diff --git a/tests/test_clade_annotation.py b/tests/test_clade_annotation.py
index c6455cf7..a891e885 100644
--- a/tests/test_clade_annotation.py
+++ b/tests/test_clade_annotation.py
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ def test_get_internal_nodes(self):
         self.assertEqual([0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 185], internal_nodes)
         return
 
+    def test_summarise(self):
+        summary = self.test_clade_annot.summarise()
+        self.assertIsInstance(summary, str)
+        self.assertTrue(len(summary) > 0)
+        return
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/treesapp/clade_annotation.py b/treesapp/clade_annotation.py
index afde1741..60b6326b 100644
--- a/treesapp/clade_annotation.py
+++ b/treesapp/clade_annotation.py
@@ -8,9 +8,7 @@ def __init__(self, name: str, key: str):
         self.colour = ""
 
     def __str__(self) -> str:
-        return "CladeAnnotation object '{}' of '{}' annotation with '{}' members.".format(self.name,
-                                                                                          self.feature,
-                                                                                          len(self.members))
+        return self.summarise()
 
     def summarise(self) -> str:
         summary_str = "Annotation '{}' of feature '{}' status:\n".format(self.name, self.feature)