diff --git a/test/acceptance/multilayer_server.js b/test/acceptance/multilayer_server.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..84e7174c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/acceptance/multilayer_server.js
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+require(__dirname + '/../support/test_helper');
+
+var assert      = require('../support/assert');
+
+var redis       = require('redis');
+
+var CartodbWindshaft = require(__dirname + '/../../lib/cartodb/cartodb_windshaft');
+var serverOptions = require(__dirname + '/../../lib/cartodb/server_options')();
+var server = new CartodbWindshaft(serverOptions);
+server.setMaxListeners(0);
+
+describe('tests from old api translated to multilayer', function() {
+
+    var layergroupUrl = '/api/v1/map';
+
+    var redisClient = redis.createClient(global.environment.redis.port);
+    after(function(done) {
+        // This test will add map_style records, like
+        // 'map_style|null|publicuser|my_table',
+        redisClient.keys("map_style|*", function(err, matches) {
+            redisClient.del(matches, function() {
+                done();
+            });
+        });
+    });
+
+    test("layergroup creation fails if CartoCSS is bogus", function(done) {
+        var layergroup =  {
+            stat_tag: 'random_tag',
+            version: '1.0.0',
+            layers: [
+                {
+                    type: 'mapnik',
+                    options: {
+                        sql: 'select 1 as cartodb_id, null::geometry as the_geom_webmercator',
+                        cartocss: '#my_table3{',
+                        cartocss_version: '2.0.1'
+                    }
+                }
+            ]
+        };
+        assert.response(server, {
+            url: layergroupUrl,
+            method: 'POST',
+            headers: {host: 'localhost', 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+            data: JSON.stringify(layergroup)
+        }, {}, function(res) {
+            assert.equal(res.statusCode, 400, res.body);
+            var parsed = JSON.parse(res.body);
+            assert.ok(parsed.errors[0].match(/^style0/));
+            assert.ok(parsed.errors[0].match(/missing closing/));
+            done();
+        });
+    });
+
+});
diff --git a/test/acceptance/server.js b/test/acceptance/server.js
index b275e73d..692d11a3 100644
--- a/test/acceptance/server.js
+++ b/test/acceptance/server.js
@@ -121,19 +121,6 @@ suite.skip('server old_api', function() {
     //
     /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-    test("post'ing unparseable style returns 400 with error", function(done){
-        assert.response(server, {
-            url: '/tiles/my_table3/style?map_key=1234',
-            method: 'POST',
-            headers: {host: 'localhost', 'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded' },
-            data: querystring.stringify({style: '#my_table3{'})
-        },{}, function(res) {
-          assert.equal(res.statusCode, 400, res.statusCode + ': ' + res.body);
-          assert.ok( new RegExp(/missing closing/i).test(res.body) );
-          done();
-        });
-    });
-    
     test("post'ing multiple bad styles returns 400 with error array", function(done){
         assert.response(server, {
             url: '/tiles/my_table4/style?map_key=1234',