diff --git a/exercise.sh b/exercise.sh
index 99b0f3b..c737bcc 100755
--- a/exercise.sh
+++ b/exercise.sh
@@ -191,3 +191,22 @@
 
 # make sure that we can describe instances
 euca-describe-instances
+
+# Testing Swift
+# =============
+
+# Check if we have to swift via keystone
+swift --auth-version 2 -A http://${HOST_IP}:5000/v2.0 -U admin -K $ADMIN_PASSWORD stat
+
+# We start by creating a test container
+swift --auth-version 2 -A http://${HOST_IP}:5000/v2.0 -U admin -K $ADMIN_PASSWORD post testcontainer
+
+# add some files into it.
+swift --auth-version 2 -A http://${HOST_IP}:5000/v2.0 -U admin -K $ADMIN_PASSWORD upload testcontainer /etc/issue
+
+# list them
+swift --auth-version 2 -A http://${HOST_IP}:5000/v2.0 -U admin -K $ADMIN_PASSWORD list testcontainer 
+
+# And we may want to delete them now that we have tested that
+# everything works.
+swift --auth-version 2 -A http://${HOST_IP}:5000/v2.0 -U admin -K $ADMIN_PASSWORD delete --all testcontainer