diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 073b5888..c720aeab 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,20 @@
+ARTIFACT_DIR := $(if $(ARTIFACT_DIR),$(ARTIFACT_DIR),tests/test_results)
 PATH_TO_PLANTUML := ~/bin
 
 
 run: ## Run the service locally
 	python src/lightspeed-stack.py
 
+test-unit: ## Run the unit tests
+	@echo "Running unit tests..."
+	@echo "Reports will be written to ${ARTIFACT_DIR}"
+	COVERAGE_FILE="${ARTIFACT_DIR}/.coverage.unit" pdm run pytest tests/unit --cov=src --cov-report term-missing --cov-report "json:${ARTIFACT_DIR}/coverage_unit.json" --junit-xml="${ARTIFACT_DIR}/junit_unit.xml" --cov-fail-under=60
+
+test-integration: ## Run integration tests tests
+	@echo "Running integration tests..."
+	@echo "Reports will be written to ${ARTIFACT_DIR}"
+	COVERAGE_FILE="${ARTIFACT_DIR}/.coverage.integration" pdm run pytest tests/integration --cov=src --cov-report term-missing --cov-report "json:${ARTIFACT_DIR}/coverage_integration.json" --junit-xml="${ARTIFACT_DIR}/junit_integration.xml" --cov-fail-under=60
+
 check-types: ## Checks type hints in sources
 	MYPYPATH=src pdm run mypy --namespace-packages --explicit-package-bases --strict --disallow-untyped-calls --disallow-untyped-defs --disallow-incomplete-defs .
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1f503300..080c531d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -22,8 +22,17 @@ distribution = true
 
 [dependency-groups]
 dev = [
-    "black>=25.1.0"
-    ]
+    "black>=25.1.0",
+    "pytest>=8.3.2",
+    "pytest-cov>=5.0.0",
+]
 
 [tool.pdm.scripts]
 start = "pdm run make run"
+test-unit = "pdm run make test-unit"
+test-integration = "pdm run make test-integration"
+
+[tool.pytest.ini_options]
+pythonpath = [
+  "src"
+]
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_configuration.py b/tests/unit/test_configuration.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9b80a9e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/test_configuration.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+"""Unit tests for functions defined in src/configuration.py."""
+
+from src.configuration import configuration
+
+
+def test_default_configuration():
+    cfg = configuration
+    assert cfg is not None
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_log.py b/tests/unit/test_log.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c0b84966
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/test_log.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+"""Unit tests for functions defined in src/log.py."""
+
+from src.log import get_logger
+
+
+def test_get_logger():
+    """Check the function to retrieve logger."""
+    logger_name = "foo"
+    logger = get_logger(logger_name)
+    assert logger is not None
+    assert logger.name == logger_name
+
+    # at least one handler need to be set
+    assert len(logger.handlers) >= 1