diff --git a/spec/RestCreate.spec.js b/spec/RestCreate.spec.js
index f4055974..1e79d2bf 100644
--- a/spec/RestCreate.spec.js
+++ b/spec/RestCreate.spec.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// These tests check the "create" functionality of the REST API.
+// These tests check the "create" / "update" functionality of the REST API.
 var auth = require('../src/Auth');
 var cache = require('../src/cache');
 var Config = require('../src/Config');
@@ -41,6 +41,38 @@ describe('rest create', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it('handles object and subdocument', (done) => {
+    var obj = {
+      subdoc: {foo: 'bar', wu: 'tan'},
+    };
+    rest.create(config, auth.nobody(config), 'MyClass', obj).then(() => {
+      return database.mongoFind('MyClass', {}, {});
+    }).then((results) => {
+      expect(results.length).toEqual(1);
+      var mob = results[0];
+      expect(typeof mob.subdoc).toBe('object');
+      expect(mob.subdoc.foo).toBe('bar');
+      expect(mob.subdoc.wu).toBe('tan');
+      expect(typeof mob._id).toEqual('string');
+
+      var obj = {
+        'subdoc.wu': 'clan',
+      };
+
+      rest.update(config, auth.nobody(config), 'MyClass', mob._id, obj).then(() => {
+        return database.mongoFind('MyClass', {}, {});
+      }).then((results) => {
+        expect(results.length).toEqual(1);
+        var mob = results[0];
+        expect(typeof mob.subdoc).toBe('object');
+        expect(mob.subdoc.foo).toBe('bar');
+        expect(mob.subdoc.wu).toBe('clan');
+        done();
+      });
+
+    });
+  });
+
   it('handles user signup', (done) => {
     var user = {
       username: 'asdf',
diff --git a/spec/Schema.spec.js b/spec/Schema.spec.js
index a5c28c5b..8be0a02e 100644
--- a/spec/Schema.spec.js
+++ b/spec/Schema.spec.js
@@ -32,6 +32,17 @@ describe('Schema', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it('can validate one object with dot notation', (done) => {
+    config.database.loadSchema().then((schema) => {
+      return schema.validateObject('TestObjectWithSubDoc', {x: false, y: 'YY', z: 1, 'aObject.k1': 'newValue'});
+    }).then((schema) => {
+      done();
+    }, (error) => {
+      fail(error);
+      done();
+    });
+  });
+
   it('can validate two objects in a row', (done) => {
     config.database.loadSchema().then((schema) => {
       return schema.validateObject('Foo', {x: true, y: 'yyy', z: 0});