diff --git a/tests/integration/node-stats.sh b/tests/integration/node-stats.sh
index b32c1617f..090f6e69a 100755
--- a/tests/integration/node-stats.sh
+++ b/tests/integration/node-stats.sh
@@ -24,42 +24,51 @@
 
 SCRIPT=$(realpath $0)
 SCRIPTPATH=$(dirname ${SCRIPT})
-source ${SCRIPTPATH}/../../tools/integration-tests-helper.sh
+source ${SCRIPTPATH}/../../tools/villas-helper.sh
 
 CONFIG_FILE=$(mktemp)
+STATS_LOG=$(mktemp)
+
+RATE="33.0"
 
 cat > ${CONFIG_FILE} <<EOF
 {
-	"stats": 1.0,
 	"nodes": {
 		"stats_1": {
 			"type": "stats",
 			"node": "signal_1",
-			"rate": 1.0
+			"rate": 10.0,
+			"in": {
+				"signals": [
+					{ "name": "gap", "stats": "signal_1.gap_sent.mean" },
+					{ "name": "total", "stats": "signal_1.owd.total" }
+				]
+			}
 		},
 		"signal_1": {
 			"type": "signal",
 			"limit": 100,
-			"rate": 10.0,
+			"rate": ${RATE},
 			"in" : {
 				"hooks": [
 					{ "type": "stats", "verbose": true }
 				]
 			}
+		},
+		"stats_log_1": {
+			"type": "file",
+			"format": "json",
+
+			"uri": "${STATS_LOG}"
 		}
 	},
 	"paths": [
 		{
-			"in": "signal_1",
-			"hooks" : [
-				{ "type" : "print", "enabled" : false }
-			]
+			"in": "signal_1"
 		},
 		{
 			"in": "stats_1",
-			"hooks" : [
-				{ "type" : "print" }
-			]
+			"out": "stats_log_1"
 		}
 	]
 }
@@ -67,4 +76,16 @@ EOF
 
 # Start node
 VILLAS_LOG_PREFIX=$(colorize "[Node]  ") \
-villas-node ${CONFIG_FILE}
+villas-node ${CONFIG_FILE} &
+PID=$!
+
+sleep 5
+
+kill ${PID}
+
+tail -n1 ${STATS_LOG} | jq -e "(.data[0] - 1/${RATE} | length) < 1e-4 and .data[1] == 99" > /dev/null
+RC=$?
+
+rm ${STATS_LOG} ${CONFIG_FILE}
+
+exit ${RC}