diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 925a091..d566ecb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ jobs:
       run: composer validate --no-check-all --strict
     - name: Install Composer dependencies
       run: composer install --prefer-dist --no-progress
-    - name: Run tests
+    - name: Run spec tests
       run: php vendor/bin/phpspec run
+    - name: Run unit tests
+      run: php vendor/bin/phpunit
 
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index aa0f446..e73553f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
+.phpunit.result.cache
 studio.json
 composer.phar
 composer.lock
-vendor/
+vendor/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 02397fe..1662739 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@
             "Studio\\": "src"
         }
     },
+    "autoload-dev": {
+        "psr-4": {
+            "StudioTests\\": "tests"
+        }
+    },
     "require": {
         "php": ">=8.1",
         "composer-plugin-api": "^2.3",
@@ -18,7 +23,9 @@
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "composer/composer": "^2.5",
-        "phpspec/phpspec": "^7.4"
+        "phpspec/phpspec": "^7.4",
+        "phpunit/phpunit": "^9.6 | ^10",
+        "mikey179/vfsstream": "^1.6.11"
     },
     "replace": {
         "franzliedke/studio": "self.version"
diff --git a/phpunit.xml.dist b/phpunit.xml.dist
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..085e796
--- /dev/null
+++ b/phpunit.xml.dist
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<phpunit bootstrap = "vendor/autoload.php" colors = "true">
+
+    <testsuites>
+        <testsuite name="Project Test Suite">
+            <directory>tests</directory>
+        </testsuite>
+    </testsuites>
+
+    <php>
+        <env name="APP_ENV" value="testing"/>
+        <env name="APP_VERSION" value="0.15.0"/>
+    </php>
+
+</phpunit>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/Console/AbstractConsoleTest.php b/tests/Console/AbstractConsoleTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad5b581
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Console/AbstractConsoleTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace StudioTests\Console;
+
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+use Studio\Console\CreateCommand;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Application;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Tester\CommandTester;
+
+abstract class AbstractConsoleTest extends TestCase
+{
+    protected function executeCommand(array $arguments, array $inputs = []): CommandTester
+    {
+        $application = new Application('studio', getenv('APP_VERSION'));
+        $application->add(new CreateCommand);
+
+        // this uses a special testing container that allows you to fetch private services
+        /** @var Command $command */
+        $command = $application->get($this->getCommandFqcn());
+
+        $commandTester = new CommandTester($command);
+        $commandTester->setInputs($inputs);
+        $commandTester->execute($arguments);
+
+        return $commandTester;
+    }
+
+    abstract protected function getCommandFqcn(): string;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/Console/CreateTest.php b/tests/Console/CreateTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f8f4911
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Console/CreateTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace StudioTests\Console;
+
+use org\bovigo\vfs\vfsStream;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Tester\CommandTester;
+
+class CreateTest extends AbstractConsoleTest
+{
+    private $root;
+
+    public function setUp(): void
+    {
+        $this->root = vfsStream::setup();
+    }
+
+    function testExecute(): void
+    {
+        $commandTester = $this->executeCommand(
+            ['path' => $this->root->url() . '/company/my-package'],
+            [
+                // package name
+                'company/my-package',
+                // default namespace (psr-4)
+                'Company/MyPackage',
+            ]
+        );
+
+        $this->assertTrue($this->root->hasChild('company/my-package'));
+    }
+
+    protected function getCommandFqcn(): string
+    {
+        return 'create';
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file