diff --git a/django/website/transport/data_layer_transport.py b/django/website/transport/data_layer_transport.py
index 218d2e9b6c3afbce5c6a13846fc684bfd66d365f..9fffe4dd51e471d6a28988a3ab56ef02b9336cc9 100644
--- a/django/website/transport/data_layer_transport.py
+++ b/django/website/transport/data_layer_transport.py
@@ -4,3 +4,6 @@
 def get_messages():
     return []
 
+
+def store_message(message):
+    pass
diff --git a/django/website/transport/tests/message_tests.py b/django/website/transport/tests/message_tests.py
index c87d6fba3ea8d38642291a2d2e1420c2356319ae..c20cea552d8d3404c58351b1540b6665164d66bf 100644
--- a/django/website/transport/tests/message_tests.py
+++ b/django/website/transport/tests/message_tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals, absolute_import
+from datetime import datetime
 
 from django.test.testcases import SimpleTestCase
 
@@ -10,3 +11,9 @@ class TransportLayerMessageTests(SimpleTestCase):
     def test_get_messages_exists(self):
         models = dl.get_messages()
         self.assertEqual(len(models), 0)
+
+    def test_store_messages_exists(self):
+        message = dict(body="text", timestamp=datetime.now())
+        dl.store_message(message)
+
+