diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 6409518..575e07a 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ install:
   - yarn
 script:
   - yarn build
+  - yarn test
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 34953ed..be401e2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@
   "private": true,
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "webpack-dev-server --content-base static --mode development",
-    "build": "NODE_ENV=production webpack --mode production"
+    "build": "NODE_ENV=production webpack --mode production",
+    "test": "ava --verbose",
+    "test-watch": "ava --watch"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "babel-polyfill": "^6.26.0",
@@ -32,11 +34,13 @@
     "@babel/core": "^7.1.2",
     "@babel/preset-env": "^7.1.0",
     "@babel/preset-react": "^7.0.0",
+    "ava": "1.0.0-beta.8",
     "babel-loader": "^8.0.4",
     "css-loader": "^1.0.0",
     "file-loader": "^2.0.0",
     "html-webpack-plugin": "^3.2.0",
     "mini-css-extract-plugin": "^0.4.4",
+    "mocha": "^5.2.0",
     "node-sass": "^4.9.4",
     "redux-devtools": "^3.4.0",
     "sass-loader": "^7.1.0",
@@ -44,5 +48,10 @@
     "webpack": "^4.20.2",
     "webpack-cli": "^3.1.2",
     "webpack-dev-server": "^3.1.9"
+  },
+  "ava": {
+    "files": [
+      "test/**/*.js"
+    ]
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/server_process.js b/test/server_process.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..350e901
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/server_process.js
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+var assert = require('assert');
+var child_process = require('child_process')
+var http = require('http');
+import test from 'ava'
+
+const SERVER_LAUNCH_WAIT_TIME = 5 * 1000;
+
+var server_proc = null;
+var server_exited = false;
+
+test.before.cb(t => {
+  console.log("launching server...")
+  server_proc = child_process.spawn('yarn', ['dev'], {
+    cwd: '.',
+    stdio: 'ignore'
+  });
+
+  server_proc.on('exit', function(code, signal) {
+    server_exited = true;
+  });
+
+  setTimeout(t.end, SERVER_LAUNCH_WAIT_TIME)
+});
+
+test.after(function() {
+  console.log("killing server...")
+  server_proc.kill('SIGKILL');
+});
+
+test('should launch', t => {
+  t.false(server_exited);
+});
+
+var urls = [
+  '/',
+  'js/index.bundle.js'
+];
+
+urls.forEach(function(url) {
+  test.cb('should respond to request for "' + url + '"', t => {
+    http.get({
+      hostname: 'localhost',
+      port: 8080,
+      path: '/',
+      agent: false
+    }, function(res) {
+      var result_data = '';
+
+      if(res.statusCode != 200) {
+        t.fail('Server response was not 200.');
+      } else {
+        res.on('data', function(data) { result_data += data });
+
+        res.on('end', function() {
+          if (result_data.length > 0) {
+            t.pass();
+          } else {
+            t.fail("Server returned no data.");
+          }
+        });
+      }
+
+      t.end();
+    })
+
+  });
+
+});