diff --git a/mfa/apps.py b/mfa/apps.py
index cb5ecca..8a6e285 100644
--- a/mfa/apps.py
+++ b/mfa/apps.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 from django.apps import AppConfig
 class myAppNameConfig(AppConfig):
     name = 'mfa'
-    verbose_name = 'A Much Better Name'
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+    verbose_name = 'Django MFA2'
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diff --git a/mfa/tests.py b/mfa/tests.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 7ce503c..0000000
--- a/mfa/tests.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-from django.test import TestCase
-
-# Create your tests here.
diff --git a/pytest.ini b/pytest.ini
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eea7252
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pytest.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+[pytest]
+# Searching
+python_files = test_*
+python_classes = Tests*
+python_functions = test_*
+
+env_files =
+  .env
+
+# do not search for tests in these folders
+norecursedirs = venv
+
+# Add folder to PYTHONPATH
+# requires pytest >= 7.0.0
+pythonpath = mfa
+
+
+# https://pytest-django.readthedocs.io/en/latest/usage.html
+; DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE =
+    ; 
+
+# do not override the debug mode (True/False) set in the django settings module
+# https://pytest-django.readthedocs.io/en/latest/usage.html#additional-pytest-ini-settings
+django_debug_mode = keep
+
+
+#
+# set env variables
+# https://tech.serhatteker.com/post/2020-02/test-env-vars-in-python/
+# https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-env
+; env =
+    ; KEY=value
+
+
+addopts =
+    # verbose
+    -v
+    # more verbosity
+    # -vv
+    # Don't show warnings
+    # -p no:warnings
+    # generates coverage report
+    # note that enabling pytest coverage will cause debugging pytest to fail on pycharm
+    # add the --no-cov to the pytest configuration on pycharm to allow for debugging pytest
+    --cov=./src
+    # surpress generating converage if one or more tests failed
+    ; --no-cov-on-fail
+    # do not run migrations => faster test initialization
+    # --nomigrations
+    # Show hypthesis statistics whereever hypothesis was used
+    # ignore these tests/files when looking for tests
+    #--ignore=
+    # black
+    # --black
+    --hypothesis-show-statistics
+
+
+# Define additional pytest markers so that using them in test will not trigger warnings
+# To show the help line use: % pytest --marker
+# To run pytest on a specifc marker use: pytest -m mark
+# to run pytestt on several markers use quotation and logic operators as in:
+# pytest -m "mark1 and mark2"
+# pytest -m "mark1 or mark2"
+# pytest -m "mark1 and not mark2"
+markers =
+    API: tests of server api functions whether it is exposed as REST API or otherwise
+    BLACK_BOX: Black Box tests
+    WHITE_BOX: White Box tests
+    ENVIRONMENT: tests for the environment
+    CONFIGURATION: tests related configurations
+    LOGGING: tests related to logging
+    UNIT: Unit tests
+    INTEGRATION: Integration testing
+    UTILS: tests for utilities
+    FOCUS: tests under the microscope... under the spotlight... in focus
+    FUNC: functional teesting
+    REGRESSION: tests for fixed bugs
+
+    DJANGO: tests related to DJANGO
+
+    HTTP_REQUEST: tests of functions that handles HTTP REQUESTS
+    HTTP_GET: tests of functions that handles HTTP_GET_REQUESTS
+    HTTP_POST: tests of functions that handles HTTP_POST_REQUESTS
+    AUTH: tests related to user authentication
+    SQL_DB: tests related to the sql database
+
+    CLI: tests related to flask-cli
+    SERVER: tests for the server
+
+    API_V1: API related tests
+
+    PRIVILEGED_USER: tests for privileged users
+    NON_PRIVILEGED_USER: tests for non-privileged users
+    PERMISSIONS: tests related to inspectre permissions
+
+    ENDPOINTS: tests for endpoints (API nodes)
+    SERIALIZERS: tests for serializers
+    VIEWSETS: tests for DRF viewsets
+    FILTERS: tests for DRF filters
+    MODELS: tests for models
+    VALIDATORS: tests for validators
+
+    ERROR_HANDLING: tests for error handling
+    SECURITY: tests for security
diff --git a/requirements_testing.txt b/requirements_testing.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a07e042
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements_testing.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+tox
+pytest>=7.0.0
+pytest-xdist
+pytest-cov          # Test coverage
+pytest-dotenv       # plugin to load environment from .env file
+pytest-env          # plugin to allow passing environment variable to pytest environmentt
+pytest-mock         # plugin that provides a mocker fixture which is a thin-wrapper around the patching API provided by the mock package
+hypothesis          # plugin that helps in automatize generating random values instead of static values in pyttests
+pytest-django       # pytest support for Django
+validators          # a package containing several validator functions
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diff --git a/tests/__init__.py b/tests/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/tests/test_views.py b/tests/test_views.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a1ace31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_views.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+import pytest
+
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..23946b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+# Tox (https://tox.readthedocs.io/) is a tool for running tests
+# in multiple virtualenvs. This configuration file will run the
+# test suite on all supported python versions. To use it, "pip install tox"
+# and then run "tox" from this directory.
+#
+# See also https://tox.readthedocs.io/en/latest/config.html for more
+# configuration options.
+
+[tox]
+# Choose your Python versions. They have to be available
+# on the system the tests are run on.
+# comma separated
+envlist = py39, py310, py311
+
+# Tell tox to not require a setup.py file
+;skipsdist = True
+
+isolated_build = True
+
+[testenv]
+# https://tox.wiki/en/latest/example/basic.html#using-a-different-default-pypi-url
+;setenv =
+;    PIP_INDEX_URL = https://pypi.my-alternative-index.org
+
+# https://tech.serhatteker.com/post/2020-02/test-env-vars-in-python/
+;setenv =
+;    NAME=value
+
+# https://tox.wiki/en/latest/example/basic.html#passing-down-environment-variables
+# passenv = ENV_VAR_NAME
+
+# https://tox.wiki/en/latest/example/pytest.html#extended-example-change-dir-before-test-and-use-per-virtualenv-tempdir
+;changedir = tests
+
+deps =
+    -rrequirements.txt
+
+# https://tox.wiki/en/latest/example/basic.html#ignoring-a-command-exit-code
+commands =
+;   pytest --junitxml=report.xml
+    pytest {posargs}