/response/good.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5ca3360
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/response/good.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# HELP example_global_value Example of a top-level global value scrape in the json
+# TYPE example_global_value untyped
+example_global_value{environment="beta",location="mars"} 1234
+# HELP example_value_active Example of sub-level value scrapes from a json
+# TYPE example_value_active untyped
+example_value_active{environment="beta",id="id-A"} 1
+example_value_active{environment="beta",id="id-C"} 1
+# HELP example_value_boolean Example of sub-level value scrapes from a json
+# TYPE example_value_boolean untyped
+example_value_boolean{environment="beta",id="id-A"} 1
+example_value_boolean{environment="beta",id="id-C"} 0
+# HELP example_value_count Example of sub-level value scrapes from a json
+# TYPE example_value_count untyped
+example_value_count{environment="beta",id="id-A"} 1
+example_value_count{environment="beta",id="id-C"} 3
diff --git a/test/serve/good.json b/test/serve/good.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..93dea69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/serve/good.json
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{
+    "counter": 1234,
+    "values": [
+        {
+            "id": "id-A",
+            "count": 1,
+            "some_boolean": true,
+            "state": "ACTIVE"
+        },
+        {
+            "id": "id-B",
+            "count": 2,
+            "some_boolean": true,
+            "state": "INACTIVE"
+        },
+        {
+            "id": "id-C",
+            "count": 3,
+            "some_boolean": false,
+            "state": "ACTIVE"
+        }
+    ],
+    "location": "mars"
+}
diff --git a/test/serve/repeat-metric.json b/test/serve/repeat-metric.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..649a2f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/serve/repeat-metric.json
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{
+    "counter": 1234,
+    "values": [
+        {
+            "id": "id-A",
+            "count": 1,
+            "some_boolean": true,
+            "state": "ACTIVE"
+        },
+        {
+            "id": "id-B",
+            "count": 2,
+            "some_boolean": true,
+            "state": "INACTIVE"
+        },
+        {
+            "id": "id-C",
+            "count": 3,
+            "some_boolean": true,
+            "state": "ACTIVE"
+        },
+        {
+            "id": "id-C",
+            "count": 4,
+            "some_boolean": false,
+            "state": "ACTIVE"
+        }
+    ],
+    "location": "mars"
+}