diff --git a/cmd/test-cli/beacon_test.go b/cmd/test-cli/beacon_test.go
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+++ b/cmd/test-cli/beacon_test.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestBeacon(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("create beacon: BeaconNode", func(t *testing.T) {
+		isMergemock := false
+		beaconEndpoint := "http://localhost:5052"
+		engineEndpoint := "http://localhost:5053"
+		beacon := createBeacon(isMergemock, beaconEndpoint, engineEndpoint)
+		require.Equal(t, &BeaconNode{beaconEndpoint}, beacon)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("create beacon: MergemockBeacon", func(t *testing.T) {
+		isMergemock := true
+		beaconEndpoint := "http://localhost:5052"
+		engineEndpoint := "http://localhost:5053"
+		beacon := createBeacon(isMergemock, beaconEndpoint, engineEndpoint)
+		require.Equal(t, &MergemockBeacon{engineEndpoint}, beacon)
+	})
+}