diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 09ed138..828ea3a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 name: test
 on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
   push:
     branches: [ "*" ]
 
@@ -31,9 +32,18 @@ jobs:
             !/tmp/github_test_project/**/node_modules
           retention-days: 1
 
-  run-test-project:
+  test-test-project:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: [ create-test-project ]
+    services:
+      db:
+        image: docker.io/postgres
+        ports:
+          - 5432:5432
+        env:
+          POSTGRES_USER: github_test_project
+          POSTGRES_PASSWORD: github_test_project
+          POSTGRES_DB: github_test_project
     steps:
       - name: install system dependencies
         run: |
@@ -43,10 +53,11 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: ${{ env.artifact_name }}
-      - run: ls src/
       - name: install project dependencies
         run: pipenv sync --dev
       - name: manage.py --help
         run: |
           chmod +x ./src/manage.py
           pipenv run ./src/manage.py --help
+      - name: pytest
+        run: pipenv run pytest
diff --git a/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/.github/workflows/test.yml b/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/.github/workflows/test.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca4716c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/.github/workflows/test.yml	
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+name: test
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+    branches: [ "*" ]
+
+jobs:
+  check-pre-commit:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.x
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: 18
+      - run: python -m pip install pre-commit
+      - uses: actions/cache@v3
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cache/pre-commit
+          key: pre-commit|{{ "${{ env.pythonLocation }}" }}|${{ hashFiles('.pre-commit-config.yaml') }}
+      - run: pre-commit run --show-diff-on-failure --color=always --all-files
+
+  test-backend:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    services:
+      db:
+        image: docker.io/postgres
+        ports:
+          - 5432:5432
+        env:
+          POSTGRES_USER: {{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}
+          POSTGRES_PASSWORD: {{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}
+          POSTGRES_DB: {{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}
+    steps:
+      - name: install system dependencies
+        run: |
+          pip install pipenv
+          sudo apt install npm
+          npm install -g pnpm
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: install project dependencies
+        run: pipenv sync --dev
+      - name: manage.py --help
+        run: pipenv run ./src/manage.py --help
+      - name: pytest
+        run: pipenv run pytest
diff --git a/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/Pipfile b/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/Pipfile
index 828ee66..67e6588 100644
--- a/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/Pipfile	
+++ b/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/Pipfile	
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus = "*"                 # translation of telemet
 ipython = "*"
 black = "*"
 isort = "*"
+pytest = "*"
+pytest-django = "*"
 
 [requires]
 python_version = "3"
diff --git a/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/pyproject.toml b/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/pyproject.toml
index e13a6b1..d662b53 100644
--- a/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/pyproject.toml	
+++ b/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/pyproject.toml	
@@ -3,3 +3,12 @@ line-length = 110
 
 [tool.isort]
 profile = "black"
+
+[tool.pytest.ini_options]
+pythonpath = "src"
+testpaths = "src/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/*/tests"
+log_cli = true
+log_cli_level = "info"
+django_find_project = false
+norecursedirs = "dev_db *.egg .* dist node_modules"
+DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE = "{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}.settings"
diff --git a/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/src/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/api/tests/__init__.py b/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/src/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/api/tests/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/src/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/api/tests/test_django_setup.py b/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/src/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/api/tests/test_django_setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..33972ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/src/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/api/tests/test_django_setup.py	
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+from django.shortcuts import resolve_url
+
+
+def test_openapi_schema_loads(client):
+    response = client.get(resolve_url("openapi_schema"))
+    assert response.status_code == 200
diff --git a/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/src/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/core/tests/__init__.py b/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/src/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/core/tests/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/src/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/core/tests/test_django_setup.py b/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/src/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/core/tests/test_django_setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4e589e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/src/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/core/tests/test_django_setup.py	
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import pytest
+
+
+def test_django_loads():
+    from django.conf import settings
+    assert len(settings.INSTALLED_APPS) > 0
+
+
+@pytest.mark.django_db()
+def test_db_connection(django_user_model):
+    assert django_user_model.objects.all().count() == 0