diff --git a/tests/finit.bats b/tests/finit.bats
index 2c432cf..ed8af50 100755
--- a/tests/finit.bats
+++ b/tests/finit.bats
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ teardown() {
     && [[ "${DOTBARE_TREE}" == "$HOME/.local/share/dotbare_test" ]]; then
     rm -rf "${DOTBARE_TREE}"
   fi
+  unset DOTBARE_DIR
+  unset DOTBARE_TREE
 }
 
 help() {
diff --git a/tests/fsetup.bats b/tests/fsetup.bats
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..98c9950
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fsetup.bats
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bats
+
+# inital setup in CI/CD pipeline
+
+migrate() {
+  bash "${BATS_TEST_DIRNAME}"/../dotbare finit -u https://github.com/kazhala/dotfiles.git
+}
+
+@test "set up test environment" {
+  [[ -d "${DOTBARE_DIR}" ]] && skip
+  migrate
+  [ "${status}" -eq 0 ]
+}