diff --git a/batchconsumer/batcher/message_batcher_test.go b/batchconsumer/batcher/message_batcher_test.go
index fc9c6fe..9215da7 100644
--- a/batchconsumer/batcher/message_batcher_test.go
+++ b/batchconsumer/batcher/message_batcher_test.go
@@ -213,3 +213,40 @@ func TestUpdatingSequence(t *testing.T) {
 	sync.waitForFlush(time.Minute)
 	assert.Nil(batcher.SmallestSequencePair().Sequence)
 }
+
+func TestSequencePairIsLessThan(t *testing.T) {
+	assert := assert.New(t)
+
+	big10 := big.NewInt(10)
+	big5 := big.NewInt(5)
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		left   SequencePair
+		right  SequencePair
+		isLess bool
+	}{
+		{left: SequencePair{nil, 0}, right: SequencePair{nil, 0}, isLess: false},
+		{left: SequencePair{nil, 0}, right: SequencePair{big10, 10}, isLess: false},
+
+		{left: SequencePair{big10, 0}, right: SequencePair{nil, 0}, isLess: true},
+
+		{left: SequencePair{big5, 0}, right: SequencePair{big10, 0}, isLess: true},
+		{left: SequencePair{big5, 0}, right: SequencePair{big5, 10}, isLess: true},
+
+		{left: SequencePair{big10, 0}, right: SequencePair{big5, 0}, isLess: false},
+		{left: SequencePair{big5, 10}, right: SequencePair{big5, 0}, isLess: false},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		left := test.left
+		right := test.right
+		t.Logf(
+			"Is <%s, %d> less than <%s, %d>? %t",
+			left.Sequence.String(), left.SubSequence,
+			right.Sequence.String(), right.SubSequence,
+			test.isLess,
+		)
+
+		assert.Equal(test.isLess, left.IsLessThan(right))
+	}
+}