diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bd152a2..47e4c46 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -38,4 +38,6 @@ tramp
 Thumbs.db
 Desktop.ini
 
+.coverage
 .ropeproject/
+htmlcov/
diff --git a/gnuviechadmin/.coveragerc b/gnuviechadmin/.coveragerc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5126e58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnuviechadmin/.coveragerc
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[run]
+source = gnuviechadmin,managemails
+
+[report]
+omit = */migrations/*,*/tests/*.py,*/tests.py,gnuviechadmin/settings/local.py,gnuviechadmin/settings/production.py
diff --git a/gnuviechadmin/gnuviechadmin/tests.py b/gnuviechadmin/gnuviechadmin/tests.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c35fda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnuviechadmin/gnuviechadmin/tests.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import os
+from unittest import TestCase
+
+from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
+
+from gnuviechadmin.settings.base import get_env_variable
+
+
+class GetEnvVariableTest(TestCase):
+
+    def test_get_existing_env_variable(self):
+        os.environ['testvariable'] = 'myvalue'
+        self.assertEqual(get_env_variable('testvariable'), 'myvalue')
+
+    def test_get_missing_env_variable(self):
+        if 'missingvariable' in os.environ:
+            del os.environ['missingvariable']
+        with self.assertRaises(ImproperlyConfigured) as e:
+            get_env_variable('missingvariable')
+        self.assertEqual(
+            str(e.exception), 'Set the missingvariable environment variable')
+
+
+class WSGITest(TestCase):
+
+    def test_wsgi_application(self):
+        from gnuviechadmin import wsgi
+        self.assertIsNotNone(wsgi.application)