diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index d4b435f..4159d3e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -12,3 +12,18 @@ jobs:
           git config --global user.email "me@example.com"
           git config --global user.name "My Name"
       - run: ./test.sh
+        env:
+          DATABASE_URL: postgresql://postgres:postgrespass@localhost:5432/testdb
+
+    services:
+      postgres:
+        image: postgres
+        env:
+          POSTGRES_PASSWORD: postgrespass
+        options: >-
+          --health-cmd pg_isready
+          --health-interval 10s
+          --health-timeout 5s
+          --health-retries 5
+        ports:
+          - 5432:5432
diff --git a/30-django.sh b/30-django.sh
index 45cdc69..b2c4f60 100644
--- a/30-django.sh
+++ b/30-django.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 poetry add 'django=*'
+poetry add --group dev 'pytest-django==*'
 
 # Check if the DJANGO_PROJECT_NAME environment variable is set
 if [[ -z "$DJANGO_PROJECT_NAME" ]]; then
@@ -12,6 +13,23 @@ fi
 # Run django-admin startproject with the project name
 poetry run django-admin startproject "$DJANGO_PROJECT_NAME" .
 
+# create pytest-django configuration
+sed -i "/\[tool\.pytest\.ini_options\]/a\\
+DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE = \"$DJANGO_PROJECT_NAME.settings\"\\
+FAIL_INVALID_TEMPLATE_VARS = true" pyproject.toml
+
+# create smoke test
+cat > "test_no_smoke.py" <<EOL
+import pytest
+from django.urls import reverse
+
+
+@pytest.mark.django_db
+def test_admin_root(admin_client):
+    response = admin_client.get(reverse('admin:index'))
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+EOL
+
 poetry run isort .
 git add --all
 git commit -m "Initialize Django project"
diff --git a/40-heroku.sh b/40-heroku.sh
index 0b19d9d..6d3602b 100644
--- a/40-heroku.sh
+++ b/40-heroku.sh
@@ -35,10 +35,22 @@ cat > app.json <<EOL
       "quantity": 1,
       "size": "basic"
     }
+  },
+  "environments": {
+    "test": {
+      "addons": ["heroku-postgresql:in-dyno"],
+      "scripts": {
+        "test-setup": "python manage.py collectstatic --no-input",
+        "test": "flake8 . && pytest"
+      }
+    }
   }
 }
 EOL
 
+# add heroku stuff to flake8 exclude
+sed -i '/\[tool\.flake8\]/a exclude = [\n    ".heroku",\n    ".local",\n]' pyproject.toml
+
 # Commit the changes
 git add --all
 git commit -m "Configure the project for Heroku deployment"
diff --git a/example/app.json b/example/app.json
index 811ac75..6af2493 100644
--- a/example/app.json
+++ b/example/app.json
@@ -24,5 +24,14 @@
       "quantity": 1,
       "size": "basic"
     }
+  },
+  "environments": {
+    "test": {
+      "addons": ["heroku-postgresql:in-dyno"],
+      "scripts": {
+        "test-setup": "python manage.py collectstatic --no-input",
+        "test": "flake8 . && pytest"
+      }
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/example/commits.txt b/example/commits.txt
index 00ad5c7..f53c1b4 100644
--- a/example/commits.txt
+++ b/example/commits.txt
@@ -35,9 +35,10 @@
  example/urls.py     |  23 ++++++++++
  example/wsgi.py     |  17 +++++++
  manage.py           |  22 ++++++++++
- poetry.lock         |  62 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-
- pyproject.toml      |   1 +
- 8 files changed, 265 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+ poetry.lock         |  80 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
+ pyproject.toml      |   4 ++
+ test_no_smoke.py    |   8 ++++
+ 9 files changed, 294 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 
 --- Configure Django settings with django-environ
 
@@ -72,17 +73,17 @@
 --- Install and configure Sentry
 
  example/settings.py |  8 ++++++
- poetry.lock         | 81 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
+ poetry.lock         | 82 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
  pyproject.toml      |  1 +
- 3 files changed, 89 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+ 3 files changed, 90 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 
 --- Configure the project for Heroku deployment
 
  Procfile       |  2 ++
- app.json       | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+ app.json       | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
  poetry.lock    | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
- pyproject.toml |  1 +
- 4 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+ pyproject.toml |  5 +++++
+ 4 files changed, 66 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 
 --- Custom user model using UUID4 as the primary key
 
diff --git a/example/example/asgi.py b/example/example/asgi.py
index b5e5222..a670044 100644
--- a/example/example/asgi.py
+++ b/example/example/asgi.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 It exposes the ASGI callable as a module-level variable named ``application``.
 
 For more information on this file, see
-https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/howto/deployment/asgi/
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/howto/deployment/asgi/
 """
 
 import os
diff --git a/example/example/settings.py b/example/example/settings.py
index b68a9ef..46139f0 100644
--- a/example/example/settings.py
+++ b/example/example/settings.py
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 """
 Django settings for example project.
 
-Generated by 'django-admin startproject' using Django 5.0.6.
+Generated by 'django-admin startproject' using Django 5.1.
 
 For more information on this file, see
-https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/topics/settings/
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/topics/settings/
 
 For the full list of settings and their values, see
-https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/ref/settings/
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/ref/settings/
 """
 
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 
 # Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
-# See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/howto/deployment/checklist/
+# See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/howto/deployment/checklist/
 
 # SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
 SECRET_KEY = env.str('SECRET_KEY')
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
 
 
 # Database
-# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/ref/settings/#databases
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/ref/settings/#databases
 
 DATABASES = {
     'default': env.db('DATABASE_URL')
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
 
 
 # Password validation
-# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators
 
 AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
     {
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
 
 
 # Internationalization
-# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/topics/i18n/
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/topics/i18n/
 
 LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
 
@@ -118,12 +118,12 @@
 
 
 # Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
-# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/howto/static-files/
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/howto/static-files/
 
 STATIC_URL = 'static/'
 
 # Default primary key field type
-# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/ref/settings/#default-auto-field
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/ref/settings/#default-auto-field
 
 DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField'
 
diff --git a/example/example/urls.py b/example/example/urls.py
index 4c81cbe..09dc851 100644
--- a/example/example/urls.py
+++ b/example/example/urls.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 URL configuration for example project.
 
 The `urlpatterns` list routes URLs to views. For more information please see:
-    https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/topics/http/urls/
+    https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/topics/http/urls/
 Examples:
 Function views
     1. Add an import:  from my_app import views
diff --git a/example/example/wsgi.py b/example/example/wsgi.py
index 4317111..c0ccb6f 100644
--- a/example/example/wsgi.py
+++ b/example/example/wsgi.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 It exposes the WSGI callable as a module-level variable named ``application``.
 
 For more information on this file, see
-https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/howto/deployment/wsgi/
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/howto/deployment/wsgi/
 """
 
 import os
diff --git a/example/poetry.lock b/example/poetry.lock
index fe91312..9077388 100644
--- a/example/poetry.lock
+++ b/example/poetry.lock
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@ tests = ["mypy (>=0.800)", "pytest", "pytest-asyncio"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "certifi"
-version = "2024.6.2"
+version = "2024.8.30"
 description = "Python package for providing Mozilla's CA Bundle."
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.6"
 files = [
-    {file = "certifi-2024.6.2-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:ddc6c8ce995e6987e7faf5e3f1b02b302836a0e5d98ece18392cb1a36c72ad56"},
-    {file = "certifi-2024.6.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:3cd43f1c6fa7dedc5899d69d3ad0398fd018ad1a17fba83ddaf78aa46c747516"},
+    {file = "certifi-2024.8.30-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:922820b53db7a7257ffbda3f597266d435245903d80737e34f8a45ff3e3230d8"},
+    {file = "certifi-2024.8.30.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:bec941d2aa8195e248a60b31ff9f0558284cf01a52591ceda73ea9afffd69fd9"},
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -38,17 +38,17 @@ files = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "django"
-version = "5.0.6"
+version = "5.1"
 description = "A high-level Python web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design."
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.10"
 files = [
-    {file = "Django-5.0.6-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:8363ac062bb4ef7c3f12d078f6fa5d154031d129a15170a1066412af49d30905"},
-    {file = "Django-5.0.6.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:ff1b61005004e476e0aeea47c7f79b85864c70124030e95146315396f1e7951f"},
+    {file = "Django-5.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:d3b811bf5371a26def053d7ee42a9df1267ef7622323fe70a601936725aa4557"},
+    {file = "Django-5.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:848a5980e8efb76eea70872fb0e4bc5e371619c70fffbe48e3e1b50b2c09455d"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
-asgiref = ">=3.7.0,<4"
+asgiref = ">=3.8.1,<4"
 sqlparse = ">=0.3.1"
 tzdata = {version = "*", markers = "sys_platform == \"win32\""}
 
@@ -74,13 +74,13 @@ testing = ["coverage[toml] (>=5.0a4)", "pytest (>=4.6.11)"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "flake8"
-version = "7.1.0"
+version = "7.1.1"
 description = "the modular source code checker: pep8 pyflakes and co"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8.1"
 files = [
-    {file = "flake8-7.1.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:2e416edcc62471a64cea09353f4e7bdba32aeb079b6e360554c659a122b1bc6a"},
-    {file = "flake8-7.1.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:48a07b626b55236e0fb4784ee69a465fbf59d79eec1f5b4785c3d3bc57d17aa5"},
+    {file = "flake8-7.1.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:597477df7860daa5aa0fdd84bf5208a043ab96b8e96ab708770ae0364dd03213"},
+    {file = "flake8-7.1.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:049d058491e228e03e67b390f311bbf88fce2dbaa8fa673e7aea87b7198b8d38"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
@@ -124,13 +124,13 @@ dev = ["pyTest", "pyTest-cov"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gunicorn"
-version = "22.0.0"
+version = "23.0.0"
 description = "WSGI HTTP Server for UNIX"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7"
 files = [
-    {file = "gunicorn-22.0.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:350679f91b24062c86e386e198a15438d53a7a8207235a78ba1b53df4c4378d9"},
-    {file = "gunicorn-22.0.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:4a0b436239ff76fb33f11c07a16482c521a7e09c1ce3cc293c2330afe01bec63"},
+    {file = "gunicorn-23.0.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:ec400d38950de4dfd418cff8328b2c8faed0edb0d517d3394e457c317908ca4d"},
+    {file = "gunicorn-23.0.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:f014447a0101dc57e294f6c18ca6b40227a4c90e9bdb586042628030cba004ec"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
@@ -207,36 +207,36 @@ testing = ["pytest", "pytest-benchmark"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "psycopg"
-version = "3.1.19"
+version = "3.2.1"
 description = "PostgreSQL database adapter for Python"
 optional = false
-python-versions = ">=3.7"
+python-versions = ">=3.8"
 files = [
-    {file = "psycopg-3.1.19-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:dca5e5521c859f6606686432ae1c94e8766d29cc91f2ee595378c510cc5b0731"},
-    {file = "psycopg-3.1.19.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:92d7b78ad82426cdcf1a0440678209faa890c6e1721361c2f8901f0dccd62961"},
+    {file = "psycopg-3.2.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:ece385fb413a37db332f97c49208b36cf030ff02b199d7635ed2fbd378724175"},
+    {file = "psycopg-3.2.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:dc8da6dc8729dacacda3cc2f17d2c9397a70a66cf0d2b69c91065d60d5f00cb7"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
-typing-extensions = ">=4.1"
+typing-extensions = ">=4.4"
 tzdata = {version = "*", markers = "sys_platform == \"win32\""}
 
 [package.extras]
-binary = ["psycopg-binary (==3.1.19)"]
-c = ["psycopg-c (==3.1.19)"]
-dev = ["black (>=24.1.0)", "codespell (>=2.2)", "dnspython (>=2.1)", "flake8 (>=4.0)", "mypy (>=1.4.1)", "types-setuptools (>=57.4)", "wheel (>=0.37)"]
+binary = ["psycopg-binary (==3.2.1)"]
+c = ["psycopg-c (==3.2.1)"]
+dev = ["ast-comments (>=1.1.2)", "black (>=24.1.0)", "codespell (>=2.2)", "dnspython (>=2.1)", "flake8 (>=4.0)", "mypy (>=1.6)", "types-setuptools (>=57.4)", "wheel (>=0.37)"]
 docs = ["Sphinx (>=5.0)", "furo (==2022.6.21)", "sphinx-autobuild (>=2021.3.14)", "sphinx-autodoc-typehints (>=1.12)"]
 pool = ["psycopg-pool"]
-test = ["anyio (>=3.6.2,<4.0)", "mypy (>=1.4.1)", "pproxy (>=2.7)", "pytest (>=6.2.5)", "pytest-cov (>=3.0)", "pytest-randomly (>=3.5)"]
+test = ["anyio (>=4.0)", "mypy (>=1.6)", "pproxy (>=2.7)", "pytest (>=6.2.5)", "pytest-cov (>=3.0)", "pytest-randomly (>=3.5)"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pycodestyle"
-version = "2.12.0"
+version = "2.12.1"
 description = "Python style guide checker"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
 files = [
-    {file = "pycodestyle-2.12.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:949a39f6b86c3e1515ba1787c2022131d165a8ad271b11370a8819aa070269e4"},
-    {file = "pycodestyle-2.12.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:442f950141b4f43df752dd303511ffded3a04c2b6fb7f65980574f0c31e6e79c"},
+    {file = "pycodestyle-2.12.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:46f0fb92069a7c28ab7bb558f05bfc0110dac69a0cd23c61ea0040283a9d78b3"},
+    {file = "pycodestyle-2.12.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:6838eae08bbce4f6accd5d5572075c63626a15ee3e6f842df996bf62f6d73521"},
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -252,33 +252,51 @@ files = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pytest"
-version = "8.2.2"
+version = "8.3.2"
 description = "pytest: simple powerful testing with Python"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
 files = [
-    {file = "pytest-8.2.2-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:c434598117762e2bd304e526244f67bf66bbd7b5d6cf22138be51ff661980343"},
-    {file = "pytest-8.2.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:de4bb8104e201939ccdc688b27a89a7be2079b22e2bd2b07f806b6ba71117977"},
+    {file = "pytest-8.3.2-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:4ba08f9ae7dcf84ded419494d229b48d0903ea6407b030eaec46df5e6a73bba5"},
+    {file = "pytest-8.3.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:c132345d12ce551242c87269de812483f5bcc87cdbb4722e48487ba194f9fdce"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
 colorama = {version = "*", markers = "sys_platform == \"win32\""}
 iniconfig = "*"
 packaging = "*"
-pluggy = ">=1.5,<2.0"
+pluggy = ">=1.5,<2"
 
 [package.extras]
 dev = ["argcomplete", "attrs (>=19.2)", "hypothesis (>=3.56)", "mock", "pygments (>=2.7.2)", "requests", "setuptools", "xmlschema"]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pytest-django"
+version = "4.8.0"
+description = "A Django plugin for pytest."
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.8"
+files = [
+    {file = "pytest-django-4.8.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:5d054fe011c56f3b10f978f41a8efb2e5adfc7e680ef36fb571ada1f24779d90"},
+    {file = "pytest_django-4.8.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:ca1ddd1e0e4c227cf9e3e40a6afc6d106b3e70868fd2ac5798a22501271cd0c7"},
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+pytest = ">=7.0.0"
+
+[package.extras]
+docs = ["sphinx", "sphinx-rtd-theme"]
+testing = ["Django", "django-configurations (>=2.0)"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "sentry-sdk"
-version = "2.6.0"
+version = "2.13.0"
 description = "Python client for Sentry (https://sentry.io)"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.6"
 files = [
-    {file = "sentry_sdk-2.6.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:422b91cb49378b97e7e8d0e8d5a1069df23689d45262b86f54988a7db264e874"},
-    {file = "sentry_sdk-2.6.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:65cc07e9c6995c5e316109f138570b32da3bd7ff8d0d0ee4aaf2628c3dd8127d"},
+    {file = "sentry_sdk-2.13.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:6beede8fc2ab4043da7f69d95534e320944690680dd9a963178a49de71d726c6"},
+    {file = "sentry_sdk-2.13.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:8d4a576f7a98eb2fdb40e13106e41f330e5c79d72a68be1316e7852cf4995260"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
@@ -306,10 +324,11 @@ httpx = ["httpx (>=0.16.0)"]
 huey = ["huey (>=2)"]
 huggingface-hub = ["huggingface-hub (>=0.22)"]
 langchain = ["langchain (>=0.0.210)"]
+litestar = ["litestar (>=2.0.0)"]
 loguru = ["loguru (>=0.5)"]
 openai = ["openai (>=1.0.0)", "tiktoken (>=0.3.0)"]
 opentelemetry = ["opentelemetry-distro (>=0.35b0)"]
-opentelemetry-experimental = ["opentelemetry-distro (>=0.40b0,<1.0)", "opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiohttp-client (>=0.40b0,<1.0)", "opentelemetry-instrumentation-django (>=0.40b0,<1.0)", "opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi (>=0.40b0,<1.0)", "opentelemetry-instrumentation-flask (>=0.40b0,<1.0)", "opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests (>=0.40b0,<1.0)", "opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlite3 (>=0.40b0,<1.0)", "opentelemetry-instrumentation-urllib (>=0.40b0,<1.0)"]
+opentelemetry-experimental = ["opentelemetry-distro"]
 pure-eval = ["asttokens", "executing", "pure-eval"]
 pymongo = ["pymongo (>=3.1)"]
 pyspark = ["pyspark (>=2.4.4)"]
@@ -319,17 +338,17 @@ sanic = ["sanic (>=0.8)"]
 sqlalchemy = ["sqlalchemy (>=1.2)"]
 starlette = ["starlette (>=0.19.1)"]
 starlite = ["starlite (>=1.48)"]
-tornado = ["tornado (>=5)"]
+tornado = ["tornado (>=6)"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sqlparse"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.5.1"
 description = "A non-validating SQL parser."
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
 files = [
-    {file = "sqlparse-0.5.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:c204494cd97479d0e39f28c93d46c0b2d5959c7b9ab904762ea6c7af211c8663"},
-    {file = "sqlparse-0.5.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:714d0a4932c059d16189f58ef5411ec2287a4360f17cdd0edd2d09d4c5087c93"},
+    {file = "sqlparse-0.5.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:773dcbf9a5ab44a090f3441e2180efe2560220203dc2f8c0b0fa141e18b505e4"},
+    {file = "sqlparse-0.5.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:bb6b4df465655ef332548e24f08e205afc81b9ab86cb1c45657a7ff173a3a00e"},
 ]
 
 [package.extras]
@@ -392,4 +411,4 @@ brotli = ["brotli"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.12"
-content-hash = "ae608849187a68b6e0e4f6990949d2343bb16f64bf41a8515552b17518004aea"
+content-hash = "d270fad64051a5bf5a9bd63d6adb6d994446b159e33a56a12bf22e1d0541cc24"
diff --git a/example/pyproject.toml b/example/pyproject.toml
index 496832c..e9341bb 100644
--- a/example/pyproject.toml
+++ b/example/pyproject.toml
@@ -20,12 +20,17 @@ flake8 = "*"
 flake8-pyproject = "*"
 flake8-isort = "*"
 pytest = "*"
+pytest-django = "*"
 
 [build-system]
 requires = ["poetry-core"]
 build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
 
 [tool.flake8]
+exclude = [
+    ".heroku",
+    ".local",
+]
 ignore = [
     "E501",  # line too long
 ]
@@ -38,4 +43,6 @@ multi_line_output = 5
 include_trailing_comma = true
 
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
+DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE = "example.settings"
+FAIL_INVALID_TEMPLATE_VARS = true
 python_files = ["tests.py", "test_*.py", "*_tests.py"]
diff --git a/example/test_no_smoke.py b/example/test_no_smoke.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4c28449
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/test_no_smoke.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import pytest
+from django.urls import reverse
+
+
+@pytest.mark.django_db
+def test_admin_root(admin_client):
+    response = admin_client.get(reverse('admin:index'))
+    assert response.status_code == 200
diff --git a/test.sh b/test.sh
index 2aafa97..77f8fa7 100755
--- a/test.sh
+++ b/test.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ success=$?
 poetry run flake8
 cp example.env .env
 poetry run python manage.py collectstatic --no-input
-poetry run pytest || true  # allow it to fail
+poetry run pytest
 
 # remove the virtual env, it may be stored outside the temporary directory
 poetry env remove --all