diff --git a/plugins/outputs/appdynamics/README.md b/plugins/outputs/appdynamics/README.md
index e55eb0a07..14f8d479e 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/appdynamics/README.md
+++ b/plugins/outputs/appdynamics/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ via raw TCP.
 ## Configuration:
 
 ```toml
-  ## controller information tor connect and retrieve tier-id value
+  ## controller information to connect and retrieve tier-id value
   controllerTierURL = "https://foo.saas.appdynamics.com/controller/rest/applications/bar/tiers/baz?output=JSON"
   controllerUserName = "apiuser"
   controllerPassword = "apipass"
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ via raw TCP.
   ## |Component:%d| gets transformed into |Component:id| during initialization - where 'id' is a tier-id for
   ## this controller application/tier combination
   agentURL = "http://localhost:8293/machineagent/metrics?name=Server|Component:%d|Custom+Metrics|"
-```
\ No newline at end of file
+```
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/appdynamics/appdynamics.go b/plugins/outputs/appdynamics/appdynamics.go
index 85d811785..3f292e31b 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/appdynamics/appdynamics.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/appdynamics/appdynamics.go
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-package influxdb
+package appdynamics
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/outputs"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/outputs"
 )
 
 var sampleConfig = `
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ var sampleConfig = `
 
 type Appdynamics struct {
 	// Controller values for retrieving tier-id from the controller
-	ControllerTierURL     string
-	ControllerUserName    string
-	ControllerPassword    string
+	ControllerTierURL  string
+	ControllerUserName string
+	ControllerPassword string
 
 	// Machine agent URL format string
 	AgentURL string
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ type Appdynamics struct {
 }
 
 // Close - There is nothing to close here, but need to comply with output interface
-func (a *Appdynamics) Close() error{
+func (a *Appdynamics) Close() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ func (a *Appdynamics) getTierId() (int64, error) {
 		return 0, err
 	}
 	if len(tiers) != 1 {
-		fmt.Println("Invalid reply: ", tiers)
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("Invalid reply: %v", tiers)
 	}
 
 	return tiers[0].Id, nil
@@ -105,10 +105,9 @@ func (a *Appdynamics) Write(metrics []telegraf.Metric) error {
 			default:
 				appdType = "sum"
 			}
-			url := a.AgentURL + metric.Name() + fmt.Sprintf("&value=%v&type=%s", metric.Fields()["value"], appdType)
-			fmt.Printf("Calling %s ...\n", url)
-			_, err := http.Get(url)
-			if err != nil {
+			url := fmt.Sprintf("%s%s&value=%v&type=%s", a.AgentURL, metric.Name(), metric.Fields()["value"], appdType)
+			log.Printf("Calling %s ...\n", url)
+			if _, err := http.Post(url, "", nil); err != nil {
 				log.Println("ERROR: " + err.Error())
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/appdynamics/appdynamics_test.go b/plugins/outputs/appdynamics/appdynamics_test.go
index 90ef9384e..c8a4fbe42 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/appdynamics/appdynamics_test.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/appdynamics/appdynamics_test.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package influxdb
+package appdynamics
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
-// TestAppdynamicsError - attemp to initialize Appdynamics with invalid controller user name value
+// TestAppdynamicsError - attempt to initialize Appdynamics with invalid controller user name value
 func TestAppdynamicsError(t *testing.T) {
 	a := Appdynamics{
 		ControllerTierURL:     "https://foo.saas.appdynamics.com/controller/rest/applications/bar/tiers/baz?output=JSON",
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ func TestAppdynamicsError(t *testing.T) {
 		ControllerPassword:    "pass123",
 		AgentURL:              "http://localhost:8293/machineagent/metrics?name=Server|Component:%d|Custom+Metrics|",
 	}
+
 	assert.Error(t, a.Connect())
 }
 
@@ -41,18 +42,20 @@ func TestAppdynamicsOK(t *testing.T) {
 		ControllerPassword:    "pass123",
 		AgentURL:              "http://localhost:8293/machineagent/metrics?name=Server|Component:%d|Custom+Metrics|",
 	}
+
 	// this error is expected since we are not connecting to actual controller
 	assert.Error(t, a.Connect())
 	// reset agent url value with '123' tier id
 	a.AgentURL = fmt.Sprintf(a.AgentURL, 123)
 	assert.Equal(t, a.AgentURL, "http://localhost:8293/machineagent/metrics?name=Server|Component:123|Custom+Metrics|")
 
+	tm := time.Date(2010, time.November, 10, 23, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
 	// counter type - appd-type: sum
 	m, _ := telegraf.NewMetric(
 		"foo",
-		map[string]string{"metrcic_type": "counter"},
+		map[string]string{"metric_type": "counter"},
 		map[string]interface{}{"value": float64(1.23)},
-		time.Date(2010, time.November, 10, 23, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC),
+		tm,
 	)
 	metrics := []telegraf.Metric{m}
 	assert.NoError(t, a.Write(metrics))
@@ -64,7 +67,7 @@ func TestAppdynamicsOK(t *testing.T) {
 		"foo",
 		map[string]string{"metric_type": "gauge"},
 		map[string]interface{}{"value": float64(4.56)},
-		time.Date(2010, time.November, 10, 23, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC),
+		tm,
 	)
 	metrics = []telegraf.Metric{m}
 	assert.NoError(t, a.Write(metrics))
@@ -74,9 +77,9 @@ func TestAppdynamicsOK(t *testing.T) {
 	// other type - defaults to appd-type: sum
 	m, _ = telegraf.NewMetric(
 		"foo",
-		map[string]string{"metric_type": "bar"},
+		map[string]string{"metric_type": "other"},
 		map[string]interface{}{"value": float64(7.89)},
-		time.Date(2010, time.November, 10, 23, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC),
+		tm,
 	)
 	metrics = []telegraf.Metric{m}
 	assert.NoError(t, a.Write(metrics))