diff --git a/src/aleph_vrf/executor/main.py b/src/aleph_vrf/executor/main.py
index a88b2c9..4e9aa39 100644
--- a/src/aleph_vrf/executor/main.py
+++ b/src/aleph_vrf/executor/main.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ async def index():
 
 
 @app.post("/generate/{vrf_request}")
-async def receive_generate(vrf_request: str) -> APIResponse:
+async def receive_generate(vrf_request: str) -> APIResponse[VRFResponseHash]:
     global SAVED_GENERATED_BYTES
 
     private_key = get_fallback_private_key()
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ async def receive_generate(vrf_request: str) -> APIResponse:
 
 
 @app.post("/publish/{hash_message}")
-async def receive_publish(hash_message: str) -> APIResponse:
+async def receive_publish(hash_message: str) -> APIResponse[VRFRandomBytes]:
     global SAVED_GENERATED_BYTES
 
     private_key = get_fallback_private_key()
diff --git a/src/aleph_vrf/models.py b/src/aleph_vrf/models.py
index 7434de5..e2d57b5 100644
--- a/src/aleph_vrf/models.py
+++ b/src/aleph_vrf/models.py
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-from typing import Any, List, Optional
+from typing import Any, List, Optional, TypeVar, Generic
 from uuid import UUID, uuid4
 
 from aleph_message.models import ItemHash, PostMessage
 from pydantic import BaseModel
+from pydantic.generics import GenericModel
 
 
 class Node(BaseModel):
@@ -93,5 +94,8 @@ class VRFResponse(BaseModel):
     message_hash: Optional[str] = None
 
 
-class APIResponse(BaseModel):
-    data: Any
+M = TypeVar("M", bound=BaseModel)
+
+
+class APIResponse(GenericModel, Generic[M]):
+    data: M
diff --git a/tests/executor/test_integration.py b/tests/executor/test_integration.py
index cefd136..b5ca4ec 100644
--- a/tests/executor/test_integration.py
+++ b/tests/executor/test_integration.py
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 import datetime as dt
 from hashlib import sha256
-from typing import Dict, Any
+from typing import Dict, Any, Tuple, Union
 
 import aiohttp
 import pytest
-from aleph_message.models import ItemType, MessageType, PostContent, Chain
+from aleph_message.models import ItemType, MessageType, PostContent, Chain, ItemHash
 
-from aleph_vrf.models import VRFRequest
+from aleph_vrf.models import VRFRequest, VRFResponseHash, VRFResponse
 
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
@@ -20,24 +20,16 @@ async def test_mock(mock_ccn: str):
         assert messages
 
 
-@pytest.fixture
-def mock_coordinator_message():
-    sender = "aleph_vrf_coordinator"
-    request_id = "513eb52c-cb74-463a-b40e-0e2adedafb8b"
+MessageDict = Dict[str, Any]
 
-    vrf_request = VRFRequest(
-        nb_bytes=32,
-        nonce=42,
-        vrf_function="deca" * 16,
-        request_id=request_id,
-        node_list_hash="1234",
-    )
+
+def make_post_message(vrf_object: Union[VRFRequest, VRFResponse], sender: str) -> MessageDict:
     content = PostContent(
         type="vrf_library_post",
-        ref=f"vrf_{vrf_request.request_id}_request",
+        ref=f"vrf_{vrf_object.request_id}_request",
         address=sender,
         time=dt.datetime(2023, 1, 1, tzinfo=dt.timezone.utc).timestamp(),
-        content=vrf_request,
+        content=vrf_object,
     )
 
     item_content = content.json()
@@ -51,24 +43,71 @@ def mock_coordinator_message():
         "signature": "fake-sig",
         "item_type": ItemType.inline.value,
         "item_content": item_content,
-        "channel": f"vrf_{request_id}",
+        "channel": f"vrf_{vrf_object.request_id}",
         "time": content.time,
     }
 
 
+@pytest.fixture
+def mock_vrf_request() -> VRFRequest:
+    request_id = "513eb52c-cb74-463a-b40e-0e2adedafb8b"
+
+    vrf_request = VRFRequest(
+        nb_bytes=32,
+        nonce=42,
+        vrf_function="deca" * 16,
+        request_id=request_id,
+        node_list_hash="1234",
+    )
+    return vrf_request
+
+
+# @pytest.fixture
+# def mock_vrf_response(mock_vrf_request: VRFRequest) -> VRFResponse:
+#     return VRFResponse(nb_bytes=mock_vrf_request.nb_bytes, nonce=mock_vrf_request.nonce, vrf_function=mock_vrf_request.vrf_function, nodes=[], random)
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_start_request(
-    mock_ccn: str, executor_server: str, mock_coordinator_message: Dict[str, Any]
+async def test_normal_request_flow(
+    mock_ccn: str,
+    executor_server: str,
+        mock_vrf_request: VRFRequest,
+        # mock_vrf_response: VRFResponse,
 ):
+    """
+    Test that the executor works under normal circumstances:
+    1. The coordinator publishes a request message
+    2. The coordinator calls /generate
+    3. The coordinator publishes a message to request the generated random number
+    4. The coordinator calls /publish.
+    """
+
+    sender = "aleph_vrf_coordinator"
+    message_dict = make_post_message(mock_vrf_request, sender=sender)
+    item_hash = ItemHash(message_dict["item_hash"])
+
     async with aiohttp.ClientSession(mock_ccn) as ccn_client:
         resp = await ccn_client.post(
             "/api/v0/messages",
-            json={"message": mock_coordinator_message, "sync": True},
+            json={"message": message_dict, "sync": True},
         )
         assert resp.status == 200, await resp.text()
 
     async with aiohttp.ClientSession(executor_server) as executor_client:
-        resp = await executor_client.post(
-            f"/generate/{mock_coordinator_message['item_hash']}"
-        )
+        resp = await executor_client.post(f"/generate/{item_hash}")
+        assert resp.status == 200, await resp.text()
+        response_json = await resp.json()
+
+        response_hash = VRFResponseHash.parse_obj(response_json["data"])
+
+        assert response_hash.nb_bytes == mock_vrf_request.nb_bytes
+        assert response_hash.nonce == mock_vrf_request.nonce
+        assert response_hash.request_id == mock_vrf_request.request_id
+        assert response_hash.execution_id   # This should be a UUID4
+        assert response_hash.vrf_request == item_hash
+        assert response_hash.random_bytes_hash
+        assert response_hash.message_hash
+
+        resp = await executor_client.post(f"/publish/{response_hash.message_hash}")
+        assert resp.status == 200, await resp.text()
         print(await resp.text())