diff --git a/src/.env.test b/src/.env.test
index 9beb17a..fdbff38 100644
--- a/src/.env.test
+++ b/src/.env.test
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ BLOCKED_EMAILS='["blocked@example.com"]'
 
 
 DATABASE_PATH="sqlite:///auto-archiver.test.db"
-API_BEARER_TOKEN=this_is_the_test_api_token
\ No newline at end of file
+API_BEARER_TOKEN=this_is_the_test_api_token
+USER_GROUPS_FILENAME=user-groups.test.yaml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/user-groups.test.yaml b/src/user-groups.test.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..97225db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/user-groups.test.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# NOTE: all emails should be lower-cased
+users:
+  rick@example.com:
+    - spaceship
+    - interdimensional
+  morty@example.com:
+    - spaceship
+  jerry@example.com:
+
+domains:
+  example.com:
+    - animated-characters
+
+
+orchestrators:
+  spaceship: secrets/orchestration-dev.yaml
+  interdimensional: secrets/orchestration-dev.yaml
+  default: secrets/orchestration-dev.yaml