diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/viewmodels/CallRecordingViewModel.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/viewmodels/CallRecordingViewModel.kt
index f634672d5..b670bf272 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/viewmodels/CallRecordingViewModel.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/viewmodels/CallRecordingViewModel.kt
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 
 package com.nextcloud.talk.viewmodels
 
-import android.util.Log
 import androidx.lifecycle.LiveData
 import androidx.lifecycle.MutableLiveData
 import androidx.lifecycle.ViewModel
@@ -123,7 +122,7 @@ class CallRecordingViewModel @Inject constructor(private val repository: CallRec
         }
 
         override fun onError(e: Throwable) {
-            Log.e(TAG, "failure in CallStartRecordingObserver", e)
+            // Log.e(TAG, "failure in CallStartRecordingObserver", e)
             _viewState.value = RecordingErrorState
         }
 
@@ -144,7 +143,7 @@ class CallRecordingViewModel @Inject constructor(private val repository: CallRec
         }
 
         override fun onError(e: Throwable) {
-            Log.e(TAG, "failure in CallStopRecordingObserver", e)
+            // Log.e(TAG, "failure in CallStopRecordingObserver", e)
             _viewState.value = RecordingErrorState
         }
 
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/com/nextcloud/talk/test/fakes/FakeCallRecordingRepository.kt b/app/src/test/java/com/nextcloud/talk/test/fakes/FakeCallRecordingRepository.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8cd9369b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/test/java/com/nextcloud/talk/test/fakes/FakeCallRecordingRepository.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*
+ * Nextcloud Talk application
+ *
+ * @author Álvaro Brey
+ * Copyright (C) 2022 Álvaro Brey
+ * Copyright (C) 2022 Nextcloud GmbH
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package com.nextcloud.talk.test.fakes
+
+import com.nextcloud.talk.models.domain.StartCallRecordingModel
+import com.nextcloud.talk.models.domain.StopCallRecordingModel
+import com.nextcloud.talk.repositories.callrecording.CallRecordingRepository
+import io.reactivex.Observable
+
+class FakeCallRecordingRepository : CallRecordingRepository {
+
+    override fun startRecording(
+        roomToken: String
+    ): Observable<StartCallRecordingModel> {
+        return Observable.just<StartCallRecordingModel>(StartCallRecordingModel(true))
+    }
+
+    override fun stopRecording(
+        roomToken: String
+    ): Observable<StopCallRecordingModel> {
+        return Observable.just<StopCallRecordingModel>(StopCallRecordingModel(true))
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/com/nextcloud/talk/viewmodels/CallRecordingViewModelTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/com/nextcloud/talk/viewmodels/CallRecordingViewModelTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cda4227f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/test/java/com/nextcloud/talk/viewmodels/CallRecordingViewModelTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package com.nextcloud.talk.viewmodels
+
+import com.nextcloud.talk.test.fakes.FakeCallRecordingRepository
+import com.vividsolutions.jts.util.Assert
+import org.junit.Before
+import org.junit.Test
+import org.mockito.MockitoAnnotations
+
+internal class CallRecordingViewModelTest {
+
+    val repository = FakeCallRecordingRepository()
+
+    @Before
+    fun setUp() {
+        MockitoAnnotations.openMocks(this)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun testCallRecordingViewModel_startRecord() {
+        val viewModel = CallRecordingViewModel(repository)
+
+        viewModel.clickRecordButton()
+
+        // implement extension function for liveData to await value?!
+
+        Assert.equals(CallRecordingViewModel.RecordingStartedState, viewModel.viewState)
+    }
+}