diff --git a/sharness/t0010-local-node.sh b/sharness/t0010-local-node.sh
index 9276b57..a8b31d1 100755
--- a/sharness/t0010-local-node.sh
+++ b/sharness/t0010-local-node.sh
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ test_expect_success "create a test file" '
 	cat hash
 '
 test_expect_success "retrieve a single file" '
-    ipget --node=local "$(<hash)" &&
+    ipget --node=local "/ipfs/$(<hash)" &&
     test_cmp test_file "$(<hash)"
 '
 
 test_expect_success "retrieve a single file with -o" '
-    ipget -o data.txt --node=local "$(<hash)" &&
+    ipget -o data.txt --node=local "/ipfs/$(<hash)" &&
     test_cmp test_file "data.txt"
 '
 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ test_expect_success "create a test directory" '
 '
 
 test_expect_success "retrieve a directory" '
-    ipget --node=local -o got_dir "$(<dir_hash)" &&
+    ipget --node=local -o got_dir "/ipfs/$(<dir_hash)" &&
 	diff -ru test_dir got_dir
 '
 
diff --git a/sharness/t0040-unixfs-mode-modtime.sh b/sharness/t0040-unixfs-mode-modtime.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..102348f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sharness/t0040-unixfs-mode-modtime.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+test_description="test the ipget command setting unix mode and modification time"
+
+
+. lib/test-lib.sh
+
+# start the local ipfs node
+test_init_ipfs
+test_launch_ipfs_daemon
+
+test_expect_success "create test file with mode and mtime" '
+	echo "hello ipget" > test_file &&
+	ipfs add -q --mode=0664 --mtime=660000000 test_file > hash
+	cat hash
+'
+test_expect_success "retrieve file with mode and mtime" '
+    ipget -o data.txt --node=local "/ipfs/$(<hash)" &&
+    test_cmp test_file "data.txt" &&
+    stat -f "%m %p" data.txt > out &&
+    echo "660000000 100664" > expect &&
+    test_cmp expect out
+'
+
+test_expect_success "create a test directory" '
+    mkdir test_dir2 &&
+    cp test_file test_dir2/data.txt &&
+    ipfs add --mode=0775 --mtime=660000000 -rQ test_dir2 > dir_hash
+'
+
+test_expect_success "retrieve a directory" '
+    ipget --node=local -o got_dir "/ipfs/$(<dir_hash)" &&
+    stat -f "%m %p" got_dir > out2 &&
+    echo "660000000 40775" > expect2 &&
+    test_cmp expect2 out2
+'
+
+# kill the local ipfs node
+test_kill_ipfs_daemon
+
+test_done