diff --git a/betterproto/tests/inputs/int32/int32-negative.json b/betterproto/tests/inputs/int32/int32-negative.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 0d2bb48..0000000
--- a/betterproto/tests/inputs/int32/int32-negative.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "count": -150
-}
diff --git a/betterproto/tests/inputs/int32/int32.json b/betterproto/tests/inputs/int32/int32.json
index 9514828..34d4111 100644
--- a/betterproto/tests/inputs/int32/int32.json
+++ b/betterproto/tests/inputs/int32/int32.json
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 {
-  "count": 150
+  "positive": 150,
+  "negative": -150
 }
diff --git a/betterproto/tests/inputs/int32/int32.proto b/betterproto/tests/inputs/int32/int32.proto
index 6b46857..cae0dc7 100644
--- a/betterproto/tests/inputs/int32/int32.proto
+++ b/betterproto/tests/inputs/int32/int32.proto
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@ syntax = "proto3";
 // Some documentation about the Test message.
 message Test {
     // Some documentation about the count.
-    int32 count = 1;
+    int32 positive = 1;
+    int32 negative = 2;
 }
diff --git a/betterproto/tests/inputs/signed/signed-negative.json b/betterproto/tests/inputs/signed/signed-negative.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 2f6525a..0000000
--- a/betterproto/tests/inputs/signed/signed-negative.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "signed_32": -150,
-  "signed_64": "-150"
-}
diff --git a/betterproto/tests/inputs/signed/signed.json b/betterproto/tests/inputs/signed/signed.json
index 6049d88..b171e15 100644
--- a/betterproto/tests/inputs/signed/signed.json
+++ b/betterproto/tests/inputs/signed/signed.json
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 {
-  "signed_32": 150,
-  "signed_64": "150"
+  "signed32": 150,
+  "negative32": -150,
+  "string64": "150",
+  "negative64": "-150"
 }
diff --git a/betterproto/tests/inputs/signed/signed.proto b/betterproto/tests/inputs/signed/signed.proto
index 49b2bfd..23fc9ee 100644
--- a/betterproto/tests/inputs/signed/signed.proto
+++ b/betterproto/tests/inputs/signed/signed.proto
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 syntax = "proto3";
 
 message Test {
-    sint32 signed_32 = 1;
-    sint64 signed_64 = 2;
+    // todo: rename fields after fixing bug where 'signed_32_positive' will map to 'signed_32Positive' as output json
+    sint32 signed32 = 1;    //  signed_32_positive
+    sint32 negative32 = 2;  //  signed_32_negative
+    sint64 string64 = 3;    //  signed_64_positive
+    sint64 negative64 = 4;  //  signed_64_negative
 }
diff --git a/betterproto/tests/test_inputs.py b/betterproto/tests/test_inputs.py
index 5088b41..cd86fff 100644
--- a/betterproto/tests/test_inputs.py
+++ b/betterproto/tests/test_inputs.py
@@ -50,7 +50,12 @@ def test_message_json(test_case_name: str) -> None:
     message.from_json(reference_json_data)
     message_json = message.to_json(0)
 
-    assert json.loads(message_json) == json.loads(reference_json_data)
+    print(reference_json_data)
+    print(message_json)
+
+    assert json.loads(reference_json_data) == json.loads(message_json)
+
+    # todo: handle -negative
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("test_case_name", test_case_names)