diff --git a/.hgignore b/.gitignore
similarity index 65%
rename from .hgignore
rename to .gitignore
index d95b5a7..9fac96c 100644
--- a/.hgignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-# use glob syntax.
-syntax: glob
-
 *.pyc
 *.swp
 *.orig
@@ -9,3 +6,5 @@ syntax: glob
 build/*
 .cache/*
 .pytest_cache/*
+env/*
+dist/*
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..68eb5db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+stages:
+  - test
+  #- build
+  #- deploy
+
+test:
+  stage: test
+  tags: ["build"]
+  script: make test
+  artifacts:
+    paths:
+      - env.vanilla
+    expire_in: 1 hour
+
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..58aee20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+env:
+	python3 -m venv env
+	. env/bin/activate
+	env/bin/pip install --upgrade pip
+
+test: env
+	#env/bin/py.test --lf
+	env/bin/pip install --upgrade -r requirements-test.txt
+	env/bin/py.test
diff --git a/miniuri/tests/__init__.py b/miniuri/tests/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/test_miniuri.py b/miniuri/tests/test_miniuri.py
similarity index 99%
rename from test_miniuri.py
rename to miniuri/tests/test_miniuri.py
index 22300b1..30a1a95 100644
--- a/test_miniuri.py
+++ b/miniuri/tests/test_miniuri.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from unittest import TestCase
 
-from miniuri import Uri
+from ..miniuri import Uri
 
 
 class TestMiniUri(TestCase):
diff --git a/requirements-test.txt b/requirements-test.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e83cf3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements-test.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# testing.
+pytest
+pytest-cov
+nose
+twine
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 446a57b..e9f7fed 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
 setup(
     name="miniuri",
-    version="1.0.8",
+    version="1.0.9",
     long_description=open("README.rst").read(),
     description="miniuri: The Universal URI Parser",
     keywords="miniuri uri url parser",
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ setup(
     url="https://git.unturf.com/python/miniuri",
     platforms=["All"],
     license="Public Domain",
-    packages=find_packages(),
+    packages=find_packages(exclude="tests"),
     include_package_data=True,
     classifiers=[
         # Specify the Python versions you support here. In particular, ensure
@@ -37,4 +37,6 @@ setup(
 # setup keyword args: http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/setuptools
 
 # built and uploaded to pypi with this:
-# python setup.py sdist bdist_egg register upload
+#python setup.py sdist bdist_egg
+#twine upload dist/*
+