diff --git a/accounts/url.go b/accounts/url.go
index 21df668efd26ded305688bdc39855b10148a00a1..a5add10216871939ea396b4494a04eca3f35f663 100644
--- a/accounts/url.go
+++ b/accounts/url.go
@@ -76,12 +76,12 @@ func (u URL) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 
 // UnmarshalJSON parses url.
 func (u *URL) UnmarshalJSON(input []byte) error {
-	var textUrl string
-	err := json.Unmarshal(input, &textUrl)
+	var textURL string
+	err := json.Unmarshal(input, &textURL)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	url, err := parseURL(textUrl)
+	url, err := parseURL(textURL)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/accounts/url_test.go b/accounts/url_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..80277287194731549d9b058faeccd6c923e94915
--- /dev/null
+++ b/accounts/url_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+// Copyright 2017 The go-ethereum Authors
+// This file is part of the go-ethereum library.
+//
+// The go-ethereum library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// The go-ethereum library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+// GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+// along with the go-ethereum library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package accounts
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestURLParsing(t *testing.T) {
+	url, err := parseURL("https://ethereum.org")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if url.Scheme != "https" {
+		t.Errorf("expected: %v, got: %v", "https", url.Scheme)
+	}
+	if url.Path != "ethereum.org" {
+		t.Errorf("expected: %v, got: %v", "ethereum.org", url.Path)
+	}
+
+	_, err = parseURL("ethereum.org")
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Error("expected err, got: nil")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestURLString(t *testing.T) {
+	url := URL{Scheme: "https", Path: "ethereum.org"}
+	if url.String() != "https://ethereum.org" {
+		t.Errorf("expected: %v, got: %v", "https://ethereum.org", url.String())
+	}
+
+	url = URL{Scheme: "", Path: "ethereum.org"}
+	if url.String() != "ethereum.org" {
+		t.Errorf("expected: %v, got: %v", "ethereum.org", url.String())
+	}
+}
+
+func TestURLMarshalJSON(t *testing.T) {
+	url := URL{Scheme: "https", Path: "ethereum.org"}
+	json, err := url.MarshalJSON()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("unexpcted error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if string(json) != "\"https://ethereum.org\"" {
+		t.Errorf("expected: %v, got: %v", "\"https://ethereum.org\"", string(json))
+	}
+}
+
+func TestURLUnmarshalJSON(t *testing.T) {
+	url := &URL{}
+	err := url.UnmarshalJSON([]byte("\"https://ethereum.org\""))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("unexpcted error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if url.Scheme != "https" {
+		t.Errorf("expected: %v, got: %v", "https", url.Scheme)
+	}
+	if url.Path != "ethereum.org" {
+		t.Errorf("expected: %v, got: %v", "https", url.Path)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestURLComparison(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		urlA   URL
+		urlB   URL
+		expect int
+	}{
+		{URL{"https", "ethereum.org"}, URL{"https", "ethereum.org"}, 0},
+		{URL{"http", "ethereum.org"}, URL{"https", "ethereum.org"}, -1},
+		{URL{"https", "ethereum.org/a"}, URL{"https", "ethereum.org"}, 1},
+		{URL{"https", "abc.org"}, URL{"https", "ethereum.org"}, -1},
+	}
+
+	for i, tt := range tests {
+		result := tt.urlA.Cmp(tt.urlB)
+		if result != tt.expect {
+			t.Errorf("test %d: cmp mismatch: expected: %d, got: %d", i, tt.expect, result)
+		}
+	}
+}