diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c9c9e31..f90be2b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
   "description": "A framework for creating solid web applications",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {
-    "deps": "dependency-check . && dependency-check . --extra --no-dev",
-    "test": "standard && npm run deps && NODE_ENV=test node test",
-    "test:cov": "standard && npm run deps && NODE_ENV=test istanbul cover test.js"
+    "deps": "dependency-check . && dependency-check . --extra --no-dev -i xhr",
+    "test": "standard && npm run deps && NODE_ENV=test node tests/*",
+    "test:cov": "standard && npm run deps && NODE_ENV=test istanbul cover tests/*"
   },
   "repository": "yoshuawuyts/choo",
   "keywords": [
diff --git a/tests/index.js b/tests/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e71a307
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+const tape = require('tape')
+const choo = require('../')
+
+tape('should render on the server', function (t) {
+  t.test('should render a static response', function (t) {
+    t.plan(1)
+
+    const app = choo()
+    app.router((route) => [
+      route('/', () => choo.view`<h1>Hello Tokyo!</h1>`)
+    ])
+
+    const html = app.toString('/')
+    const expected = '<h1>Hello Tokyo!</h1>'
+    t.equal(html, expected, 'strings are equal')
+  })
+
+  t.test('should accept a state object', function (t) {
+    t.plan(1)
+
+    const app = choo()
+    app.router((route) => [
+      route('/', function (params, state) {
+        return choo.view`<h1>meow meow ${state.message}</h1>`
+      })
+    ])
+
+    const html = app.toString('/', { message: 'nyan!' })
+    const expected = '<h1>meow meow nyan!</h1>'
+    t.equal(html, expected, 'strings are equal')
+  })
+
+  t.test('should extend existing models', function (t) {
+    t.plan(1)
+
+    const app = choo()
+    app.model({ state: { bin: 'baz', beep: 'boop' } })
+    app.router((route) => [
+      route('/', function (params, state) {
+        return choo.view`<h1>${state.foo} ${state.bin} ${state.beep}</h1>`
+      })
+    ])
+
+    const state = { foo: 'bar!', beep: 'beep' }
+    const html = app.toString('/', state)
+    const expected = '<h1>bar! baz beep</h1>'
+    t.equal(html, expected, 'strings are equal')
+  })
+
+  t.test('should throw if called without route', function (t) {
+    t.plan(1)
+
+    const app = choo()
+    app.router((route) => [
+      route('/', function (params, state, send) {
+        send('hey!')
+      })
+    ])
+
+    t.throws(app.toString.bind(null), /route must be a string/)
+  })
+
+  t.test('should throw if calling send()', function (t) {
+    t.plan(1)
+
+    const app = choo()
+    app.router((route) => [
+      route('/', function (params, state, send) {
+        send('hey!')
+      })
+    ])
+
+    const msg = /send\(\) cannot be called on the server/
+    t.throws(app.toString.bind(null, '/', { message: 'nyan!' }), msg)
+  })
+})