diff --git a/other/java/s3copy/copier/src/main/java/com/seaweedfs/s3/PutObject.java b/other/java/s3copy/copier/src/main/java/com/seaweedfs/s3/PutObject.java
index 9af184d2b..9095cd739 100644
--- a/other/java/s3copy/copier/src/main/java/com/seaweedfs/s3/PutObject.java
+++ b/other/java/s3copy/copier/src/main/java/com/seaweedfs/s3/PutObject.java
@@ -61,9 +61,8 @@ public class PutObject {
             request.setMetadata(metadata);
             s3Client.putObject(request);
 
+            // test reads
             S3Object written = s3Client.getObject(bucketName, stringObjKeyName);
-
-
             try {
                 String expected = IOUtils.toString(written.getObjectContent());
 
@@ -77,6 +76,9 @@ public class PutObject {
                 IOUtils.closeQuietly(written, log);
             }
 
+            // test deletes
+            s3Client.deleteObject(bucketName, stringObjKeyName);
+
         } catch (AmazonServiceException e) {
             // The call was transmitted successfully, but Amazon S3 couldn't process
             // it, so it returned an error response.