diff --git a/CondTools/CTPPS/plugins/WritePPSAssociationCuts.cc b/CondTools/CTPPS/plugins/WritePPSAssociationCuts.cc
index 97f0eb3d4bbe7..6d2dbe84b2409 100644
--- a/CondTools/CTPPS/plugins/WritePPSAssociationCuts.cc
+++ b/CondTools/CTPPS/plugins/WritePPSAssociationCuts.cc
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ void WritePPSAssociationCuts::analyze(const edm::Event &iEvent, const edm::Event
   // store the data in a DB object
   edm::Service<cond::service::PoolDBOutputService> poolDbService;
   if (poolDbService.isAvailable()) {
-    poolDbService->writeOne(&ppsAssociationCuts, poolDbService->currentTime(), "PPSAssociationCutsRcd");
+    poolDbService->writeOneIOV(&ppsAssociationCuts, poolDbService->currentTime(), "PPSAssociationCutsRcd");
   } else {
     throw cms::Exception("WritePPSAssociationCuts") << "PoolDBService required.";
   }
diff --git a/CondTools/CTPPS/test/BuildFile.xml b/CondTools/CTPPS/test/BuildFile.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..2e95cb4d6b8fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CondTools/CTPPS/test/BuildFile.xml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<test name="test_CondToolsCTPPS" command="test_CondToolsCTPPS.sh"/>
diff --git a/CondTools/CTPPS/test/test_CondToolsCTPPS.sh b/CondTools/CTPPS/test/test_CondToolsCTPPS.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000..f7d93515a1a67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CondTools/CTPPS/test/test_CondToolsCTPPS.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+ #!/bin/bash -ex
+TEST_DIR=$CMSSW_BASE/src/CondTools/CTPPS/test
+echo "test dir: $TEST_DIR"
+
+cmsRun ${TEST_DIR}/write_PPSAssociationCuts_cfg.py