diff --git a/src/widgets/runningtaskwidget.h b/src/widgets/runningtaskwidget.h
--- a/src/widgets/runningtaskwidget.h
+++ b/src/widgets/runningtaskwidget.h
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@
 
     Presentation::RunningTaskModelInterface *model() const;
 
+    QString currentText() const; // for the unittest
+
 private slots:
     // connected to the model
     void onRunningTaskChanged(const Domain::Task::Ptr &task);
diff --git a/src/widgets/runningtaskwidget.cpp b/src/widgets/runningtaskwidget.cpp
--- a/src/widgets/runningtaskwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/runningtaskwidget.cpp
@@ -139,3 +139,8 @@
 {
     return m_model;
 }
+
+QString RunningTaskWidget::currentText() const
+{
+    return m_titleLabel->text();
+}
diff --git a/tests/units/widgets/runningtaskwidgettest.cpp b/tests/units/widgets/runningtaskwidgettest.cpp
--- a/tests/units/widgets/runningtaskwidgettest.cpp
+++ b/tests/units/widgets/runningtaskwidgettest.cpp
@@ -77,30 +77,36 @@
         // GIVEN
         Widgets::RunningTaskWidget widget;
         auto task = Domain::Task::Ptr::create();
+        const QString title = QStringLiteral("title");
+        task->setTitle(title);
         RunningTaskModelStub model;
         widget.setModel(&model);
 
         // WHEN
         model.setRunningTask(task);
 
         // THEN
+        QCOMPARE(widget.currentText(), title);
         QVERIFY(!widget.isHidden());
     }
 
     void shouldShowWhenRunningADifferentTask()
     {
         // GIVEN
         Widgets::RunningTaskWidget widget;
         auto task1 = Domain::Task::Ptr::create();
+        task1->setTitle(QStringLiteral("task1"));
         auto task2 = Domain::Task::Ptr::create();
+        task2->setTitle(QStringLiteral("task2"));
         RunningTaskModelStub model;
         widget.setModel(&model);
         model.setRunningTask(task1);
 
         // WHEN
         model.setRunningTask(task2);
 
         // THEN
+        QCOMPARE(widget.currentText(), QStringLiteral("task2"));
         QVERIFY(!widget.isHidden());
     }