diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 97b24fe..37d0fdf 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -8,8 +8,16 @@ platform:
   arch: amd64
 
 steps:
-- name: test
-  commands:
-    - dnf install -y python3 python3-pip
-    - pip3 install -U Django
-    - python3 manage.py test
+  - name: install deps
+    commands:
+      - dnf install -y python3 python3-pip
+      - pip3 install -U Django coverage flake8 pylint django-coverage-plugin pylint-django
+  - name: run unittests
+    commands:
+      - coverage run --source='.' manage.py test --noinput --parallel
+  - name: run flake8
+    commands:
+      - flake8
+  - name: run pylint
+    commands:
+      - pylint --rcfile=.pylintrc -- **/*.py
diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e0faac0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+[MASTER]
+load-plugins=pylint_django
+
+[FORMAT]
+max-line-length=120
+
+[MESSAGES CONTROL]
+disable=missing-docstring,invalid-name
+
+[DESIGN]
+max-parents=13
+
+[TYPECHECK]
+generated-members=REQUEST,acl_users,aq_parent,"[a-zA-Z]+_set{1,2}",save,delete
diff --git a/im/settings.py b/im/settings.py
index 3969795..26d629a 100644
--- a/im/settings.py
+++ b/im/settings.py
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     'django.contrib.messages',
     'django.contrib.staticfiles',
     'inventory.apps.InventoryConfig',
+    'linttest',
 ]
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
@@ -100,6 +101,10 @@ AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
     },
 ]
 
+# enabling this may speed up testing
+#PASSWORD_HASHERS = [
+#    'django.contrib.auth.hashers.MD5PasswordHasher',
+#]
 
 # Internationalization
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.1/topics/i18n/
diff --git a/inventory/tests.py b/inventory/tests.py
index 7ce503c..52c08d1 100644
--- a/inventory/tests.py
+++ b/inventory/tests.py
@@ -1,3 +1,25 @@
 from django.test import TestCase
+from django.test import Client
 
-# Create your tests here.
+from inventory.models import PantryItem, Category
+
+
+class PantryItemTestCase(TestCase):
+    """ simple test case for a model"""
+    def setUp(self):
+        cat = Category.objects.create(name="UNCATEGORIZED")
+        PantryItem.objects.create(name="testitem", category=cat)
+
+    def test_pantryitem_looksok(self):
+        """Pantryitems to string is ok"""
+        testitem = PantryItem.objects.get(name="testitem")
+        self.assertEqual(str(testitem), 'testitem')
+
+
+class InterFaceTestCase(TestCase):
+    """Simple test case for the web interface"""
+
+    def test_consume_view_exists(self):
+        c = Client()
+        response = c.get('/consume/')
+        self.assertTrue("TODO" not in response)
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa11995
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[flake8]
+max-line-length = 120
+exclude = .tox,.git,*/migrations/*,*/static/CACHE/*,docs,node_modules,venv
+
+[coverage:run]
+include = '.'
+omit = *migrations*, *tests*
+plugins =
+    django_coverage_plugin