diff --git a/amqtt/contrib/jwt.py b/amqtt/contrib/jwt.py
index fe4f728..dcdaeb9 100644
--- a/amqtt/contrib/jwt.py
+++ b/amqtt/contrib/jwt.py
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ class TopicAuthJwtPlugin(BaseTopicPlugin):
 
         try:
             decoded_payload = jwt.decode(session.password, self.config.secret_key, algorithms=["HS256"])
-            return any(self.topic_matcher.is_topic_allowed(topic, a_filter)
-                       for a_filter in decoded_payload.get(self._topic_jwt_claims, []))
+            claim = getattr(self.config, self._topic_jwt_claims[action])
+            return any(self.topic_matcher.is_topic_allowed(topic, a_filter) for a_filter in decoded_payload.get(claim, []))
         except jwt.ExpiredSignatureError:
             logger.debug(f"jwt for '{session.username}' is expired")
             return False
@@ -102,9 +102,11 @@ class TopicAuthJwtPlugin(BaseTopicPlugin):
         secret_key: str
         """Secret key to decrypt the token."""
         publish_claim: str
-        """Payload key for list of ."""
+        """Payload key for contains a list of permissible publish topics."""
         subscribe_claim: str
+        """Payload key for contains a list of permissible subscribe topics."""
         receive_claim: str
+        """Payload key for contains a list of permissible receive topics."""
         algorithm: str = "HS256"
         """Algorithm to use for token encryption: 'ES256', 'ES256K', 'ES384', 'ES512', 'ES521', 'EdDSA', 'HS256',
          'HS384', 'HS512', 'PS256', 'PS384', 'PS512', 'RS256', 'RS384', 'RS512'"""
diff --git a/tests/contrib/test_jwt.py b/tests/contrib/test_jwt.py
index ec40a52..2a84065 100644
--- a/tests/contrib/test_jwt.py
+++ b/tests/contrib/test_jwt.py
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
+import asyncio
 import datetime
+import logging
 import secrets
 
 import jwt
 import pytest
 
 from amqtt.broker import BrokerContext, Broker
-from amqtt.contrib.jwt import UserAuthJwtPlugin
+from amqtt.client import MQTTClient
+from amqtt.contexts import Action, ListenerConfig, BrokerConfig
+from amqtt.contrib.jwt import UserAuthJwtPlugin, TopicAuthJwtPlugin
+from amqtt.mqtt.constants import QOS_0
 from amqtt.session import Session
 
 
@@ -38,3 +43,77 @@ async def test_user_jwt_plugin(secret_key, exp_time, outcome):
     s.password = jwt.encode(payload, secret_key, algorithm="HS256")
 
     assert await jwt_plugin.authenticate(session=s) == outcome, "access should have been granted"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_topic_jwt_plugin(secret_key):
+
+    payload = {
+        "username": "example_user",
+        "exp": datetime.datetime.now(datetime.UTC) + datetime.timedelta(hours=1),
+        "publish_acl": ['my/topic/#', 'my/+/other']
+    }
+
+    ctx = BrokerContext(Broker())
+    ctx.config = TopicAuthJwtPlugin.Config(
+        secret_key=secret_key,
+        publish_claim='publish_acl',
+        subscribe_claim='subscribe_acl',
+        receive_claim='receive_acl'
+    )
+
+    jwt_plugin = TopicAuthJwtPlugin(context=ctx)
+
+    s = Session()
+    s.username = "example_user"
+    s.password = jwt.encode(payload, secret_key, algorithm="HS256")
+
+    assert await jwt_plugin.topic_filtering(session=s, topic="my/topic/one", action=Action.PUBLISH), "access should be granted"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_broker_with_jwt_plugin(secret_key, caplog):
+    payload = {
+        "username": "example_user",
+        "exp": datetime.datetime.now(datetime.UTC) + datetime.timedelta(hours=1),
+        "publish_acl": ['my/topic/#', 'my/+/other'],
+        "subscribe_acl": ['my/+/other'],
+    }
+    username = "example_user"
+    password = jwt.encode(payload, secret_key, algorithm="HS256")
+
+    cfg = BrokerConfig(
+        listeners={'default': ListenerConfig()},
+        plugins={
+            'amqtt.contrib.jwt.UserAuthJwtPlugin': {
+                'secret_key': secret_key,
+                'user_claim': 'username',
+            },
+            'amqtt.contrib.jwt.TopicAuthJwtPlugin': {
+                'secret_key': secret_key,
+                'publish_claim': 'publish_acl',
+                'subscribe_claim': 'subscribe_acl',
+                'receive_claim': 'receive_acl'
+            }
+        }
+    )
+    with caplog.at_level(logging.INFO):
+        b = Broker(config=cfg)
+        await b.start()
+        await asyncio.sleep(0.1)
+
+        c = MQTTClient()
+        await c.connect(f'mqtt://{username}:{password}@localhost:1883')
+        await asyncio.sleep(0.1)
+        result = await c.subscribe([('my/one', QOS_0)])
+        assert result == [128, ]
+        result = await c.subscribe([('my/one/other', QOS_0)])
+        assert result == [0]
+        await c.publish('my/one', b'message should not get published')
+        await asyncio.sleep(0.1)
+        assert "not allowed to publish to TOPIC my/one" in caplog.text
+        await asyncio.sleep(0.1)
+
+        await c.disconnect()
+        await asyncio.sleep(0.1)
+        await b.shutdown()