diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 553f6a26..e2199dad 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -66,7 +66,9 @@ lazy val app = (project in file("modules/app"))
       cirisCore,
       cirisHtt4s,
       log4Cats,
-      logback
+      logback,
+      weaver,
+      testContainers,
     ),
     Compile / run / fork := true
   )
diff --git a/modules/app/src/test/scala/Clients.scala b/modules/app/src/test/scala/Clients.scala
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..21581c43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/app/src/test/scala/Clients.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package lila.search
+package app
+package test
+
+import cats.effect.{ IO, Resource }
+import lila.search.spec.{ HealthService, SearchService }
+import org.http4s.Uri
+import org.http4s.ember.client.EmberClientBuilder
+import smithy4s.http4s.*
+
+object Clients:
+
+  def health(uri: Uri): Resource[IO, HealthService[IO]] =
+    EmberClientBuilder
+      .default[IO]
+      .build
+      .flatMap: client =>
+        SimpleRestJsonBuilder
+          .apply(HealthService)
+          .client(client)
+          .uri(uri)
+          .resource
+
+  def search(uri: Uri): Resource[IO, SearchService[IO]] =
+    EmberClientBuilder
+      .default[IO]
+      .build
+      .flatMap: client =>
+        SimpleRestJsonBuilder
+          .apply(SearchService)
+          .client(client)
+          .uri(uri)
+          .resource
diff --git a/modules/app/src/test/scala/ElasticSearchContainer.scala b/modules/app/src/test/scala/ElasticSearchContainer.scala
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bd4975b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/app/src/test/scala/ElasticSearchContainer.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package lila.search
+package app
+package test
+
+import cats.effect.{ IO, Resource }
+import com.dimafeng.testcontainers.GenericContainer
+import org.testcontainers.containers.wait.strategy.Wait
+
+object ElasticSearchContainer:
+
+  private val PORT = 9200
+  private val container =
+    val env = Map(
+      "discovery.type"         -> "single-node",
+      "http.cors.allow-origin" -> "/.*/",
+      "http.cors.enabled"      -> "true",
+      "xpack.security.enabled" -> "false"
+    )
+    val start = IO(
+      GenericContainer(
+        "elasticsearch:7.10.1",
+        exposedPorts = Seq(PORT),
+        waitStrategy = Wait.forListeningPort(),
+        env = env
+      )
+    )
+      .flatTap(cont => IO(cont.start()))
+    Resource.make(start)(cont => IO(cont.stop()))
+
+  def parseConfig(container: GenericContainer): ElasticConfig =
+    ElasticConfig(s"http://${container.host}:${container.mappedPort(PORT)}")
+
+  def start: Resource[IO, ElasticConfig] =
+    container.map(parseConfig)
diff --git a/modules/app/src/test/scala/IntegrationSuite.scala b/modules/app/src/test/scala/IntegrationSuite.scala
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7946e4f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/app/src/test/scala/IntegrationSuite.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package lila.search
+package app
+package test
+
+import cats.effect.{ IO, Resource }
+import com.comcast.ip4s.*
+import lila.search.spec.{ ElasticStatus, HealthCheckOutput }
+import org.http4s.Uri
+import org.typelevel.log4cats.Logger
+import org.typelevel.log4cats.noop.NoOpLogger
+import weaver.*
+
+object IntegrationSuite extends IOSuite:
+
+  given Logger[IO] = NoOpLogger[IO]
+
+  private val uri = Uri.unsafeFromString("http://localhost:9999")
+
+  override type Res = AppResources
+  // start our server
+  override def sharedResource: Resource[IO, Res] =
+    for
+      elastic <- ElasticSearchContainer.start
+      config = testAppConfig(elastic)
+      res <- AppResources.instance(config)
+      _   <- SearchApp(res, config).run()
+    yield res
+
+  def testAppConfig(elastic: ElasticConfig) = AppConfig(
+    server =
+      HttpServerConfig(ip"0.0.0.0", port"9999", apiLogger = false, shutdownTimeout = 30, enableDocs = false),
+    elastic = elastic
+  )
+
+  test("health check should return healthy"):
+    Clients
+      .health(uri)
+      .use:
+        _.healthCheck()
+          .map(expect.same(_, HealthCheckOutput(ElasticStatus.green)))
diff --git a/project/Dependencies.scala b/project/Dependencies.scala
index 53e1c53a..27983db6 100644
--- a/project/Dependencies.scala
+++ b/project/Dependencies.scala
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ object Dependencies {
   }
 
   def http4s(artifact: String)   = "org.http4s"                   %% s"http4s-$artifact"   % V.http4s
-  def smithy4s(artifact: String): ModuleID = "com.disneystreaming.smithy4s" %% s"smithy4s-$artifact" % smithy4sVersion
+  def smithy4s(artifact: String) = "com.disneystreaming.smithy4s" %% s"smithy4s-$artifact" % smithy4sVersion
 
   val catsCore   = "org.typelevel" %% "cats-core"   % "2.12.0"
   val catsEffect = "org.typelevel" %% "cats-effect" % V.catsEffect
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ object Dependencies {
 
   val ducktape = "io.github.arainko" %% "ducktape" % "0.2.2"
 
-  val testContainers    = "com.dimafeng"        %% "testcontainers-scala-postgresql" % "0.41.3"     % Test
+  val testContainers    = "com.dimafeng"        %% "testcontainers-scala-core"       % "0.41.3"     % Test
   val weaver            = "com.disneystreaming" %% "weaver-cats"                     % "0.8.4"      % Test
   val weaverScalaCheck  = "com.disneystreaming" %% "weaver-scalacheck"               % "0.8.4"      % Test
   val catsEffectTestKit = "org.typelevel"       %% "cats-effect-testkit"             % V.catsEffect % Test