diff --git a/tests/test-build_r_pkg.R b/tests/test-build_r_pkg.R
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..13fccb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test-build_r_pkg.R
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+library(REDCapExporter)
+temppath <- tempdir()
+build_r_data_package(
+  x            = avs_raw_core,
+  path         = temppath,
+  author_roles = list(dewittp = c("cre", "aut")),
+)
+
+x <- fs::dir_tree(temppath)
+x <- substr(x, start = nchar(temppath) + 1, stop = nchar(x))
+x <- as.character(x)
+
+stopifnot(
+  identical(
+    x, 
+    c("rcd14465", "rcd14465/DESCRIPTION", "rcd14465/LICENSE", "rcd14465/NAMESPACE", 
+    "rcd14465/R", "rcd14465/R/datasets.R", "rcd14465/data", "rcd14465/data/metadata.rda", 
+    "rcd14465/data/project.rda", "rcd14465/data/record.rda", "rcd14465/data/user.rda", 
+    "rcd14465/inst", "rcd14465/inst/raw-data", "rcd14465/inst/raw-data/metadata.rds", 
+    "rcd14465/inst/raw-data/project.rds", "rcd14465/inst/raw-data/record.rds", 
+    "rcd14465/inst/raw-data/user.rds", "rcd14465/man", "rcd14465/man/metadata.Rd", 
+    "rcd14465/man/project.Rd", "rcd14465/man/record.Rd", "rcd14465/man/user.Rd")
+  )
+)
+
+stopifnot(
+    packageDescription(pkg = "rcd14465", lib.loc = temppath)$Package == "rcd14465",
+    grepl("\\d{4}\\.\\d{2}\\.\\d{2}\\.\\d{2}\\.\\d{2}", packageDescription(pkg = "rcd14465", lib.loc = temppath)$Version)
+    )
diff --git a/vignette-spinners/redcap2package.R b/vignette-spinners/redcap2package.R
index ab59697..c3a32c4 100644
--- a/vignette-spinners/redcap2package.R
+++ b/vignette-spinners/redcap2package.R
@@ -76,8 +76,7 @@ temppath <- tempdir()
 build_r_data_package(
   x            = avs_raw_core,
   path         = temppath,
-  author_roles = list(dewittp = c("cre", "aut")),
-  class        = "data.frame"                      # format data as data.frames
+  author_roles = list(dewittp = c("cre", "aut"))
 )
 
 #'
diff --git a/vignettes/redcap2package.Rmd b/vignettes/redcap2package.Rmd
index 9adba49..36627a5 100644
--- a/vignettes/redcap2package.Rmd
+++ b/vignettes/redcap2package.Rmd
@@ -80,8 +80,7 @@ temppath <- tempdir()
 build_r_data_package(
   x            = avs_raw_core,
   path         = temppath,
-  author_roles = list(dewittp = c("cre", "aut")),
-  class        = "data.frame"                      # format data as data.frames
+  author_roles = list(dewittp = c("cre", "aut"))
 )
 ```