diff --git a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
index 70ca413..7941bc9 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
+++ b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ RUN python -m pip install --upgrade pip
 COPY . .
 
 # install devcontainer requirements
-RUN pip install -e .[dev]
+RUN pip install -e .[dev,test]
 
 # install docs requirements
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r docs/requirements.txt
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 82f7ddc..df5b93e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,14 @@ dev = [
     "pre-commit"
 ]
 
+test = [
+    "coverage",
+    "pytest",
+    "pytest-django",
+    "pytest-mock",
+    "pytest-socket",
+]
+
 [project.urls]
 Code = "https://github.com/compilerla/pems"
 Homepage = "https://compilerla.github.io/pems/"
@@ -34,6 +42,12 @@ line-length = 127
 target-version = ['py312']
 include = '\.pyi?$'
 
+[tool.pytest.ini_options]
+DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE = "pems.settings"
+markers = [
+    "request_path: use with session_request to initialize with the given path",
+]
+
 [tool.setuptools.packages.find]
 include = ["pems*"]
 namespaces = false