diff --git a/neo/test/rawiotest/test_get_rawio.py b/neo/test/rawiotest/test_get_rawio.py
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+from neo.rawio import get_rawio_class
+from pathlib import Path
+from tempfile import TemporaryDirectory
+
+
+def test_get_rawio_class():
+    # use plexon io suffix for testing here
+    non_existant_file = Path('non_existant_folder/non_existant_file.plx')
+    non_existant_file.unlink(missing_ok=True)
+    ios = get_rawio_class(non_existant_file)
+
+    assert ios
+
+    # cleanup
+    non_existant_file.unlink(missing_ok=True)
+
+
+def test_get_rawio_class_nonsupported_rawio():
+
+    non_existant_file = Path('non_existant_folder/non_existant_file.fake')
+    non_existant_file.unlink(missing_ok=True)
+    ios = get_rawio_class(non_existant_file)
+
+    assert ios is None
+
+    # cleanup
+    non_existant_file.unlink(missing_ok=True)