diff --git a/backend/.gitignore b/backend/.gitignore
index 0c06538..49ddab5 100644
--- a/backend/.gitignore
+++ b/backend/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 __pycache__
 venv
-.env
\ No newline at end of file
+.env
+test.db
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/app/routers/url_routes.py b/backend/app/routers/url_routes.py
index bb21f76..256eb71 100644
--- a/backend/app/routers/url_routes.py
+++ b/backend/app/routers/url_routes.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 )
 
 
-@router.post("",  response_model=Url)
+@router.post("",  response_model=Url, status_code=201)
 def create_url(original_url: OriginalUrl, db: Session = Depends(get_db)):
     new_url = url_service.create_url(db=db, url_create=original_url)
 
diff --git a/backend/app/tests/routers/__init__.py b/backend/app/tests/routers/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/backend/app/tests/routers/test_url_routes.py b/backend/app/tests/routers/test_url_routes.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c3f192c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/app/tests/routers/test_url_routes.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+from ..test_setup import test_db, client
+
+prefix = "/url"
+
+
+def test_create_url(test_db):
+    original_url = "http://test.com"
+    response = client.post(prefix, json={"originalUrl": original_url})
+    result = response.json()
+
+    assert response.status_code == 201
+    assert result['id'] >= 0
+    assert result['originalUrl'] == original_url
+    assert len(result['shortenedUrl']) >= 4
diff --git a/backend/app/tests/routers/test_url_shortener.py b/backend/app/tests/routers/test_url_shortener.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..de83549
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/app/tests/routers/test_url_shortener.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+from ..test_setup import test_db, client
+
+
+def test_read_root(test_db):
+    response = client.get("/")
+
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    assert response.json() == {"message": "Welcome to MinionUrl."}