diff --git a/consume_test.go b/consume_test.go
index 4dd771a..b472d8c 100644
--- a/consume_test.go
+++ b/consume_test.go
@@ -180,6 +180,193 @@ var testRssFeedXML = RssFeedXml{
 	},
 }
 
+var testAtomFeedXML = AtomFeed{
+	XMLName:  xml.Name{Space: "", Local: "feed"},
+	Xmlns:    "",
+	Title:    "Lorem ipsum feed for an interval of 1 minutes",
+	Id:       "",
+	Updated:  "",
+	Category: "",
+	Icon:     "",
+	Logo:     "",
+	Rights:   "",
+	Subtitle: "",
+	Link: &AtomLink{
+		XMLName: xml.Name{Space: "", Local: "link"},
+		Href:    "",
+		Rel:     "",
+		Type:    "",
+		Length:  "",
+	},
+	Author: &AtomAuthor{
+		XMLName:    xml.Name{Space: "", Local: "author"},
+		AtomPerson: AtomPerson{},
+	},
+	Contributor: (*AtomContributor)(nil),
+	Entries: []*AtomEntry{
+		&AtomEntry{
+			XMLName:     xml.Name{Space: "", Local: "entry"},
+			Xmlns:       "",
+			Title:       "Lorem ipsum 2018-10-30T23:22:00+00:00",
+			Updated:     "",
+			Id:          "",
+			Category:    "",
+			Content:     (*AtomContent)(nil),
+			Rights:      "",
+			Source:      "",
+			Published:   "",
+			Contributor: (*AtomContributor)(nil),
+			Links:       nil,
+			Summary:     (*AtomSummary)(nil),
+			Author:      (*AtomAuthor)(nil),
+		},
+		&AtomEntry{
+			XMLName:     xml.Name{Space: "", Local: "entry"},
+			Xmlns:       "",
+			Title:       "Lorem ipsum 2018-10-30T23:21:00+00:00",
+			Updated:     "",
+			Id:          "",
+			Category:    "",
+			Content:     (*AtomContent)(nil),
+			Rights:      "",
+			Source:      "",
+			Published:   "",
+			Contributor: (*AtomContributor)(nil),
+			Links:       nil,
+			Summary:     (*AtomSummary)(nil),
+			Author:      (*AtomAuthor)(nil),
+		},
+		&AtomEntry{
+			XMLName:     xml.Name{Space: "", Local: "entry"},
+			Xmlns:       "",
+			Title:       "Lorem ipsum 2018-10-30T23:20:00+00:00",
+			Updated:     "",
+			Id:          "",
+			Category:    "",
+			Content:     (*AtomContent)(nil),
+			Rights:      "",
+			Source:      "",
+			Published:   "",
+			Contributor: (*AtomContributor)(nil),
+			Links:       nil,
+			Summary:     (*AtomSummary)(nil),
+			Author:      (*AtomAuthor)(nil),
+		},
+		&AtomEntry{
+			XMLName:     xml.Name{Space: "", Local: "entry"},
+			Xmlns:       "",
+			Title:       "Lorem ipsum 2018-10-30T23:19:00+00:00",
+			Updated:     "",
+			Id:          "",
+			Category:    "",
+			Content:     (*AtomContent)(nil),
+			Rights:      "",
+			Source:      "",
+			Published:   "",
+			Contributor: (*AtomContributor)(nil),
+			Links:       nil,
+			Summary:     (*AtomSummary)(nil),
+			Author:      (*AtomAuthor)(nil),
+		},
+		&AtomEntry{
+			XMLName:     xml.Name{Space: "", Local: "entry"},
+			Xmlns:       "",
+			Title:       "Lorem ipsum 2018-10-30T23:18:00+00:00",
+			Updated:     "",
+			Id:          "",
+			Category:    "",
+			Content:     (*AtomContent)(nil),
+			Rights:      "",
+			Source:      "",
+			Published:   "",
+			Contributor: (*AtomContributor)(nil),
+			Links:       nil,
+			Summary:     (*AtomSummary)(nil),
+			Author:      (*AtomAuthor)(nil),
+		},
+		&AtomEntry{
+			XMLName:     xml.Name{Space: "", Local: "entry"},
+			Xmlns:       "",
+			Title:       "Lorem ipsum 2018-10-30T23:17:00+00:00",
+			Updated:     "",
+			Id:          "",
+			Category:    "",
+			Content:     (*AtomContent)(nil),
+			Rights:      "",
+			Source:      "",
+			Published:   "",
+			Contributor: (*AtomContributor)(nil),
+			Links:       nil,
+			Summary:     (*AtomSummary)(nil),
+			Author:      (*AtomAuthor)(nil),
+		},
+		&AtomEntry{
+			XMLName:     xml.Name{Space: "", Local: "entry"},
+			Xmlns:       "",
+			Title:       "Lorem ipsum 2018-10-30T23:16:00+00:00",
+			Updated:     "",
+			Id:          "",
+			Category:    "",
+			Content:     (*AtomContent)(nil),
+			Rights:      "",
+			Source:      "",
+			Published:   "",
+			Contributor: (*AtomContributor)(nil),
+			Links:       nil,
+			Summary:     (*AtomSummary)(nil),
+			Author:      (*AtomAuthor)(nil),
+		},
+		&AtomEntry{
+			XMLName:     xml.Name{Space: "", Local: "entry"},
+			Xmlns:       "",
+			Title:       "Lorem ipsum 2018-10-30T23:15:00+00:00",
+			Updated:     "",
+			Id:          "",
+			Category:    "",
+			Content:     (*AtomContent)(nil),
+			Rights:      "",
+			Source:      "",
+			Published:   "",
+			Contributor: (*AtomContributor)(nil),
+			Links:       nil,
+			Summary:     (*AtomSummary)(nil),
+			Author:      (*AtomAuthor)(nil),
+		},
+		&AtomEntry{
+			XMLName:     xml.Name{Space: "", Local: "entry"},
+			Xmlns:       "",
+			Title:       "Lorem ipsum 2018-10-30T23:14:00+00:00",
+			Updated:     "",
+			Id:          "",
+			Category:    "",
+			Content:     (*AtomContent)(nil),
+			Rights:      "",
+			Source:      "",
+			Published:   "",
+			Contributor: (*AtomContributor)(nil),
+			Links:       nil,
+			Summary:     (*AtomSummary)(nil),
+			Author:      (*AtomAuthor)(nil),
+		},
+		&AtomEntry{
+			XMLName:     xml.Name{Space: "", Local: "entry"},
+			Xmlns:       "",
+			Title:       "Lorem ipsum 2018-10-30T23:13:00+00:00",
+			Updated:     "",
+			Id:          "",
+			Category:    "",
+			Content:     (*AtomContent)(nil),
+			Rights:      "",
+			Source:      "",
+			Published:   "",
+			Contributor: (*AtomContributor)(nil),
+			Links:       nil,
+			Summary:     (*AtomSummary)(nil),
+			Author:      (*AtomAuthor)(nil),
+		},
+	},
+}
+
 func TestRssUnmarshal(t *testing.T) {
 	var xmlFeed RssFeedXml
 	xmlFile, err := os.Open("test.rss")
@@ -196,3 +383,19 @@ func TestRssUnmarshal(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 }
+
+func TestAtomUnmarshal(t *testing.T) {
+	var xmlFeed AtomFeed
+	xmlFile, err := os.Open("test.atom")
+	if err != nil {
+		panic("AHH file bad")
+	}
+	bytes, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(xmlFile)
+	xml.Unmarshal(bytes, &xmlFeed)
+
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(testAtomFeedXML, xmlFeed) {
+		diffs := pretty.Diff(testAtomFeedXML, xmlFeed)
+		t.Log(pretty.Println(diffs))
+		t.Error("object was not unmarshalled correctly")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/test.atom b/test.atom
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa15214
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test.atom
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<feed xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
+        <title><![CDATA[Lorem ipsum feed for an interval of 1 minutes]]></title>
+        <description><![CDATA[This is a constantly updating lorem ipsum feed]]></description>
+        <link>http://example.com/</link>
+        <generator>RSS for Node</generator>
+        <lastBuildDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2018 23:22:37 GMT</lastBuildDate>
+        <author><![CDATA[John Smith]]></author>
+        <pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2018 23:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
+        <copyright><![CDATA[Michael Bertolacci, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.]]></copyright>
+        <ttl>60</ttl>
+        <entry>
+            <title><![CDATA[Lorem ipsum 2018-10-30T23:22:00+00:00]]></title>
+            <description><![CDATA[Exercitation ut Lorem sint proident.]]></description>
+            <link>http://example.com/test/1540941720</link>
+            <guid isPermaLink="true">http://example.com/test/1540941720</guid>
+            <dc:creator><![CDATA[John Smith]]></dc:creator>
+            <pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2018 23:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
+        </entry>
+        <entry>
+            <title><![CDATA[Lorem ipsum 2018-10-30T23:21:00+00:00]]></title>
+            <description><![CDATA[Ea est do quis fugiat exercitation.]]></description>
+            <link>http://example.com/test/1540941660</link>
+            <guid isPermaLink="true">http://example.com/test/1540941660</guid>
+            <dc:creator><![CDATA[John Smith]]></dc:creator>
+            <pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2018 23:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
+        </entry>
+        <entry>
+            <title><![CDATA[Lorem ipsum 2018-10-30T23:20:00+00:00]]></title>
+            <description><![CDATA[Ipsum velit cillum ad laborum sit nulla exercitation consequat sint veniam culpa veniam voluptate incididunt.]]></description>
+            <link>http://example.com/test/1540941600</link>
+            <guid isPermaLink="true">http://example.com/test/1540941600</guid>
+            <dc:creator><![CDATA[John Smith]]></dc:creator>
+            <pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2018 23:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
+        </entry>
+        <entry>
+            <title><![CDATA[Lorem ipsum 2018-10-30T23:19:00+00:00]]></title>
+            <description><![CDATA[Ullamco pariatur aliqua consequat ea veniam id qui incididunt laborum.]]></description>
+            <link>http://example.com/test/1540941540</link>
+            <guid isPermaLink="true">http://example.com/test/1540941540</guid>
+            <dc:creator><![CDATA[John Smith]]></dc:creator>
+            <pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2018 23:19:00 GMT</pubDate>
+        </entry>
+        <entry>
+            <title><![CDATA[Lorem ipsum 2018-10-30T23:18:00+00:00]]></title>
+            <description><![CDATA[Velit proident aliquip aliquip anim mollit voluptate laboris voluptate et occaecat occaecat laboris ea nulla.]]></description>
+            <link>http://example.com/test/1540941480</link>
+            <guid isPermaLink="true">http://example.com/test/1540941480</guid>
+            <dc:creator><![CDATA[John Smith]]></dc:creator>
+            <pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2018 23:18:00 GMT</pubDate>
+        </entry>
+        <entry>
+            <title><![CDATA[Lorem ipsum 2018-10-30T23:17:00+00:00]]></title>
+            <description><![CDATA[Do in quis mollit consequat id in minim laborum sint exercitation laborum elit officia.]]></description>
+            <link>http://example.com/test/1540941420</link>
+            <guid isPermaLink="true">http://example.com/test/1540941420</guid>
+            <dc:creator><![CDATA[John Smith]]></dc:creator>
+            <pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2018 23:17:00 GMT</pubDate>
+        </entry>
+        <entry>
+            <title><![CDATA[Lorem ipsum 2018-10-30T23:16:00+00:00]]></title>
+            <description><![CDATA[Irure id sint ullamco Lorem magna consectetur officia adipisicing duis incididunt.]]></description>
+            <link>http://example.com/test/1540941360</link>
+            <guid isPermaLink="true">http://example.com/test/1540941360</guid>
+            <dc:creator><![CDATA[John Smith]]></dc:creator>
+            <pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2018 23:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
+        </entry>
+        <entry>
+            <title><![CDATA[Lorem ipsum 2018-10-30T23:15:00+00:00]]></title>
+            <description><![CDATA[Sunt anim excepteur esse nisi commodo culpa laborum exercitation ad anim ex elit.]]></description>
+            <link>http://example.com/test/1540941300</link>
+            <guid isPermaLink="true">http://example.com/test/1540941300</guid>
+            <dc:creator><![CDATA[John Smith]]></dc:creator>
+            <pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2018 23:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
+        </entry>
+        <entry>
+            <title><![CDATA[Lorem ipsum 2018-10-30T23:14:00+00:00]]></title>
+            <description><![CDATA[Excepteur aliquip fugiat ex labore nisi.]]></description>
+            <link>http://example.com/test/1540941240</link>
+            <guid isPermaLink="true">http://example.com/test/1540941240</guid>
+            <dc:creator><![CDATA[John Smith]]></dc:creator>
+            <pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2018 23:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
+        </entry>
+        <entry>
+            <title><![CDATA[Lorem ipsum 2018-10-30T23:13:00+00:00]]></title>
+            <description><![CDATA[Id proident adipisicing proident pariatur aute pariatur pariatur dolor dolor in voluptate dolor.]]></description>
+            <link>http://example.com/test/1540941180</link>
+            <guid isPermaLink="true">http://example.com/test/1540941180</guid>
+            <dc:creator><![CDATA[John Smith]]></dc:creator>
+            <pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2018 23:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
+        </entry>
+</feed>
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