diff --git a/src/main/java/com/mrxgrc/inventory/controller/ItemController.java b/src/main/java/com/mrxgrc/inventory/controller/ItemController.java
index 653acbe..87dce9b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/mrxgrc/inventory/controller/ItemController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/mrxgrc/inventory/controller/ItemController.java
@@ -3,11 +3,13 @@
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
 
+import java.util.List;
+
 @RestController
 public class ItemController {
 
     @GetMapping("/items")
-    public String getItems() {
-        return "List of items";
+    public List<String> getItems() {
+        return List.of("Items",  "Items2");
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/mrxgrc/inventory/ItemControllerTest.java b/src/test/java/com/mrxgrc/inventory/ItemControllerTest.java
index da73a3d..464dadc 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/mrxgrc/inventory/ItemControllerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/mrxgrc/inventory/ItemControllerTest.java
@@ -4,8 +4,11 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.boot.test.autoconfigure.web.servlet.WebMvcTest;
+import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
 import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.MockMvc;
+import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.request.MockMvcRequestBuilders;
 
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.request.MockMvcRequestBuilders.get;
 import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.MockMvcResultMatchers.content;
 import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.MockMvcResultMatchers.status;
@@ -17,10 +20,11 @@ public class ItemControllerTest {
     private MockMvc mockMvc;
 
     @Test
-    void getItemsReturnsListofItems() throws Exception{
-        this.mockMvc.perform(get("/items"))
+    public void getItemsReturnsListofItems() throws Exception{
+        this.mockMvc.perform(MockMvcRequestBuilders.get("/items").accept(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON))
                 .andExpect(status().isOk())
-                .andExpect(content().string("List of items"));
+                .andExpect(content().contentType(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON))
+                .andExpect(content().json("[\"Items\", \"Items2\"]"));
 
 
     }