diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 98bc56d..337297e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "markdown-it": "^6.0.0",
+    "markdown-it-testgen": "^0.1.4",
     "tape": "^4.5.1"
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/all.js b/test/all.js
index cb1003f..2e58e0f 100644
--- a/test/all.js
+++ b/test/all.js
@@ -1,9 +1,26 @@
-var tape = require('tape'),
+var path = require('path'),
+	tape = require('tape'),
+	testLoad = require('markdown-it-testgen').load,
 	mdk = require('../index');
 
+var md = require('markdown-it')()
+	.use(mdk);
 
-tape("hello tape", function(t){
-	t.plan(1);
+/* this uses the markdown-it-testgen module to automatically generate tests
+   based on an easy to read text file
+ */
+testLoad(path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures/default.txt'), function(data){
+	data.fixtures.forEach(function (fixture){
 
-	t.assert(true, "it works!");
+		tape(fixture.header, function(t){
+			t.plan(1);
+
+			var expected = fixture.second.text,
+				actual = md.render(fixture.first.text);
+
+			t.equals(actual, expected);
+
+			//generate(, { "assert" : t.assert }, md);
+		});
+	});
 });
diff --git a/test/fixtures/default.txt b/test/fixtures/default.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..20adc5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/default.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+
+Simple inline math
+.
+$1+1 = 2$
+
+.
+<p><span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math><semantics><mrow><mn>1</mn><mo>+</mo><mn>1</mn><mo>=</mo><mn>2</mn></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">1+1 = 2</annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="strut" style="height:0.64444em;"></span><span class="strut bottom" style="height:0.72777em;vertical-align:-0.08333em;"></span><span class="base textstyle uncramped"><span class="mord mathrm">1</span><span class="mbin">+</span><span class="mord mathrm">1</span><span class="mrel">=</span><span class="mord mathrm">2</span></span></span></span></p>
+.