diff --git a/src/abap/JSONToAbapXml.ts b/src/abap/JSONToAbapXml.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fdb52f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/abap/JSONToAbapXml.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+export function JSON2AbapXML(original: any, root: string = "DATA") {
+  //only flat objects for now, might extend later...
+  let inner = ""
+  for (const key of Object.keys(original))
+    if (original[key])
+      inner = `${inner}\n<${key}>${original[key] || ""}</${key}>`
+    else inner = `${inner}\n<${key}/>`
+
+  return `<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><asx:abap xmlns:asx="http://www.sap.com/abapxml" version="1.0">
+  <asx:values>
+    <${root}>
+      ${inner}
+    </${root}>
+  </asx:values>
+</asx:abap>`
+}
diff --git a/src/adt/AdtConnection.ts b/src/adt/AdtConnection.ts
index 723cb62..96bf4b0 100644
--- a/src/adt/AdtConnection.ts
+++ b/src/adt/AdtConnection.ts
@@ -94,7 +94,12 @@ export class AdtConnection {
       })
     })
   }
-
+  createUri(path: string, query: string = "") {
+    return Uri.parse("adt://" + this.name).with({
+      path,
+      query
+    })
+  }
   connect(): Promise<request.Response> {
     return this.myrequest("/sap/bc/adt/compatibility/graph").then(
       (response: request.Response) => {
diff --git a/src/adt/AdtServer.ts b/src/adt/AdtServer.ts
index c4fb777..a8bb607 100644
--- a/src/adt/AdtServer.ts
+++ b/src/adt/AdtServer.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { MetaFolder } from "../fs/MetaFolder"
 import { AbapObjectNode, AbapNode, isAbap } from "../fs/AbapNode"
 import { AbapObject, TransportStatus } from "../abap/AbapObject"
 import { getRemoteList } from "../config"
+import { JSON2AbapXML } from "../abap/JSONToAbapXml"
 export const ADTBASEURL = "/sap/bc/adt/repository/nodestructure"
 
 // visual studio paths are hierarchic, adt ones aren't
@@ -57,8 +58,17 @@ export class AdtServer {
 
     const conn = await this.connectionP
     await file.abapObject.lock(conn)
-    if (file.abapObject.transport === TransportStatus.REQUIRED)
+    if (file.abapObject.transport === TransportStatus.REQUIRED) {
+      const response = await conn.request(
+        conn.createUri("/sap/bc/adt/cts/transportchecks"),
+        "POST",
+        {
+          body: JSON2AbapXML({ URI: file.abapObject.getContentsUri(conn).path })
+        }
+      )
+      console.log(response.body)
       throw new Error("transport selection not supported(yet)")
+    }
 
     await file.abapObject.setContents(conn, content)