diff --git a/src/fsfw/cfdp/handler/DestHandler.cpp b/src/fsfw/cfdp/handler/DestHandler.cpp
index fcad9c79..a153682d 100644
--- a/src/fsfw/cfdp/handler/DestHandler.cpp
+++ b/src/fsfw/cfdp/handler/DestHandler.cpp
@@ -416,3 +416,5 @@ ReturnValue_t cfdp::DestHandler::sendFinishedPdu() {
   }
   return OK;
 }
+
+cfdp::DestHandler::TransactionStep cfdp::DestHandler::getTransactionStep() const { return step; }
diff --git a/src/fsfw/cfdp/handler/DestHandler.h b/src/fsfw/cfdp/handler/DestHandler.h
index f3e73f32..9b45c60c 100644
--- a/src/fsfw/cfdp/handler/DestHandler.h
+++ b/src/fsfw/cfdp/handler/DestHandler.h
@@ -72,6 +72,14 @@ struct FsfwParams {
 
 class DestHandler {
  public:
+  enum class TransactionStep {
+    IDLE = 0,
+    TRANSACTION_START = 1,
+    RECEIVING_FILE_DATA_PDUS = 2,
+    SENDING_ACK_PDU = 3,
+    TRANSFER_COMPLETION = 4,
+    SENDING_FINISHED_PDU = 5
+  };
   /**
    * Will be returned if it is advisable to call the state machine operation call again
    */
@@ -91,16 +99,9 @@ class DestHandler {
   ReturnValue_t initialize();
 
   [[nodiscard]] CfdpStates getCfdpState() const;
+  [[nodiscard]] TransactionStep getTransactionStep() const;
 
  private:
-  enum class TransactionStep {
-    IDLE = 0,
-    TRANSACTION_START = 1,
-    RECEIVING_FILE_DATA_PDUS = 2,
-    SENDING_ACK_PDU = 3,
-    TRANSFER_COMPLETION = 4,
-    SENDING_FINISHED_PDU = 5
-  };
   struct TransactionParams {
     explicit TransactionParams(size_t maxFileNameLen)
         : sourceName(maxFileNameLen), destName(maxFileNameLen) {}
diff --git a/unittests/cfdp/handler/testDestHandler.cpp b/unittests/cfdp/handler/testDestHandler.cpp
index 9d6274e0..d1191534 100644
--- a/unittests/cfdp/handler/testDestHandler.cpp
+++ b/unittests/cfdp/handler/testDestHandler.cpp
@@ -2,14 +2,17 @@
 
 #include "fsfw/cfdp.h"
 #include "mocks/AcceptsTmMock.h"
+#include "mocks/EventReportingProxyMock.h"
 #include "mocks/FilesystemMock.h"
 #include "mocks/MessageQueueMock.h"
+#include "mocks/StorageManagerMock.h"
 #include "mocks/cfdp/FaultHandlerMock.h"
 #include "mocks/cfdp/RemoteConfigTableMock.h"
 #include "mocks/cfdp/UserMock.h"
 
 TEST_CASE("CFDP Dest Handler", "[cfdp]") {
   using namespace cfdp;
+  using namespace returnvalue;
   MessageQueueId_t destQueueId = 2;
   AcceptsTmMock tmReceiver(destQueueId);
   MessageQueueMock mqMock(destQueueId);
@@ -23,8 +26,18 @@ TEST_CASE("CFDP Dest Handler", "[cfdp]") {
   LostSegmentsList<128> lostSegmentsList;
   DestHandlerParams dp(localEntityCfg, userMock, remoteCfgTableMock, packetInfoList,
                        lostSegmentsList);
-  // FsfwParams fp(destQueueId, mqMock);
-  // auto destHandler = DestHandler();
+  EventReportingProxyMock eventReporterMock;
+  LocalPool::LocalPoolConfig storeCfg = {{10, 32}, {10, 64}, {10, 128}, {10, 1024}};
+  StorageManagerMock tcStore(2, storeCfg);
+  StorageManagerMock tmStore(3, storeCfg);
+  FsfwParams fp(tmReceiver, mqMock, eventReporterMock);
+  fp.tcStore = &tcStore;
+  fp.tmStore = &tmStore;
+  auto destHandler = DestHandler(dp, fp);
+  CHECK(destHandler.initialize() == OK);
 
-  SECTION("State") {}
+  SECTION("State") {
+    CHECK(destHandler.getCfdpState() == CfdpStates::IDLE);
+    CHECK(destHandler.getTransactionStep() == DestHandler::TransactionStep::IDLE);
+  }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/unittests/mocks/CMakeLists.txt b/unittests/mocks/CMakeLists.txt
index c40a727a..bd093da8 100644
--- a/unittests/mocks/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/unittests/mocks/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ target_sources(
           CcsdsCheckerMock.cpp
           AcceptsTcMock.cpp
           StorageManagerMock.cpp
-          FilesystemMock.cpp)
+          FilesystemMock.cpp
+          EventReportingProxyMock.cpp)
 
 add_subdirectory(cfdp)
diff --git a/unittests/mocks/EventReportingProxyMock.cpp b/unittests/mocks/EventReportingProxyMock.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cb4f6d93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unittests/mocks/EventReportingProxyMock.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#include "EventReportingProxyMock.h"
+
+void EventReportingProxyMock::forwardEvent(Event event, uint32_t parameter1,
+                                           uint32_t parameter2) const {
+  eventQueue.emplace(event, parameter1, parameter2);
+}
diff --git a/unittests/mocks/EventReportingProxyMock.h b/unittests/mocks/EventReportingProxyMock.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c04942c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unittests/mocks/EventReportingProxyMock.h
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#ifndef FSFW_TESTS_EVENTREPORTPROXYMOCK_H
+#define FSFW_TESTS_EVENTREPORTPROXYMOCK_H
+
+#include <queue>
+
+#include "fsfw/events/EventReportingProxyIF.h"
+
+class EventReportingProxyMock : public EventReportingProxyIF {
+ public:
+  void forwardEvent(Event event, uint32_t parameter1, uint32_t parameter2) const override;
+
+  struct EventInfo {
+    EventInfo(Event event, uint32_t p1, uint32_t p2) : event(event), p1(p1), p2(p2) {}
+
+    Event event;
+    uint32_t p1;
+    uint32_t p2;
+  };
+  mutable std::queue<EventInfo> eventQueue;
+};
+#endif  // FSFW_TESTS_EVENTREPORTPROXYMOCK_H