Setup app for testing
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5a2be01..085713c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 
 # Unit test / coverage reports
 .coverage
+cover
 .tox
 nosetests.xml
 
diff --git a/gstack/__init__.py b/gstack/__init__.py
index 2627d2b..1a8b400 100644
--- a/gstack/__init__.py
+++ b/gstack/__init__.py
@@ -36,12 +36,16 @@
     return config_file
 
 
-def configure_app():
-    config_file = _load_config_file()
-    app.config.from_pyfile(config_file)
+def configure_app(settings=None):
     app.config['DATA'] = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__)) + '/data'
-    app.config['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI'] = 'sqlite:///' + \
-        os.path.join(app.config['DATA'], 'app.db')
+
+    if settings:
+        app.config.from_object(settings)
+    else:
+        config_file = _load_config_file()
+        app.config.from_pyfile(config_file)
+        app.config['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI'] = 'sqlite:///' + \
+            os.path.join(app.config['DATA'], 'app.db')
 
 
 app = Flask(__name__)
diff --git a/tests/__init__.py b/tests/__init__.py
index 20dd554..426ca04 100644
--- a/tests/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/__init__.py
@@ -1,8 +1,29 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# encoding: utf-8
+
 from unittest import TestCase
 
+from gstack import app, configure_app
+from . import settings
+from .utils import FlaskTestCaseMixin
+
 class GStackTestCase(TestCase):
     pass
 
 class GStackAppTestCase(FlaskTestCaseMixin, GStackTestCase):
 
+    def _configure_app(self):
+        configure_app(settings=settings)
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(GStackTestCase, self).setUp()
+        self._configure_app()
+        self.app = app
+        self.client = self.app.test_client()
+        self.app_context = self.app.app_context()
+        self.app_context.push()
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        super(GStackTestCase, self).tearDown()
+        self.app_context.pop()
 
diff --git a/tests/sample_tests.py b/tests/sample_tests.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8756580
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/sample_tests.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# encoding: utf-8
+
+from . import GStackAppTestCase
+
+class SampleTestCase(GStackAppTestCase):
+
+    def test_sample(self):
+        pass
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