diff --git a/cbutil/upload.py b/cbutil/upload.py
index 3718b5ae964bd7d554650abdefd2b6eb70066a4d..84fae2c7cefedca2bcf4895eb35c1ce2e49753bd 100644
--- a/cbutil/upload.py
+++ b/cbutil/upload.py
@@ -2,10 +2,15 @@ import logging
 import os
 import pprint
 from dataclasses import dataclass
+from typing import Dict, List, Union
 
 import dotenv
 from influxdb import InfluxDBClient
 
+from .data_points import DataPoint
+
+Points = Union[List[Dict], List[DataPoint]]
+
 logger = logging.getLogger(__file__)
 
 MISSING_DB_PW = """
@@ -53,16 +58,25 @@ class Uploader:
             database=config.database,
         )
 
-    def upload(self, points, dry_run=False, *, time_precision='s', **kwargs):
-        logger.info(f"Uploading: {pprint.pformat(points)}")
+    def upload(self, points: Points, dry_run=False, *, time_precision='s', **kwargs):
+        to_upload = points
+        if isinstance(points[0], DataPoint):
+            assert all(isinstance(dp, DataPoint) for dp in points)
+            to_upload = [dp.asdict() for dp in points]
+        else:
+            assert all(isinstance(dp, Dict) for dp in points)
+        logger.info(f"Uploading: {pprint.pformat(to_upload)}")
+
+        success = True
         if (common_tags := kwargs.get("tags")):
             logger.info(f"with common tags: {pprint.pformat(common_tags)}")
 
         if not dry_run:
-            success = self.client.write_points(points,
+            success = self.client.write_points(to_upload,
                                                time_precision=time_precision,
                                                **kwargs)
             if success:
                 logger.info(f"Uploaded {len(points)} items")
             else:
                 raise ValueError("Uploading to influxdb went wrong!")
+        return success
diff --git a/tests/test_upload.py b/tests/test_upload.py
index 55ef1444596e726968ad315c5c24383313a75863..9560d11717b02a7ab61f1798bd8073670dc03fd9 100644
--- a/tests/test_upload.py
+++ b/tests/test_upload.py
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
-from cbutil.upload import Uploader, DBConfig, load_config_from_env
 import os
+import time
+
+from cbutil.data_points import DataPoint
+from cbutil.upload import DBConfig, Uploader, load_config_from_env
+
+DUMMY_CONF = DBConfig("host", 1234, "user_name", "database", "write_user_pw")
 
 
 def setup_env():
@@ -12,8 +17,7 @@ def setup_env():
 
 
 def test_init_with_conf():
-    conf = DBConfig("host", 1234, "user_name", "database", "write_user_pw")
-    Uploader(conf)
+    Uploader(DUMMY_CONF)
 
 
 def test_load_conf():
@@ -37,3 +41,10 @@ def test_init_from_env():
     assert up.config.user_name == os.environ["INFLUXDB_USER_NAME"]
     assert up.config.database == os.environ["INFLUXDB_DATABASE"]
     assert up.config.write_user_pw == os.environ["INFLUXDB_WRITE_USER_PASSWORD"]
+
+
+def test_upload():
+    up = Uploader(DUMMY_CONF)
+    dp = DataPoint(measurement="Test", time=int(time.time()), fields=dict(), tags=dict())
+    assert up.upload([dp], dry_run=True)
+    assert up.upload([dp.asdict()], dry_run=True)