diff --git a/home/tests/test_views.py b/home/tests/test_views.py
index e69de29b..30ee2c9a 100644
--- a/home/tests/test_views.py
+++ b/home/tests/test_views.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import pytest
+from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+
+def test_home_view(client):
+    response = client.get(path='/')
+    assert response.status_code==200
+    assert 'Welcome to SmartNotes!' in str(response.content)
+ 
+def test_signup(client):
+    response = client.get(path='/signup')
+    assert response.status_code==200
+    assert 'home/register.html' in response.template_name 
+
+#create temporary test database
+@pytest.mark.django_db
+def test_signup_authenticated(client):
+    user= User.objects.create_user('Kim','kim@test.com','password')
+    client.login(username= user.username, password = 'password')
+    #follow= true means follow the url status code in this example a url is redirected will return code 302
+    response = client.get(path='/signup',follow=True)
+    assert 200 == response.status_code
+    assert 'notes/notes_list.html' in response.template_name 
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diff --git a/notes/test_notes_views.py b/notes/test_notes_views.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e379a9b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/notes/test_notes_views.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import pytest
+from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+
+@pytest.mark.django_db
+def test_list_endpoint_return_user_notes(client):
+    user= User.objects.create_user('Kim','kim@test.com','password')
+    client.login(username= user.username, password = 'password')
diff --git a/notes/tests.py b/notes/tests.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 7ce503c2..00000000
--- a/notes/tests.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-from django.test import TestCase
-
-# Create your tests here.
diff --git a/smartnotes/settings.py b/smartnotes/settings.py
index 6d801bf5..75f4307a 100644
--- a/smartnotes/settings.py
+++ b/smartnotes/settings.py
@@ -121,8 +121,6 @@
 
 USE_I18N = True
 
-USE_L10N = True
-
 USE_TZ = True