--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/tests/test_path.py	Sun Dec 10 17:57:03 2017 -0800
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import os
+from lemuriformes.path import TempDir
+
+
+def test_tempdir_contextmanager():
+    """
+    ensure our temporary directory contextmanager works
+    and does what we want it to
+    """
+
+    tmpdir = None
+    with TempDir() as td:
+        tmpdir = td
+        assert os.path.exists(tmpdir)
+        assert os.path.isdir(tmpdir)
+    assert not os.path.exists(tmpdir)
+    assert not os.path.isdir(tmpdir)
+