diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index d49ac41f..f843636b 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -20,4 +20,9 @@
   "[html][django-html][handlebars][hbs][mustache][jinja][jinja-html][nj][njk][nunjucks][twig]": {
     "editor.defaultFormatter": "monosans.djlint"
   },
+  "python.testing.pytestArgs": [
+    "src"
+  ],
+  "python.testing.unittestEnabled": false,
+  "python.testing.pytestEnabled": true,
 }
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diff --git a/pytest.ini b/pytest.ini
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c1a5401a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pytest.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[pytest]
+DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE = config.test_settings
+python_files = tests.py test_*.py *_tests.py
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 0bf0e810..5bf71628 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 coverage==7.8.1
 djlint==1.36.4
 fakeredis==2.29.0
+pytest-django==4.11.1
 pytest-playwright==0.7.0
 ruff==0.11.10
 tblib==3.1.0