diff --git a/test/unit/run.js b/test/unit/run.js
index 2ca9be3e..6b8611d0 100644
--- a/test/unit/run.js
+++ b/test/unit/run.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ var tests = [
   require('./controller/search'),
   require('./service/mget'),
   require('./service/search'),
+  require('./sanitiser/_details'),
   require('./sanitiser/_source'),
   require('./sanitiser/search'),
   require('./sanitiser/reverse'),
diff --git a/test/unit/sanitiser/_details.js b/test/unit/sanitiser/_details.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a3379918
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/sanitiser/_details.js
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+var search  = require('../../../sanitiser/search'),
+    _sanitize = search.sanitize,
+    sanitize = function(query, cb) { _sanitize({'query':query}, cb); };
+
+module.exports.tests = {};
+
+module.exports.tests.sanitize_details = function(test, common) {
+  var invalid_values = [null, -1, 123, NaN, 'abc'];
+  invalid_values.forEach(function(details) {
+    test('invalid details param ' + details, function(t) {
+      sanitize({ text: 'test', lat: 0, lon: 0, details: details }, function( err, clean ){
+        t.equal(clean.details, false, 'default details set (to false)');
+        t.end();
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+  var valid_values = ['true', true, 1, '1', 'yes', 'y'];
+  valid_values.forEach(function(details) {
+    test('valid details param ' + details, function(t) {
+      sanitize({ text: 'test', details: details }, function( err, clean ){
+        t.equal(clean.details, true, 'details set to true');
+        t.end();
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+  var valid_false_values = ['false', false, 0, '0', 'no', 'n'];
+  valid_false_values.forEach(function(details) {
+    test('test setting false explicitly ' + details, function(t) {
+      sanitize({ text: 'test', details: details }, function( err, clean ){
+        t.equal(clean.details, false, 'details set to false');
+        t.end();
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+  test('test default behavior', function(t) {
+    sanitize({ text: 'test' }, function( err, clean ){
+      t.equal(clean.details, true, 'details set to true');
+      t.end();
+    });
+  });
+};
+
+module.exports.all = function (tape, common) {
+
+  function test(name, testFunction) {
+    return tape('SANTIZE _details ' + name, testFunction);
+  }
+
+  for( var testCase in module.exports.tests ){
+    module.exports.tests[testCase](test, common);
+  }
+};
diff --git a/test/unit/sanitiser/search.js b/test/unit/sanitiser/search.js
index 8969fab6..9cba990c 100644
--- a/test/unit/sanitiser/search.js
+++ b/test/unit/sanitiser/search.js
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ module.exports.tests.sanitise_valid_text = function(test, common) {
 module.exports.tests.sanitize_text_with_delim = function(test, common) {
   var texts = [ 'a,bcd', '123 main st, admin1', ',,,', ' ' ];
 
-  test('valid texts with a comma', function(t) {  
+  test('valid texts with a comma', function(t) {
     texts.forEach( function( text ){
       sanitize({ text: text }, function( err, clean ){
         var expected = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify( defaultClean ));
@@ -234,45 +234,6 @@ module.exports.tests.sanitize_size = function(test, common) {
   });
 };
 
-module.exports.tests.sanitize_details = function(test, common) {
-  var invalid_values = [null, -1, 123, NaN, 'abc'];
-  invalid_values.forEach(function(details) {
-    test('invalid details param ' + details, function(t) {
-      sanitize({ text: 'test', lat: 0, lon: 0, details: details }, function( err, clean ){
-        t.equal(clean.details, false, 'default details set (to false)');
-        t.end();
-      });
-    });
-  });
-
-  var valid_values = ['true', true, 1, '1', 'yes', 'y'];
-  valid_values.forEach(function(details) {
-    test('valid details param ' + details, function(t) {
-      sanitize({ text: 'test', details: details }, function( err, clean ){
-        t.equal(clean.details, true, 'details set to true');
-        t.end();
-      });
-    });
-  });
-
-  var valid_false_values = ['false', false, 0, '0', 'no', 'n'];
-  valid_false_values.forEach(function(details) {
-    test('test setting false explicitly ' + details, function(t) {
-      sanitize({ text: 'test', details: details }, function( err, clean ){
-        t.equal(clean.details, false, 'details set to false');
-        t.end();
-      });
-    });
-  });
-
-  test('test default behavior', function(t) {
-    sanitize({ text: 'test' }, function( err, clean ){
-      t.equal(clean.details, true, 'details set to true');
-      t.end();
-    });
-  });
-};
-
 module.exports.tests.sanitize_layers = function(test, common) {
   test('unspecified', function(t) {
     sanitize({ layers: undefined, text: 'test' }, function( err, clean ){