diff --git a/src/LocalField/PowerSeries.jl b/src/LocalField/PowerSeries.jl
index 710c0b8a7e..59e6624d8a 100644
--- a/src/LocalField/PowerSeries.jl
+++ b/src/LocalField/PowerSeries.jl
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ function canonical_unit(a::LaurentSeriesFieldValuationRingElem)
   iszero(a) && return one(parent(a), precision = precision(a))
   v = valuation(a)
   pi = uniformizer(parent(a))
-  return LaurentSeriesFieldValuationRingElem(parent(a), divexact(data(a), pi^v))
+  return divexact(data(a), pi^v)
 end
 
 ################################################################################
@@ -104,7 +104,11 @@ function (Q::LaurentSeriesFieldValuationRing)(a::Generic.LaurentSeriesFieldElem)
   @assert parent(a) === _field(Q)
   @req valuation(a) >= 0 "Not an element of the valuation ring"
   R = data(Q)
-  b = R([polcoeff(a, i) for i in 0:pol_length(a) - 1], pol_length(a), precision(a), valuation(a))
+  c = zeros(base_ring(R), pol_length(a) * Generic.scale(a))
+  for i in 0:pol_length(a) - 1
+    c[Generic.scale(a) * i + 1] = polcoeff(a, i)
+  end
+  b = R(c, Generic.scale(a) * pol_length(a), precision(a), valuation(a))
   return Q(b)
 end
 
@@ -291,11 +295,6 @@ function zero!(a::LaurentSeriesFieldValuationRingElem)
   return a
 end
 
-function mul_red!(a::LaurentSeriesFieldValuationRingElem, b::LaurentSeriesFieldValuationRingElem, c::LaurentSeriesFieldValuationRingElem, f::Bool = false)
-  a.a = mul_red!(data(a), data(b), data(c), f)
-  return a
-end
-
 function mul!(a::LaurentSeriesFieldValuationRingElem, b::LaurentSeriesFieldValuationRingElem, c::LaurentSeriesFieldValuationRingElem)
   a.a = mul!(data(a), data(b), data(c))
   return a
diff --git a/test/LocalField.jl b/test/LocalField.jl
index 9d71622c0a..2030e5fee5 100644
--- a/test/LocalField.jl
+++ b/test/LocalField.jl
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@
   include("LocalField/Completions.jl")
   include("LocalField/Ring.jl")
   include("LocalField/ResidueRing.jl")
+  include("LocalField/LaurentSeries.jl")
   include("LocalField/PowerSeries.jl")
 end
diff --git a/test/LocalField/LaurentSeries.jl b/test/LocalField/LaurentSeries.jl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6b97cb964d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/LocalField/LaurentSeries.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+@testset "Local field interface" begin
+  K, x = laurent_series_field(GF(3), 10, "x")
+  @test characteristic(K) == 3
+
+  p = uniformizer(K)
+  @test p == x
+
+  p = uniformizer(K, 3, prec = 5)
+  @test p == x^3
+  @test precision(p) == 5
+  q = setprecision(p, 10)
+  @test precision(p) == 5
+  @test precision(q) == 10
+
+  @test absolute_ramification_index(K) == 1
+
+  @test Hecke._valuation_integral(x^2) == 2
+
+  k, Ktok = residue_field(K)
+  @test k === base_ring(K)
+
+  @test_throws ErrorException Ktok(x^-1)
+  @test is_zero(Ktok(x))
+  @test is_one(Ktok(x + 1))
+  @test is_one(Ktok\one(k))
+end
diff --git a/test/LocalField/PowerSeries.jl b/test/LocalField/PowerSeries.jl
index a2cb35ff27..51eba810c1 100644
--- a/test/LocalField/PowerSeries.jl
+++ b/test/LocalField/PowerSeries.jl
@@ -8,9 +8,64 @@ end
 
 @testset "Conformance tests" begin
   K, x = laurent_series_field(GF(101), 30, "x", cached = false)
-  R = valuation_ring(K)
+  R = @inferred valuation_ring(K)
   @test is_domain_type(elem_type(R))
   @test !is_exact_type(elem_type(R))
   test_Ring_interface(R)
   #test_EuclideanRing_interface(R) # doesn't do anything for a non-exact ring
 end
+
+@testset "Ring to field" begin
+  K, x = laurent_series_field(GF(101), 30, "x")
+  R = @inferred valuation_ring(K)
+  p = uniformizer(R)
+  a = p + p^3 + 4*p^5
+  b = x + x^3 + 4*x^5
+  @test K(a) == b
+  @test R(b) == a
+
+  L, _ = laurent_series_field(GF(3), 10, "x")
+  @test_throws ErrorException L(a)
+
+  @test_throws AssertionError R(gen(L))
+  @test_throws ArgumentError R(x^-1)
+end
+
+@testset "Euclidean functionality" begin
+  K, x = laurent_series_field(GF(101), 30, "x")
+  R = @inferred valuation_ring(K)
+  p = uniformizer(R)
+
+  for a in [zero(R), p, p + 1, p^2]
+    for b in [p, p + 1, p^2]
+      q, r = divrem(a, b)
+      @test a == q*b + r
+      if !is_zero(r)
+        @test valuation(r) < valuation(b)
+      end
+      q = div(a, b)
+      if !is_zero(a - q*b)
+        @test valuation(a - q*b) < valuation(b)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  for a in [zero(R), p, p + 1, p^2]
+    for b in [zero(R), p, p + 1, p^2]
+      g, u, v = gcdx(a, b)
+
+      @test u*a + v*b == g
+      if !is_zero(a) && !is_zero(b)
+        @test valuation(g) == min(valuation(a), valuation(b))
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+@testset "Construction" begin
+  # Test type stability for different field types
+  for F in [GF(3), Native.GF(3), Native.GF(ZZ(3)), Native.GF(3, 2), Native.GF(ZZ(3), 2)]
+    K, _ = laurent_series_field(F, 10, "x")
+    @inferred valuation_ring(K)
+  end
+end
diff --git a/test/LocalField/ResidueRing.jl b/test/LocalField/ResidueRing.jl
index baf2e1f38a..e5ab20eb39 100644
--- a/test/LocalField/ResidueRing.jl
+++ b/test/LocalField/ResidueRing.jl
@@ -59,6 +59,12 @@ end
     @test is_exact_type(elem_type(R))
     test_Ring_interface(R)
 
+    p = uniformizer(R)
+    @test p == R(pi)
+    @test p == R(uniformizer(K))
+    p = uniformizer(R, 2)
+    @test p == R(pi^2)
+
     # the euclidean conformance test seems to assume that the ring is a domain
     R, _ = residue_ring(O, pi)
     test_EuclideanRing_interface(R)