diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3400509..2d17488 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,7 @@
 MANIFEST
 dist/
+*.pyc
+__pycache__
+*.swp
+servefile.egg-info
+.tox
diff --git a/servefile b/servefile
index f086bc9..7bfd8c7 100755
--- a/servefile
+++ b/servefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 from __future__ import print_function
 
-__version__ = '0.4.4'
+__version__ = '0.4.5-unreleased'
 
 import argparse
 import base64
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index abf7650..252161f 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ setup(
 	url='http://seba-geek.de/stuff/servefile/',
 	author='Sebastian Lohff',
 	author_email='seba@someserver.de',
+	install_requires=['pyopenssl'],
 	scripts=['servefile'],
 )
 
diff --git a/tests/test_servefile.py b/tests/test_servefile.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..165f0de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_servefile.py
@@ -0,0 +1,275 @@
+import io
+import pytest
+import requests
+import subprocess
+import tarfile
+import time
+import urllib3
+
+# crudly written to learn more about pytest and to have a base for refactoring
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def run_servefile():
+    instances = []
+
+    def _run_servefile(args, **kwargs):
+        if not isinstance(args, list):
+            args = [args]
+        print("running with args", args)
+        p = subprocess.Popen(['servefile'] + args, **kwargs)
+        time.sleep(kwargs.get('timeout', 0.3))
+        instances.append(p)
+
+        return p
+
+    yield _run_servefile
+
+    for instance in instances:
+        try:
+            instance.terminate()
+        except OSError:
+            pass
+        instance.wait()
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def datadir(tmp_path):
+    def _datadir(data, path=None):
+        path = path or tmp_path
+        for k, v in data.items():
+            if isinstance(v, dict):
+                new_path = path / k
+                new_path.mkdir()
+                _datadir(v, new_path)
+            else:
+                (path / k).write_text(v.decode())
+
+        return path
+    return _datadir
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope='class')
+def servefile_simple(run_servefile, datadir):
+    data = "NOOT NOOT"
+    p = datadir({'testfile': data}) / 'testfile'
+
+    run_servefile(str(p))
+
+    return dict(host='localhost', port=8080, protocol='http')
+
+
+def download_ok(r, expected_data, expected_code=200):
+    assert r.status_code == expected_code
+    assert r.text == expected_data
+
+
+def make_request(path='/', host='localhost', port=8080, method='get', protocol='http', **kwargs):
+    url = '{}://{}:{}{}'.format(protocol, host, port, path)
+    r = getattr(requests, method)(url, **kwargs)
+
+    return r
+
+
+def check_download(expected_data=None, path='/', status_code=200, **kwargs):
+    r = make_request(path, **kwargs)
+    assert r.status_code == 200
+    assert r.text == expected_data
+    assert r.headers.get('Content-Type') == 'application/octet-stream'
+    # assert r.headers.get('Content-Disposition') == 'attachment; filename=""'
+    assert r.headers.get('Content-Transfer-Encoding') == 'binary'
+
+    return r  # for additional tests
+
+
+def test_version(run_servefile):
+    s = run_servefile('--version', stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+    s.wait()
+    version = s.stderr.readline().strip()
+    assert version == 'servefile 0.4.5-unreleased'
+
+
+def test_correct_headers(run_servefile, datadir):
+    data = "NOOT NOOT"
+    p = datadir({'testfile': data}) / 'testfile'
+    run_servefile(str(p))
+    r = make_request()
+    assert r.status_code == 200
+    assert r.headers.get('Content-Type') == 'application/octet-stream'
+    assert r.headers.get('Content-Disposition') == 'attachment; filename="testfile"'
+    assert r.headers.get('Content-Transfer-Encoding') == 'binary'
+
+
+def test_redirect_and_download(run_servefile, datadir):
+    data = "NOOT NOOT"
+    p = datadir({'testfile': data}) / 'testfile'
+
+    run_servefile(str(p))
+
+    r = make_request(allow_redirects=False)
+    assert r.status_code == 302
+    assert r.headers.get('Location') == '/testfile'
+
+    r = requests.get("http://127.0.0.1:8080")
+    download_ok(r, data)
+
+
+def test_specify_port(run_servefile, datadir):
+    data = "NOOT NOOT"
+    p = datadir({'testfile': data}) / 'testfile'
+    run_servefile([str(p), '-p', '8081'])
+    r = make_request(port=8081)
+    download_ok(r, data)
+
+
+def test_big_download(run_servefile, datadir):
+    # test with about 10 mb of data
+    data = "x" * (10 * 1024 ** 2)
+    p = datadir({'testfile': data}) / 'testfile'
+
+    run_servefile(str(p))
+    r = make_request()
+    download_ok(r, data)
+
+
+def test_authentication(run_servefile, datadir):
+    data = "NOOT NOOT"
+    p = datadir({'testfile': data}) / 'testfile'
+
+    run_servefile([str(p), '-a', 'user:password'])
+    for auth in [('foo', 'bar'), ('user', 'wrong'), ('unknown', 'password')]:
+        r = make_request(auth=auth)
+        assert '401 - Unauthorized' in r.text
+        assert r.status_code == 401
+
+    r = make_request(auth=('user', 'password'))
+    download_ok(r, data)
+
+
+def test_serve_directory(run_servefile, datadir):
+    d = {
+        'foo': {'kratzbaum': 'cat', 'I like Cats!': 'kitteh', '&&&&&&&': 'wheee'},
+        'bar': {'thisisaverylongfilenamefortestingthatthisstillworksproperly': 'jup!'},
+        'noot': 'still data in here',
+        'bigfile': 'x' * (10 * 1024 ** 2),
+    }
+    p = datadir(d)
+    run_servefile([str(p), '-l'])
+
+    # check if all files are in directory listing
+    # (could be made more sophisticated with beautifulsoup)
+    for path in '/', '/../':
+        r = make_request(path)
+        for k in d:
+            assert k in r.text
+
+    for fname, content in d['foo'].items():
+        check_download(content, '/foo/' + fname)
+
+    r = make_request('/unknown')
+    assert r.status_code == 404
+
+    # download
+    check_download('jup!', '/bar/thisisaverylongfilenamefortestingthatthisstillworksproperly')
+
+
+def test_upload(run_servefile, tmp_path):
+    data = ('this is my live now\n'
+            'uploading strings to servers\n'
+            'so very joyful')
+    uploaddir = tmp_path / 'upload'
+    # check that uploaddir does not exist before servefile is started
+    assert not uploaddir.is_dir()
+
+    run_servefile(['-u', str(uploaddir)])
+
+    # check that servefile created the directory
+    assert uploaddir.is_dir()
+
+    # check upload form present
+    r = make_request()
+    assert r.status_code == 200
+    assert 'multipart/form-data' in r.text
+
+    # upload file
+    files = {'file': ('haiku.txt', data.decode())}
+    r = make_request(method='post', files=files)
+    assert 'Thanks' in r.text
+    assert r.status_code == 200
+    with open(str(uploaddir / 'haiku.txt')) as f:
+        assert f.read() == data
+
+    # upload file AGAIN!! (and check it is available unter a different name)
+    files = {'file': ('haiku.txt', data.decode())}
+    r = make_request(method='post', files=files)
+    assert r.status_code == 200
+    with open(str(uploaddir / 'haiku.txt(1)')) as f:
+        assert f.read() == data
+
+
+def test_upload_size_limit(run_servefile, tmp_path):
+    uploaddir = tmp_path / 'upload'
+    run_servefile(['-s', '2kb', '-u', str(uploaddir)])
+
+    # upload file that is too big
+    files = {'file': ('toobig', "x" * 2049)}
+    r = make_request(method='post', files=files)
+    assert 'Your file was too big' in r.text
+    assert r.status_code == 413
+    assert not (uploaddir / 'toobig').exists()
+
+    # upload file that should fit
+    # the size has to be smaller than 2kb, as the sent size also includes mime-headers
+    files = {'file': ('justright', "x" * 1900)}
+    r = make_request(method='post', files=files)
+    assert r.status_code == 200
+
+
+def test_tar_mode(run_servefile, datadir):
+    d = {
+        'foo': {
+            'bar': 'hello testmode my old friend',
+            'baz': 'you came to test me once again',
+        }
+    }
+    p = datadir(d)
+    run_servefile(['-t', str(p / 'foo')])
+
+    # test redirect?
+
+    # test contents of tar file
+    r = make_request()
+    assert r.status_code == 200
+    tar = tarfile.open(fileobj=io.BytesIO(r.text.encode()))
+    assert len(tar.getmembers()) == 3
+    assert tar.getmember('foo').isdir()
+    for filename, content in d['foo'].items():
+        info = tar.getmember('foo/{}'.format(filename))
+        assert info.isfile
+        assert tar.extractfile(info.path).read() == content
+
+
+def test_tar_compression(run_servefile, datadir):
+    pass
+
+
+def test_https(run_servefile, datadir):
+    data = "NOOT NOOT"
+    p = datadir({'testfile': data}) / 'testfile'
+    run_servefile(['--ssl', str(p)])
+    time.sleep(0.2)  # time for generating ssl certificates
+
+    # fingerprint = None
+    # while not fingerprint:
+    #     line = s.stdout.readline()
+    #     print(line)
+    #     # if we find this line we went too far...
+    #     assert not line.startswith("Some addresses this file will be available at")
+
+    #     if line.startswith("SHA1 fingerprint"):
+    #         fingerprint = line.replace("SHA1 fingerprint: ", "").strip()
+    #         break
+
+    # assert fingerprint
+    urllib3.disable_warnings()
+    check_download(data, protocol='https', verify=False)
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0160c41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[tox]
+envlist = py27,py36
+
+[testenv]
+deps =
+        pytest
+        requests
+commands = pytest --tb=short