diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.drone.yaml b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.drone.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c4c699
--- /dev/null
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.drone.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+kind: pipeline
+type: docker
+name: CI Test Pipeline
+
+steps:
+- name: greeting
+  image: alpine
+  commands:
+  - echo "Welcome to drone\n"
+
+- name: Unit Tests
+  image: python:3.8-buster
+  commands:
+    - bash -c './ci_scripts/run_unit_tests.sh'
+
+trigger:
+  event:
+    exclude:
+    - pull_request
+
+# Secrets used to pull private images
+image_pull_secrets:
+  - dockerconfigjson
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diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/pyproject.toml b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/pyproject.toml
index b2335dc..45f344e 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/pyproject.toml
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ filter_files = true
 [tool.black]
 line-length = 120
 skip-string-normalization = true
-exclude = "(^/\\.git|^/env/|^/venv/)"
+exclude = "(^/\\.git|^/env/|^/venv/|^/node_modules/)"
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/scripts/_common.sh b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/scripts/_common.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4173faf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/scripts/_common.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -ex
+
+source "$(dirname "$0")/_common.sh"
+
+_setup_env
+
+${VIRTUAL_ENV}/bin/python -m pytest -vv --cov "$@"
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diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/scripts/bootstrap b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/scripts/bootstrap.sh
similarity index 69%
rename from {{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/scripts/bootstrap
rename to {{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/scripts/bootstrap.sh
index b396ae1..8a84291 100755
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/scripts/bootstrap
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/scripts/bootstrap.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,19 @@
 # setting -o pipefail sets the exit code of a pipeline to that of the rightmost command to exit with a non-zero status, or to zero if all commands of the pipeline exit successfully.
 set -eo pipefail
 
-if [ -z "$VIRTUAL_ENV" ]; then
+function _setup_env() {
+  # build a virtual env and install
+  if [ -z $VIRTUAL_ENV ]; then
+  	  python3 -m venv env
+  	  source env/bin/activate
+  fi
+
+if [ "${DRONE}" == "true" ]; then
+    _setup_env
+
+fi
+
+if [ -z "${VIRTUAL_ENV}" ]; then
     echo "warning: you are not in a virtualenv"
     exit 1
 fi
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/scripts/run_unit_tests.sh b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/scripts/run_unit_tests.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4173faf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/scripts/run_unit_tests.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -ex
+
+source "$(dirname "$0")/_common.sh"
+
+_setup_env
+
+${VIRTUAL_ENV}/bin/python -m pytest -vv --cov "$@"
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