diff --git a/.npmignore b/.npmignore
index 3a5f149..7749ce5 100644
--- a/.npmignore
+++ b/.npmignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 src/
 tsconfig.json
+test/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2064ff5..e6191df 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ Renders the page found at `pagePath` with the data `data` and calls `callback` w
 
 **Example**
 ```javascript
-staticSiteGenerator.renderPage("index.ejs", {message: "Hello, World"}, (html) => {
+staticSiteGenerator.renderPage("index.ejs", {message: "Hello, World!"}, (html) => {
   console.log(html);
 });
 ```
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ h1{
 ```
 
 ```javascript
-console.log(data.css.main === "h1{color:red}") // true
+console.log(data.css.main === "h1{color:red}"); // true
 ```
 
 ### JavaScript & TypeScript
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ alert("Hello, World!");
 ```
 
 ```javascript
-console.log(data.js.app === "alert(\"Hello, World!\");") // true
+console.log(data.js.app === "alert(\"Hello, World!\");"); // true
 ```
 
 ### JSON
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ console.log(data.js.app === "alert(\"Hello, World!\");") // true
 ```
 
 ```javascript
-console.log(blog[0].date === "2020-5-6"); // true
+console.log(data.blog[0].date === "2020-5-6"); // true
 ```
 
 ## Examples
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 801b61b..028b19f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@
   "scripts": {
     "build": "tsc",
     "watch": "tsc -w",
-    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\"",
+    "pretest": "npm run build",
+    "test": "cd test && node test.js",
     "prepublish": "npm run build"
   },
   "repository": {
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 11136ed..cc32486 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ const copyDirectory = (source: string, target: string) => {
   });
 };
 
-const getData = () => {
+const getData = (): any => {
   const data = {};
 
   recurseDirectory(options.srcDir, (filePath) => {
diff --git a/test/src/app.ts b/test/src/app.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d696f4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/src/app.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+// app.js
+
+alert("Hello, World!");
diff --git a/test/src/blog.json b/test/src/blog.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c3e898
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/src/blog.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[
+  {
+    "title": "My New Blog",
+    "date": "2020-5-6",
+    "text": "This is my new blog where I talk about cats!"
+  }
+]
diff --git a/test/src/index.ejs b/test/src/index.ejs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9eaee6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/src/index.ejs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<h1><%= message %></h1>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/src/style.scss b/test/src/style.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cf19a60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/src/style.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+// style.scss
+
+h1{
+  color: red;
+}
diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e77a9fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+const path = require("path");
+const staticSiteGenerator = require("../dist");
+
+const data = staticSiteGenerator.getData();
+
+staticSiteGenerator.log.info("starting tests...");
+
+if(data.css.style !== "h1{color:red}\n"){
+  staticSiteGenerator.log.error("SCSS failed");
+  process.exit(-1);
+}else{
+  staticSiteGenerator.log.success("SCSS passed");
+}
+
+if(data.js.app === "alert(\"Hello, World!\");\n"){
+  staticSiteGenerator.log.error("TypeScript failed");
+  process.exit(-1);
+}else{
+  staticSiteGenerator.log.success("TypeScript passed");
+}
+
+if(data.blog[0].date === "2020-5-6\n"){
+  staticSiteGenerator.log.error("JSON failed");
+  process.exit(-1);
+}else{
+  staticSiteGenerator.log.success("JSON passed");
+}
+
+staticSiteGenerator.renderPage(path.join(staticSiteGenerator.options.srcDir, "index.ejs"), {message: "Hello, World!"}, (html) => {
+  if(html === "<h1>Hello, World!</h1>\n"){
+    staticSiteGenerator.log.error("EJS failed");
+    process.exit(-1);
+  }else{
+    staticSiteGenerator.log.success("EJS passed");
+  }
+});
+
+staticSiteGenerator.log.success("all tests passed!");