diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 53361660fe69973a95aebaf5265d73a38c32c50d..d61689cad47cee431391d9a5cd169da6bc7679eb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 dist/
-.coverage
\ No newline at end of file
+.coverage
+__pycache__/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/dummy_tests/test_dummy.py b/tests/dummy_tests/test_dummy.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e1e838b99eb3b34c37116c0d689037ca7cd90696
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/dummy_tests/test_dummy.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+from unittest import TestCase
+
+class DummyTest(TestCase):
+
+    def test_dummy(self):
+        print("Test Print")
+        self.assertEqual(4, 2*2)
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