diff --git a/harp/commandline/cookiecutters/project/{{cookiecutter.__dir_name}}/Makefile b/harp/commandline/cookiecutters/project/{{cookiecutter.__dir_name}}/Makefile
index 8bda4586..98e589c8 100644
--- a/harp/commandline/cookiecutters/project/{{cookiecutter.__dir_name}}/Makefile
+++ b/harp/commandline/cookiecutters/project/{{cookiecutter.__dir_name}}/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 POETRY ?= $(shell which poetry || echo poetry)
 
-.PHONY: start install
+.PHONY: start install test
 
 
 start: install
@@ -8,3 +8,6 @@ start: install
 
 install:
 	$(POETRY) install
+
+test: install
+	$(RUN) pytest
diff --git a/harp/commandline/cookiecutters/project/{{cookiecutter.__dir_name}}/tests/conftest.py b/harp/commandline/cookiecutters/project/{{cookiecutter.__dir_name}}/tests/conftest.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..807c817c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/harp/commandline/cookiecutters/project/{{cookiecutter.__dir_name}}/tests/conftest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import pytest
+from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
+from http.client import HTTPConnection
+import time
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
+def process():
+    process = Popen( ["make", "start"], stdout=PIPE)
+    retries = 5
+    while retries > 0:
+        conn = HTTPConnection("localhost:4080")
+        try:
+            conn.request("HEAD", "/")
+            response = conn.getresponse()
+            if response is not None:
+                yield process
+                break
+        except ConnectionRefusedError:
+            time.sleep(1)
+            retries -= 1
+
+    if not retries:
+        raise RuntimeError("Failed to start http server")
+    else:
+        process.terminate()
+        process.wait()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/harp/commandline/cookiecutters/project/{{cookiecutter.__dir_name}}/tests/test_e2e.py b/harp/commandline/cookiecutters/project/{{cookiecutter.__dir_name}}/tests/test_e2e.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b4f025f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/harp/commandline/cookiecutters/project/{{cookiecutter.__dir_name}}/tests/test_e2e.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import httpx
+
+def test_get_dashboard(process):
+    response = httpx.get('http://localhost:4080/')
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+