diff --git a/planetwars-matchrunner/Cargo.toml b/planetwars-matchrunner/Cargo.toml
index e0b6af0..10d1c99 100644
--- a/planetwars-matchrunner/Cargo.toml
+++ b/planetwars-matchrunner/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,3 +18,6 @@ chrono = { version = "0.4", features = ["serde"] }
 bollard = { git = "https://github.com/fussybeaver/bollard", rev = "c5d87a4934c70a04f9c649fedb241dbd4943c927" }
 bytes = "1.1"
 async-trait = "0.1"
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+tempfile = "3"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/planetwars-matchrunner/maps/abc.json b/planetwars-matchrunner/maps/abc.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..70462e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/planetwars-matchrunner/maps/abc.json
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{
+    "planets": [
+        {
+            "name": "a",
+            "x": -3,
+            "y": 0,
+            "owner": 1,
+            "ship_count": 5
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "b",
+            "x": 0,
+            "y": 0,
+            "ship_count": 5
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "c",
+            "x": 3,
+            "y": 0,
+            "owner": 2,
+            "ship_count": 5
+        }
+    ]
+}
+    
diff --git a/planetwars-matchrunner/tests/test_matchrunner.rs b/planetwars-matchrunner/tests/test_matchrunner.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0da1836
--- /dev/null
+++ b/planetwars-matchrunner/tests/test_matchrunner.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+use std::io::BufRead;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+use planetwars_matchrunner::{docker_runner::DockerBotSpec, run_match, MatchConfig, MatchPlayer};
+
+const PYTHON_IMAGE: &str = "python:3.10-slim-buster";
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn match_does_run() {
+    let simplebot_path = std::fs::canonicalize("bots/simplebot").unwrap();
+    let simplebot_path_str = simplebot_path.as_os_str().to_str().unwrap();
+
+    let log_file = tempfile::NamedTempFile::new().unwrap();
+
+    let bot = DockerBotSpec {
+        image: PYTHON_IMAGE.to_string(),
+        binds: Some(vec![format!("{}:{}", simplebot_path_str, "/workdir")]),
+        argv: Some(vec!["python".to_string(), "simplebot.py".to_string()]),
+        working_dir: Some("/workdir".to_string()),
+        pull: false,
+        credentials: None,
+    };
+    let config = MatchConfig {
+        map_name: "hex".to_string(),
+        map_path: PathBuf::from("maps/abc.json"),
+        log_path: PathBuf::from(log_file.path()),
+        players: vec![
+            MatchPlayer {
+                bot_spec: Box::new(bot.clone()),
+            },
+            MatchPlayer {
+                bot_spec: Box::new(bot.clone()),
+            },
+        ],
+    };
+
+    run_match(config).await;
+
+    let line_count = std::io::BufReader::new(log_file.as_file()).lines().count();
+    assert!(line_count > 0);
+}