diff --git a/src/caosadvancedtools/utils.py b/src/caosadvancedtools/utils.py
index 4fd569a1e928d916b863ff2ba4f66a6b7c2d3aa6..b030a6c29d98388fae4e17fef37a60d8fa2e980c 100644
--- a/src/caosadvancedtools/utils.py
+++ b/src/caosadvancedtools/utils.py
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ def find_file_included_by(glob):
     """
     Executes a query that looks for files included by a glob. The glob needs
     to be according to CaosDB rules.
+
+    Returns a container.
     """
 
     query_string = "FIND file which is stored at {}".format(glob)
diff --git a/unittests/test_utils.py b/unittests/test_utils.py
index 1b93eebedc334b3c696fd3da82f98b3f14671514..24082d47dd574d16a5432b7138a8b89d67654c5b 100644
--- a/unittests/test_utils.py
+++ b/unittests/test_utils.py
@@ -21,10 +21,9 @@
 #
 # ** end header
 import unittest
-from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile
 
-import caosdb as db
-from caosadvancedtools.utils import assure_absolute_path_in_glob
+from caosadvancedtools.utils import (assure_absolute_path_in_glob,
+                                     string_to_person)
 
 
 class Assure_absoluteTest(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -37,3 +36,22 @@ class Assure_absoluteTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_compress(self):
         assert assure_absolute_path_in_glob("../leute", "/Data") == "/leute"
+
+
+def is_dhornung(rec):
+    if (rec.get_property("firstname").value == "Daniel"
+            and rec.get_property("lastname").value == "Hornung"):
+
+        return True
+
+    return False
+
+
+class PersonParserTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_simple(self):
+        rec = string_to_person("Daniel Hornung")
+        assert is_dhornung(rec)
+        rec = string_to_person("Daniel Hornung (MPI)")
+        assert is_dhornung(rec)
+        rec = string_to_person("Henrik tom Wörden (MPI)")
+        assert not is_dhornung(rec)