diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 37127cb90f1d3d5882058d42ff41738e399a9cca..862ece7f7db2b252dac063cb1aca4aa3fb116382 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ test:
   before_script:
     - airflow db init
     - pip install -r requirements.txt
+    - pip install nose==1.3.7
     - airflow connections add --conn-uri https://b2share-testing.fz-juelich.de/ default_b2share
   script: 
    - ls 
@@ -23,4 +24,5 @@ test:
    - airflow dags list 
    - airflow connections list
    - airflow dags test firsto 2021-08-18
+   - nosetests
 
diff --git a/tests/test_b2shareoperator.py b/tests/test_b2shareoperator.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6d9adf2e4a0c04a2ec84ae57fd84c5e002e26727
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_b2shareoperator.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import unittest
+from airflow.utils.state import State
+from dags.b2shareoperator import B2ShareOperator
+from airflow import DAG
+from airflow.models.taskinstance import TaskInstance
+
+DEFAULT_DATE = '2019-10-03'
+TEST_DAG_ID = 'test_my_custom_operator'
+
+class B2ShareOperatorTest(unittest.TestCase):
+   def setUp(self):
+       self.dag = DAG(TEST_DAG_ID, schedule_interval='@daily', default_args={'start_date' : DEFAULT_DATE})
+       self.op = B2ShareOperator(
+           dag=self.dag,
+           task_id='test',
+       )
+       self.ti = TaskInstance(task=self.op, execution_date=DEFAULT_DATE)
+
+   def test_execute_no_trigger(self):
+       self.ti.run(ignore_ti_state=True)
+       assert self.ti.state == State.SUCCESS
+       # Assert something related to tasks results
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diff --git a/tests/test_dag.py b/tests/test_dag.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..cfc812e234f28eaebe6112db78d43b02557dcf3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_dag.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+from airflow.models import DagBag
+import unittest
+
+class TestADag(unittest.TestCase):
+   @classmethod
+   def setUpClass(cls):
+       cls.dagbag = DagBag()
+
+   def test_dag_loaded(self):
+       dag = self.dagbag.get_dag(dag_id='firsto')
+       assert self.dagbag.import_errors == {}
+       assert dag is not None
+       assert len(dag.tasks) == 1
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