diff --git a/lua/spacevim/api/data/list.lua b/lua/spacevim/api/data/list.lua
index a7638ebee..36f9c5582 100644
--- a/lua/spacevim/api/data/list.lua
+++ b/lua/spacevim/api/data/list.lua
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ local list = {}
 
 
 function list.pop(l)
-    
+  return table.remove(l)
 end
 
 
diff --git a/test/lua/api/data/list.vader b/test/lua/api/data/list.vader
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3c27fc3bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/lua/api/data/list.vader
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Execute ( SpaceVim lua api: data.list ):
+  if get(g:, 'spacevim_use_lua', 0)
+    let cmp = SpaceVim#api#import('vim#compatible')
+    lua spacevim_list = require('spacevim.api').import('data.list')
+    lua context = {"java", "hello world"}
+    AssertEqual cmp.luaeval('spacevim_list.pop(context)'), 'hello world'
+  endif
+