diff --git a/sqlcipher_test.go b/sqlcipher_test.go
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+package sqlite3_test
+
+import (
+	"database/sql"
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"path"
+	"testing"
+
+	_ "github.com/mutecomm/go-sqlcipher"
+)
+
+var db *sql.DB
+
+func init() {
+	// create DB
+	var key = []byte("passphrase")
+	tmpdir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "sqlcipher_test")
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	dbname := path.Join(tmpdir, "sqlcipher_test")
+	db, err = sql.Open("sqlite3", dbname)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	_, err = db.Exec(fmt.Sprintf("PRAGMA key = \"x'%s'\";", hex.EncodeToString(key)))
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	_, err = db.Exec("PRAGMA cipher_page_size = 4096;")
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	_, err = db.Exec(`
+CREATE TABLE KeyValueStore (
+  KeyEntry   TEXT NOT NULL UNIQUE,
+  ValueEntry TEXT NOT NULL
+);`)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	db.Close()
+	// open DB for testing
+	db, err = sql.Open("sqlite3", dbname)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	_, err = db.Exec(fmt.Sprintf("PRAGMA key = \"x'%s'\";", hex.EncodeToString(key)))
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	_, err = db.Exec("PRAGMA cipher_page_size = 4096;")
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	_, err = db.Exec("SELECT count(*) FROM sqlite_master;")
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+}
+
+var mapping = map[string]string{
+	"foo": "one",
+	"bar": "two",
+	"baz": "three",
+}
+
+func TestInsert(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	insertValueQuery, err := db.Prepare("INSERT INTO KeyValueStore (KeyEntry, ValueEntry) VALUES (?, ?);")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	for key, value := range mapping {
+		_, err := insertValueQuery.Exec(key, value)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Error(err)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSelect(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	getValueQuery, err := db.Prepare("SELECT ValueEntry FROM KeyValueStore WHERE KeyEntry=?;")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	for key, value := range mapping {
+		var val string
+		err := getValueQuery.QueryRow(key).Scan(&val)
+		if err != sql.ErrNoRows {
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Error(err)
+			} else if val != value {
+				t.Errorf("%s != %s", val, value)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}