diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9ef7ec8..d1d29c3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ dependencies = [
     "pyopengl",
 ]
 
+[dependency-groups]
+dev = [
+  "pylint",
+  "pytest",
+]
+
 [tool.setuptools.packages.find]
 include = ["mlpyqtgraph", "mlpyqtgraph.*"]
 
diff --git a/tests/__init__.py b/tests/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/tests/basic_test.py b/tests/basic_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..abbdc22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/basic_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+""" Basic tests for mlpyqtgraph """
+
+import mlpyqtgraph as mpg
+
+
+def test_open_close():
+    """ Test opening and closing a figure """
+
+    @mpg.plotter()
+    def main():
+        fig = mpg.figure(title='Test')
+        mpg.plot([1, 2, 3], [2, 3, 4])
+        fig.close()
+
+    main()