diff --git a/flickrscripts/__init__.py b/flickrscripts/__init__.py
index 68d857f..eb8947f 100644
--- a/flickrscripts/__init__.py
+++ b/flickrscripts/__init__.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ __meta__ = dict(
             'flickrscripts = flickrscripts:route',
         ],
     },
+    test_suite='nose.collector',
 )
 USAGE = 'Usage: {prog} <subcommand> [args]'
 
diff --git a/flickrscripts/common.py b/flickrscripts/common.py
index 8785ffa..cb2d39c 100644
--- a/flickrscripts/common.py
+++ b/flickrscripts/common.py
@@ -41,5 +41,9 @@ def get_flickr_from_rc_file(rc_file=expanduser('~/.flickrscripts.json')):
     return setup_flickr(rc_conf['APIKEY'], rc_conf['APISECRET'])
 
 
+def load_rc_file(rc_file=expanduser('~/.flickrscripts.json')):
+    return json.load(open(rc_file))
+
+
 class InvalidPhotoIdError(ValueError):
     pass
diff --git a/tests/itest_timewarp.py b/tests/itest_timewarp.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..248ab2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/itest_timewarp.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import unittest
+
+from flickrscripts.timewarp import TimeWarper
+from flickrscripts.common import load_rc_file
+
+
+class TimeWarperTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        rc_conf = load_rc_file()
+        self.warper = TimeWarper(rc_conf['APIKEY'], rc_conf['APISECRET'])
+
+    def test_is_not_horribly_busted(self):
+        self.assertTrue(True, 'please forgive the horrible test')
+
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()