diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..995126c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+tests/buildenv/*
+tests/bin/*
diff --git a/.hooks/pre-commit b/.hooks/pre-commit
index 24df17c..37332a9 100755
--- a/.hooks/pre-commit
+++ b/.hooks/pre-commit
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-go fmt *.go
-git add *.go
+go fmt *.go tests/*.go
+git add *.go tests/*.go
diff --git a/tests/build.sh b/tests/build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a6992ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+dir=$(dirname $(realpath $0))
+export GO111MODULE=on
+export GOPROXY=direct
+export GOPATH=${dir}/buildenv/deps
+
+mkdir -p ${dir}/buildenv
+chmod -R 755 ${dir}/buildenv
+rm -rf ${dir}/buildenv
+
+mkdir -p "${dir}/buildenv/src"
+mkdir -p ${GOPATH}/src
+mkdir -p ${dir}/bin
+
+cp -r "${dir}/main.go" "${dir}/buildenv/src/main.go"
+
+cd ${dir}/buildenv
+
+go mod init src
+go mod tidy
+
+go build -o "${dir}/bin/test" "src/main.go"
diff --git a/tests/main.go b/tests/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..349f9a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package main
+
+import ("git.purser.it/roypur/envconf"
+		"fmt")
+
+func main() {
+	conf := envconf.NewConfig()
+	conf.Define("this_is_a_map", envconf.FixedHex(22))
+	conf.Parse()
+	conf.Status()
+
+	fmt.Println(conf.GetHex("this_is_a_map"))
+}