diff --git a/go-client/go.mod b/go-client/go.mod
index fde56be916..03833ac9a8 100644
--- a/go-client/go.mod
+++ b/go-client/go.mod
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@ module github.com/windmill-labs/windmill-go-client
 
 go 1.19
 
-require github.com/deepmap/oapi-codegen v1.15.0
+require (
+	github.com/deepmap/oapi-codegen v1.15.0
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
+)
 
 require (
 	github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.3.2 // indirect
@@ -16,6 +19,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/bytedance/sonic v1.10.0-rc3 // indirect
 	github.com/chenzhuoyu/base64x v0.0.0-20230717121745-296ad89f973d // indirect
 	github.com/chenzhuoyu/iasm v0.9.0 // indirect
+	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/fatih/structs v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/flosch/pongo2/v4 v4.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/gabriel-vasile/mimetype v1.4.2 // indirect
@@ -51,6 +55,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd // indirect
 	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.0.9 // indirect
+	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/schollz/closestmatch v2.1.0+incompatible // indirect
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.8.1 // indirect
diff --git a/go-client/windmill.go b/go-client/windmill.go
index eefedd48f2..fd0446e14b 100644
--- a/go-client/windmill.go
+++ b/go-client/windmill.go
@@ -42,12 +42,12 @@ func GetVariable(path string) (string, error) {
 		return "", err
 	}
 	res, err := client.Client.GetVariableValueWithResponse(context.Background(), client.Workspace, path)
-	if res.StatusCode()/100 != 2 {
-		return "", errors.New(string(res.Body))
-	}
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
+	if res.StatusCode()/100 != 2 {
+		return "", errors.New(string(res.Body))
+	}
 	return *res.JSON200, nil
 }
 
@@ -58,28 +58,50 @@ func GetResource(path string) (interface{}, error) {
 	}
 	params := api.GetResourceValueInterpolatedParams{}
 	res, err := client.Client.GetResourceValueInterpolatedWithResponse(context.Background(), client.Workspace, path, &params)
-	if res.StatusCode()/100 != 2 {
-		return nil, errors.New(string(res.Body))
-	}
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	if res.StatusCode()/100 != 2 {
+		return nil, errors.New(string(res.Body))
+	}
 	return *res.JSON200, nil
 }
 
-func SetResource(path string, value interface{}) error {
+func SetResource(path string, value interface{}, resourceTypeOpt ...string) error {
 	client, err := GetClient()
-	res, err := client.Client.CreateResourceWithResponse(context.Background(), client.Workspace, &api.CreateResourceParams{
-		UpdateIfExists: newBool(true),
-	}, api.CreateResource{Value: &value, Path: path})
-
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if res.StatusCode()/100 != 2 {
-		return errors.New(string(res.Body))
+	params := api.GetResourceValueInterpolatedParams{}
+	getRes, getErr := client.Client.GetResourceValueInterpolatedWithResponse(context.Background(), client.Workspace, path, &params)
+	if getErr != nil {
+		return getErr
+	}
+	if getRes.StatusCode() == 404 {
+		resourceType := "any"
+		if len(resourceTypeOpt) > 0 {
+			resourceType = resourceTypeOpt[0]
+		}
+		res, err := client.Client.CreateResourceWithResponse(context.Background(), client.Workspace, &api.CreateResourceParams{
+			UpdateIfExists: newBool(true),
+		}, api.CreateResource{Value: &value, Path: path, ResourceType: resourceType})
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if res.StatusCode()/100 != 2 {
+			return errors.New(string(res.Body))
+		}
+	} else {
+		res, err := client.Client.UpdateResourceValueWithResponse(context.Background(), client.Workspace, path, api.UpdateResourceValueJSONRequestBody{
+			Value: &value,
+		})
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if res.StatusCode()/100 != 2 {
+			return errors.New(string(res.Body))
+		}
 	}
-
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -96,20 +118,20 @@ func SetVariable(path string, value string) error {
 	if res.StatusCode()/100 != 2 {
 		f = true
 	}
-  if f == true {
-    res, err := client.Client.CreateVariableWithResponse(context.Background(), client.Workspace, &api.CreateVariableParams{}, 
-      api.CreateVariableJSONRequestBody{
-        Path: path,
-        Value: value,
-    })
+	if f {
+		res, err := client.Client.CreateVariableWithResponse(context.Background(), client.Workspace, &api.CreateVariableParams{},
+			api.CreateVariableJSONRequestBody{
+				Path:  path,
+				Value: value,
+			})
 
-    if err != nil {
-      return err
-    }
-    if res.StatusCode()/100 != 2 {
-      return errors.New(string(res.Body))
-    }
-  }
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if res.StatusCode()/100 != 2 {
+			return errors.New(string(res.Body))
+		}
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/go-client/windmill_test.go b/go-client/windmill_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c7e1afe6cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go-client/windmill_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+package windmill
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func SetUp() error {
+	err := os.Setenv("BASE_INTERNAL_URL", "http://localhost:8000")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	err = os.Setenv("WM_WORKSPACE", "storage")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	err = os.Setenv("WM_TOKEN", "<WM_TOKEN>")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func TestGetResource(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Skip("skipping") // uncomment to test
+	if err := SetUp(); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+	res, err := GetResource("u/admin/test_res")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+	serialized, err := json.Marshal(res)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+	require.Equal(t, "{\"test\":\"test\"}", string(serialized))
+}
+
+func TestSetResource(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Skip("skipping") // uncomment to test
+	if err := SetUp(); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+	path := "u/admin/test_res"
+
+	type ResourceValue struct {
+		Test string `json:"test"`
+	}
+	value := ResourceValue{
+		Test: "test3",
+	}
+	if err := SetResource(path, value); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+}