diff --git a/pymisp/api.py b/pymisp/api.py
index e69bb72..a2c29c0 100644
--- a/pymisp/api.py
+++ b/pymisp/api.py
@@ -122,9 +122,7 @@ class PyMISP(object):
         try:
             self.describe_types = self.get_live_describe_types()
         except Exception:
-            with open(os.path.join(self.resources_path, 'describeTypes.json'), 'r') as f:
-                describe_types = json.load(f)
-            self.describe_types = describe_types['result']
+            self.describe_types = self.get_local_describe_types()
 
         self.categories = self.describe_types['categories']
         self.types = self.describe_types['types']
@@ -136,6 +134,11 @@ class PyMISP(object):
         response = self.__prepare_request('GET', urljoin(self.root_url, 'events/queryACL.json'))
         return self._check_response(response)
 
+    def get_local_describe_types(self):
+        with open(os.path.join(self.resources_path, 'describeTypes.json'), 'r') as f:
+            describe_types = json.load(f)
+        return describe_types['result']
+
     def get_live_describe_types(self):
         response = self.__prepare_request('GET', urljoin(self.root_url, 'attributes/describeTypes.json'))
         describe_types = self._check_response(response)
diff --git a/tests/test.py b/tests/test.py
index a678191..acd5a77 100755
--- a/tests/test.py
+++ b/tests/test.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from pymisp import PyMISP
+from pymisp import PyMISP, __version__
 from keys import url, key
 import time
 
@@ -282,10 +282,19 @@ class TestBasic(unittest.TestCase):
             self.assertTrue(sd['to_ids'] in [0, 1])
             self.assertTrue(sd['default_category'] in categories)
 
+    def test_describeTypes_uptodate(self):
+        self.assertEqual(self.live_describe_types, self.misp.get_local_describe_types())
+
     def test_live_acl(self):
         query_acl = self.misp.get_live_query_acl()
         self.assertEqual(query_acl['response'], [])
 
+    def test_recommended_pymisp_version(self):
+        response = self.misp.get_recommended_api_version()
+        recommended_version_tup = tuple(int(x) for x in response['version'].split('.'))
+        pymisp_version_tup = tuple(int(x) for x in __version__.split('.'))[:3]
+        self.assertEqual(recommended_version_tup, pymisp_version_tup)
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()