diff --git a/ci/test.sh b/ci/test.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3b72dcf3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+python3 -m unittest discover -s ../
diff --git a/investing_bot_framework/__init__.py b/investing_bot_framework/__init__.py
index e69de29b..df5df79d 100644
--- a/investing_bot_framework/__init__.py
+++ b/investing_bot_framework/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+from investing_bot_framework.utils.version import get_version
+
+VERSION = (1, 0, 0, 'alpha', 0)
+
diff --git a/investing_bot_framework/tests/resources/standard_settings.py b/investing_bot_framework/tests/resources/standard_settings.py
index 97e7135a..71c220d8 100644
--- a/investing_bot_framework/tests/resources/standard_settings.py
+++ b/investing_bot_framework/tests/resources/standard_settings.py
@@ -1,10 +1,49 @@
+import os
 from pathlib import Path
 
-BOT_PROJECT_NAME = 'TEST_ALGORITHM'
+BOT_PROJECT_NAME = 'bot'
 
-BASE_DIR = str(Path(__file__).parent)
+BOT_CONTEXT_CONFIGURATION = 'bot.configuration.context'
 
-INSTALLED_DATA_PROVIDER_APPS = []
+# Change this when not in development, feature or hot-fix branch
+DEBUG = int(os.environ.get('DEBUG', True))
 
-INSTALLED_STRATEGY_APPS = []
+BASE_DIR = str(Path(__file__).parent.parent)
 
+LOG_FILE_NAME = 'log'
+
+LOG_DIR = '{}/logs'.format(BASE_DIR)
+
+LOG_PATH = "{}/{}.log".format(LOG_DIR, LOG_FILE_NAME)
+
+# if not os.path.isdir(LOG_DIR):
+#     os.mkdir(LOG_DIR)
+
+if DEBUG:
+    logging_level = "DEBUG"
+else:
+    logging_level = "INFO"
+
+# Logging configuration
+LOGGING = {
+    'version': 1,
+    'disable_existing_loggers': False,
+    'formatters': {
+        'standard': {
+            'format': '%(levelname)s %(asctime)s - [thread: %(threadName)-4s %(name)s] %(message)s',
+            'datefmt': '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'
+        }
+    },
+    'handlers': {
+        'console': {
+            'class': 'logging.StreamHandler',
+            'formatter': 'standard',
+        },
+    },
+    'loggers': {
+        '': {
+            'level': logging_level,
+            'handlers': ['console'],
+        },
+    },
+}
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diff --git a/investing_bot_framework/tests/utils/__init__.py b/investing_bot_framework/tests/utils/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/investing_bot_framework/tests/utils/test_version.py b/investing_bot_framework/tests/utils/test_version.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8195abfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/investing_bot_framework/tests/utils/test_version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+from unittest import TestCase
+from investing_bot_framework.utils.version import get_version, get_complete_version, get_main_version
+
+
+class Version(TestCase):
+
+    def test(self):
+        self.assertIsNotNone(get_version())
+        self.assertEqual(type(get_version()), str)
+
+        version = (1, 0, 0, 'alpha', 0)
+        self.assertEqual(get_version(version), '1.0')
+        self.assertEqual(get_main_version(version), '1.0')
+        self.assertEqual(get_complete_version(version), version)
diff --git a/investing_bot_framework/utils/__init__.py b/investing_bot_framework/utils/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/investing_bot_framework/utils/version.py b/investing_bot_framework/utils/version.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c908e667
--- /dev/null
+++ b/investing_bot_framework/utils/version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+def get_version(version=None):
+    version = get_complete_version(version)
+    main = get_main_version(version)
+    return main
+
+
+def get_main_version(version=None):
+    """Return main version (X.Y[.Z]) from VERSION."""
+    version = get_complete_version(version)
+    parts = 2 if version[2] == 0 else 3
+    return '.'.join(str(x) for x in version[:parts])
+
+
+def get_complete_version(version=None):
+    """
+    Return a tuple of the investing algorithm framework  version. If version argument is non-empty,
+    check for correctness of the tuple provided.
+    """
+    if version is None:
+        from investing_bot_framework import VERSION as version
+    else:
+        assert len(version) == 5
+        assert version[3] in ('alpha', 'beta', 'rc', 'final')
+
+    return version