diff --git a/ReferenceTests/src/database.jl b/ReferenceTests/src/database.jl
index 7db2c8eafb7..6a8480d2f88 100644
--- a/ReferenceTests/src/database.jl
+++ b/ReferenceTests/src/database.jl
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ macro reference_test(name, code)
     funcs = used_functions(code)
     skip = (title in SKIP_TITLES) || any(x-> x in funcs, SKIP_FUNCTIONS)
     return quote
+        t1 = time()
         @testset $(title) begin
             if $skip
                 @test_broken false
@@ -46,6 +47,11 @@ macro reference_test(name, code)
                 push!($REGISTERED_TESTS, $title)
             end
         end
+        elapsed = round(time() - t1; digits=3)
+        total = Sys.total_memory()
+        mem = round((total - Sys.free_memory()) / 10^9; digits=3)
+        # TODO, write to file and create an overview in the end, similar to the benchmark results!
+        println("Used $(mem)gb of $(round(total / 10^9; digits=3))gb RAM, time: $(elapsed)s")
     end
 end
 
diff --git a/WGLMakie/test/runtests.jl b/WGLMakie/test/runtests.jl
index 3d13c3cb842..32360727453 100644
--- a/WGLMakie/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/WGLMakie/test/runtests.jl
@@ -62,4 +62,10 @@ Makie.inline!(Makie.automatic)
     recorded_files, recording_dir = @include_reference_tests "refimages.jl"
     missing_images, scores = ReferenceTests.record_comparison(recording_dir)
     ReferenceTests.test_comparison(scores; threshold = 0.032)
+
+end
+
+@testset "memory leaks" begin
+    GC.gc(true)
+    @test Base.summarysize(WGLMakie.TEXTURE_ATLAS) / 10^6 < 9
 end