diff --git a/app/Exceptions/TelegramException.php b/app/Exceptions/TelegramException.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd8ef20d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Exceptions/TelegramException.php
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Exceptions;
+
+use Exception;
+
+class TelegramException extends Exception
+{
+    //
+}
+
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Backend/EventController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Backend/EventController.php
index d6bca5ab9..1c193da92 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Backend/EventController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Backend/EventController.php
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 namespace App\Http\Controllers\Backend;
 
+use App\Exceptions\TelegramException;
 use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
 use App\Models\EventSuggestion;
 use App\Models\Station;
 use App\Models\User;
 use App\Services\TelegramService;
 use Carbon\Carbon;
-use Exception;
 
 abstract class EventController extends Controller
 {
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ public static function suggestEvent(
                           ])
                 );
             }
-        } catch (Exception $e) {
-            report($e);
+        } catch (TelegramException $exception) {
+            report($exception);
         }
 
         return $eventSuggestion;
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Frontend/Admin/EventController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Frontend/Admin/EventController.php
index 3ed041173..d1ca27bac 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Frontend/Admin/EventController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Frontend/Admin/EventController.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 use App\Enum\EventRejectionReason;
 use App\Exceptions\HafasException;
+use App\Exceptions\TelegramException;
 use App\Http\Controllers\Backend\Admin\EventController as AdminEventBackend;
 use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
 use App\Http\Controllers\HafasController;
@@ -181,14 +182,18 @@ public function acceptSuggestion(Request $request): RedirectResponse {
 
         $eventSuggestion->update(['processed' => true]);
         if (!App::runningUnitTests() && TelegramService::isAdminActive()) {
-            TelegramService::admin()->sendMessage(
-                strtr("<b>Event suggestion accepted</b>" . PHP_EOL .
-                      "Title: :name" . PHP_EOL
-                      . "Accepting user: :username" . PHP_EOL, [
-                          ':name'     => $eventSuggestion->name,
-                          ':username' => auth()->user()->username,
-                      ])
-            );
+            try {
+                TelegramService::admin()->sendMessage(
+                    strtr("<b>Event suggestion accepted</b>" . PHP_EOL .
+                          "Title: :name" . PHP_EOL
+                          . "Accepting user: :username" . PHP_EOL, [
+                              ':name'     => $eventSuggestion->name,
+                              ':username' => auth()->user()->username,
+                          ])
+                );
+            } catch (TelegramException $exception) {
+                report($exception);
+            }
         }
 
         $eventSuggestion->user->notify(new EventSuggestionProcessed($eventSuggestion, $event));
diff --git a/app/Observers/ReportObserver.php b/app/Observers/ReportObserver.php
index 27a507a03..16abea825 100644
--- a/app/Observers/ReportObserver.php
+++ b/app/Observers/ReportObserver.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 namespace App\Observers;
 
 use App\Enum\Report\ReportStatus;
+use App\Exceptions\TelegramException;
 use App\Models\Report;
 use App\Services\TelegramService;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\App;
@@ -15,11 +16,15 @@ public function created(Report $report): void {
         if (App::runningUnitTests() || !TelegramService::isAdminActive()) {
             return;
         }
-        $telegramMessageId = TelegramService::admin()->sendMessage("<b>🚨 New Report for " . $report->subject_type . "</b>" . PHP_EOL
-                                                                   . "Reason: " . $report->reason?->value . PHP_EOL
-                                                                   . "Description: " . ($report->description ?? 'None') . PHP_EOL
-                                                                   . "View Report: " . config('app.url') . "/admin/reports/" . $report->id . PHP_EOL);
-        $report->update(['admin_notification_id' => $telegramMessageId]);
+        try {
+            $telegramMessageId = TelegramService::admin()->sendMessage("<b>🚨 New Report for " . $report->subject_type . "</b>" . PHP_EOL
+                                                                       . "Reason: " . $report->reason?->value . PHP_EOL
+                                                                       . "Description: " . ($report->description ?? 'None') . PHP_EOL
+                                                                       . "View Report: " . config('app.url') . "/admin/reports/" . $report->id . PHP_EOL);
+            $report->update(['admin_notification_id' => $telegramMessageId]);
+        } catch (TelegramException $exception) {
+            report($exception);
+        }
     }
 
     public function updated(Report $report): void {
diff --git a/app/Services/TelegramService.php b/app/Services/TelegramService.php
index 5c9cbd5f5..0e3f9ba16 100644
--- a/app/Services/TelegramService.php
+++ b/app/Services/TelegramService.php
@@ -2,15 +2,16 @@
 
 namespace App\Services;
 
+use App\Exceptions\TelegramException;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;
 
-class TelegramService
+class  TelegramService
 {
 
     const TELEGRAM_API_URL = 'https://api.telegram.org/bot';
 
-    private string $chatId;
-    private string $token;
+    public readonly string  $chatId;
+    private readonly string $token;
 
     public function __construct(string $chatId, string $token) {
         $this->chatId = $chatId;
@@ -26,7 +27,11 @@ public static function admin(): self {
     }
 
     /**
+     * @param string $text
+     * @param string $parseMode
+     *
      * @return int Telegram Message ID
+     * @throws TelegramException
      */
     public function sendMessage(string $text, string $parseMode = 'HTML'): int {
         $response = Http::post(self::TELEGRAM_API_URL . $this->token . '/sendMessage', [
@@ -34,13 +39,17 @@ public function sendMessage(string $text, string $parseMode = 'HTML'): int {
             'text'       => $text,
             'parse_mode' => $parseMode,
         ]);
+        if (!$response->ok()) {
+            throw new TelegramException('Telegram API error: ' . $response->body());
+        }
         return $response->json('result.message_id');
     }
 
-    public function deleteMessage(int $messageId): void {
-        Http::post(self::TELEGRAM_API_URL . $this->token . '/deleteMessage', [
+    public function deleteMessage(int $messageId): bool {
+        $response = Http::post(self::TELEGRAM_API_URL . $this->token . '/deleteMessage', [
             'chat_id'    => $this->chatId,
             'message_id' => $messageId,
         ]);
+        return $response->ok();
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Feature/TelegramServiceTest.php b/tests/Feature/TelegramServiceTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..33c04b2f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Feature/TelegramServiceTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Tests\Feature;
+
+use App\Exceptions\TelegramException;
+use App\Services\TelegramService;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;
+use Tests\FeatureTestCase;
+
+class TelegramServiceTest extends FeatureTestCase
+{
+
+    private const CHAT_ID = '123456789';
+    private const TOKEN   = '123456789:ABC-DEF1234ghIkl-zyx57W2v1u123ew11';
+
+    public function testSendTelegramMessage(): void {
+        Http::fake(['https://api.telegram.org/bot' . self::TOKEN . '/sendMessage' => Http::response(['result' => ['message_id' => 123]])]);
+        $telegramService = new TelegramService(self::CHAT_ID, self::TOKEN);
+        $messageId       = $telegramService->sendMessage('Hello, World!');
+        $this->assertIsInt($messageId);
+    }
+
+    public function testSendTelegramMessageWithWrongCredentials(): void {
+        Http::fake([
+                       'https://api.telegram.org/bot' . self::TOKEN . '/sendMessage' => Http::response(
+                           body:   [
+                                       'ok'          => false,
+                                       'error_code'  => 401,
+                                       'description' => 'Unauthorized',
+                                   ],
+                           status: 401
+                       )
+                   ]);
+        $telegramService = new TelegramService(self::CHAT_ID, self::TOKEN);
+        $this->expectException(TelegramException::class);
+        $telegramService->sendMessage('Hello, World!');
+    }
+
+    public function testDeleteTelegramMessage(): void {
+        Http::fake(['https://api.telegram.org/bot' . self::TOKEN . '/deleteMessage' => Http::response()]);
+        $telegramService = new TelegramService(self::CHAT_ID, self::TOKEN);
+        $this->assertTrue($telegramService->deleteMessage(123));
+    }
+
+    public function testAdminChatSelector(): void {
+        config(['services.telegram.admin.active' => true]);
+        $this->assertTrue(TelegramService::isAdminActive());
+        
+        config(['services.telegram.admin.chat_id' => self::CHAT_ID]);
+        config(['services.telegram.admin.token' => self::TOKEN]);
+        $telegramService = TelegramService::admin();
+        $this->assertEquals(self::CHAT_ID, $telegramService->chatId);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/FeatureTestCase.php b/tests/FeatureTestCase.php
index c71a08444..3d7f12203 100644
--- a/tests/FeatureTestCase.php
+++ b/tests/FeatureTestCase.php
@@ -136,6 +136,12 @@ abstract class FeatureTestCase extends BaseTestCase
 
     protected function setUp(): void {
         parent::setUp();
+
+        if (!in_array('RefreshDatabase', class_uses($this), true)) {
+            //if class doesn't use RefreshDatabase trait, skip the migration and seeding
+            return;
+        }
+
         $this->artisan('db:seed --class=Database\\\\Seeders\\\\Constants\\\\PermissionSeeder');
         $this->artisan('db:seed --class=Database\\\\Seeders\\\\PrivacyAgreementSeeder');
     }
@@ -171,7 +177,7 @@ public function createOAuthClient(User $user, bool $confidential): OAuthClient {
     }
 
     public function createWebhook(User $user, OAuthClient $client, array $events): Webhook {
-        $events = array_map(function ($event) {
+        $events  = array_map(function($event) {
             return $event->value;
         }, $events);
         $request = WebhookController::createWebhookRequest($user, $client, 'stub', "https://example.com", $events);