diff --git a/tests/bad_span.lua b/tests/bad_span.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2fd0c03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/bad_span.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+@[{
+	fuck
+}]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/escape_hell.lua b/tests/escape_hell.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5181676
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/escape_hell.lua
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+--#error "fuck\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/lua_test.lua b/tests/lua_test.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fcad6ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/lua_test.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+@[[for i=1, 10 do]]
+	print("hello @[{i}]")
+@[[end]]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/noblockclose.lua b/tests/noblockclose.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ab72fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/noblockclose.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+@[[
+lmao
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/nonewline_directive.lua b/tests/nonewline_directive.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c8ab75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/nonewline_directive.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+-- include file
+--#include "nopreproc.lua"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/nopreproc.lua b/tests/nopreproc.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..66632ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/nopreproc.lua
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+print("test")
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/runtests.sh b/tests/runtests.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..b68193e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/runtests.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+for test in $(find -name "*.lua"); do
+	echo "Running test $test"
+	luacomp $test > $test.out
+	echo "=============================================================="
+done
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/shell.lua b/tests/shell.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c4d5ed2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/shell.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+-- raw evar
+print("your shell is $[{SHELL}]")
+-- evar string
+print("your shell is "..$(SHELL))
+-- cat
+$[[cat nopreproc.lua]]