diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5d49397
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/tests/test_output_stream
+
diff --git a/faststreams.nimble b/faststreams.nimble
index d3268bd..729526c 100644
--- a/faststreams.nimble
+++ b/faststreams.nimble
@@ -10,3 +10,6 @@ skipDirs      = @["tests"]
 requires "nim >= 0.17.0",
          "ranges"
 
+task test, "run tests":
+  exec "nim c -r tests/test_output_stream.nim"
+
diff --git a/tests/nim.cfg b/tests/nim.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d2b0c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/nim.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+--threads:on
+