diff --git a/lua/ivy/libivy_test.lua b/lua/ivy/libivy_test.lua
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+++ b/lua/ivy/libivy_test.lua
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+local libivy = require "ivy.libivy"
+
+it("should run a simple match", function(t)
+  local score = libivy.ivy_match("term", "I am a serch term")
+
+  if score > 0 then
+    t.error "Score should not be grater than 0"
+  end
+end)
diff --git a/lua/ivy/matcher_test.lua b/lua/ivy/matcher_test.lua
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+++ b/lua/ivy/matcher_test.lua
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+local libivy = require "ivy.libivy"
+
+-- Helper function to test a that string `one` has  a higher match score than
+-- string `two`. If string `one` has a lower score than string `two` a string
+-- will be returned that can be used in body of an error. If not then `nil` is
+-- returned and all is good.
+local match_test = function(term, one, two)
+  local score_one = libivy.ivy_match(term, one)
+  local score_two = libivy.ivy_match(term, two)
+
+  if score_one < score_two then
+    return one .. " should be ranked higher than " .. two
+  end
+
+  return nil
+end
+
+it("sould match path separator", function(t)
+  local result = match_test("file", "some/file.lua", "somefile.lua")
+  if result then
+    t.error(result)
+  end
+end)
+
+it("sould match the start of a string", function(t)
+  local result = match_test("file", "file.lua", "somefile.lua")
+  if result then
+    t.error(result)
+  end
+end)
diff --git a/scripts/test.lua b/scripts/test.lua
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+++ b/scripts/test.lua
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+package.path = "lua/?.lua;" .. package.path
+
+local global_context = {
+  current_test_name = "",
+  total = 0,
+  pass = 0,
+  fail = 0,
+}
+
+_G.it = function(name, callback)
+  local context = {
+    name = name,
+    error = function(message)
+      error(message, 2)
+    end,
+  }
+
+  local time = os.clock() * 1000
+  local status, err = pcall(callback, context)
+  local elapsed = (os.clock() * 1000) - time
+  local prefix = "\x1B[42mPASS"
+
+  global_context.total = global_context.total + 1
+
+  if status then
+    global_context.pass = global_context.pass + 1
+  else
+    global_context.fail = global_context.fail + 1
+    prefix = "\x1B[41mFAIL"
+  end
+
+  print(string.format("%s\x1B[0m %s - %s (%.3f ms)", prefix, global_context.current_test_name, name, elapsed))
+  if err then
+    print("  " .. err)
+  end
+end
+
+local start_time = os.clock()
+for _, name in ipairs(arg) do
+  -- Turn the file name in to a lau module name that we can require
+  local module = name:gsub("^lua/", "")
+  module, _ = module:gsub("/init.lua$", "")
+  module, _ = module:gsub(".lua$", "")
+  module = module:gsub("/", ".")
+
+  global_context.current_test_name = module:gsub("_test", "")
+  require(module)
+end
+
+print(string.format(
+  [[
+
+Tests: %d passed, %d total
+Time:  %.3f seconds]],
+  global_context.pass,
+  global_context.total,
+  (os.clock()) - start_time
+))
+
+if global_context.fail > 0 then
+  os.exit(1, true)
+end