diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5c2c1a3..327fac9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 out/
 posts/
+src/tests/tests
 *.o
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c9bbfaa..eddc24c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ From there you can rsync/push it to your server or do whatever you want to do wi
 # How does the directory structure work?
 Also pretty simple. You have:
 - `/config` for config files. Initially empty so you need to copy it from example dir or make one yourself.
-- `/examples` example of configuration files. Tests are dependent on it so don't edit the content of these files! You can copy it to `/config` and edit it there.
+- `/examples` example of configuration files. You can copy it to `/config` and edit it there.
 - `/out` for processed site.
 - `/posts` here you write your blog posts. Every file should be in markdown format, metadata included!.
 - `/src` for cpp files. Here's where you run the binary to translate your markdown posts into html.
diff --git a/src/makefile b/src/makefile
index f596499..934f001 100644
--- a/src/makefile
+++ b/src/makefile
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ CXX = g++
 CXXFLAGS = -std=c++17 -Wall
 TEST_LIBS = -lmd4c-html -lCatch2Main -lCatch2
 LIBS = -lmd4c-html
+TEST_DIR = tests
 
 all: blog
 
@@ -20,14 +21,14 @@ utils.o: utils.cpp utils.hpp
 markdown.o: markdown.cpp markdown.hpp
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -c markdown.cpp
 
-tests: tests.o config.o utils.o markdown.o
-	g++ -std=c++17 -Wall tests.o config.o utils.o markdown.o -o tests $(TEST_LIBS)
+tests.o: $(TEST_DIR)/tests.cpp config.hpp
+	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -c $(TEST_DIR)/tests.cpp
 
-tests.o: tests.cpp config.hpp
-	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -c tests.cpp
+tests: tests.o config.o utils.o markdown.o
+	g++ -std=c++17 -Wall tests.o config.o utils.o markdown.o -o $(TEST_DIR)/tests $(TEST_LIBS)
 
 check: tests
-	./tests
+	$(TEST_DIR)/tests
 
 clean:
-	rm -f *.o blog tests
+	rm -f *.o $(TEST_DIR)/*.o blog $(TEST_DIR)/tests
diff --git a/src/tests/config.toml b/src/tests/config.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6cf6a90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tests/config.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[general]
+lang = "en"
+title = "Blog"
+
+[contact]
+author = "author"
+email = "email@example.com"
+signal = "signal url"
diff --git a/src/tests/image.png b/src/tests/image.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..49abd93
Binary files /dev/null and b/src/tests/image.png differ
diff --git a/examples/no_metadata_post.md b/src/tests/no_metadata_post.md
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/no_metadata_post.md
rename to src/tests/no_metadata_post.md
diff --git a/src/tests/post.md b/src/tests/post.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dfeaa5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tests/post.md
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+---
+author: "joseph"
+date: "2026-01-01"
+title: "Example of a blog post"
+tags: ["blog", "test", "lalilulelo"]
+---
+# This is an example post
+
+In this example we will do a couple of cool markdown things.
+
+## This is a h2 header
+*This text is written in italic!*
+### Look at this!
+**This text is BOLD!**
+
+## Hello world!
+```cpp
+#include <iostream>
+
+int main() {
+    std::cout << "Hello world!" << std::endl;
+}
+```
+This is super cool!
+
+## Time to link some random website!
+This [should be clickable](https://example.com)
+
+## Image test
+![this should show an image](./image.png)
+
+## This is an ordered list
+1. one
+2. six
+3. seven
+
+## This is an unordered one
+- six
+- nine
+- six
+- nine
diff --git a/src/tests.cpp b/src/tests/tests.cpp
similarity index 85%
rename from src/tests.cpp
rename to src/tests/tests.cpp
index ac5d076..214e5d8 100644
--- a/src/tests.cpp
+++ b/src/tests/tests.cpp
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-#include "config.hpp"
-#include "markdown.hpp"
-#include "utils.hpp"
+#include "../config.hpp"
+#include "../markdown.hpp"
+#include "../utils.hpp"
 #include <catch2/catch_all.hpp>
 #include <catch2/catch_test_macros.hpp>
 #include <optional>
 #include <string>
 
 TEST_CASE("Checking config file read", "[config]") {
-  const std::string FILE_NAME = "../examples/config.toml";
+  const std::string FILE_NAME = "tests/config.toml";
 
   Config config = get_config(FILE_NAME);
 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ TEST_CASE("convert_string_to_set parses inline YAML string list") {
 }
 
 TEST_CASE("get_metadata function data correctness test") {
-  const std::string FILE_NAME = "../examples/post.md";
+  const std::string FILE_NAME = "./tests//post.md";
   Metadata result = get_metadata(FILE_NAME).value();
 
   std::string expected_author = "joseph";
@@ -43,16 +43,13 @@ TEST_CASE("get_metadata function data correctness test") {
 }
 
 TEST_CASE("get_metadata function test with a file that doesn't have metadata") {
-  const std::string FILE_NAME = "../examples/no_metadata_post.md";
+  const std::string FILE_NAME = ".tests/no_metadata_post.md";
   std::optional<Metadata> result = get_metadata(FILE_NAME);
   REQUIRE(result == std::nullopt);
 }
 
-/* theres to much testing stuff in examples
- * i need to move tests to some other directory with testing files
- */
 TEST_CASE("get_html function parsing test") {
-  const std::string INPUT = "../examples/post.md";
+  const std::string INPUT = "./tests/post.md";
   const std::string EXPECTED_OUTPUT = R"HTML(<h1>This is an example post</h1>
 <p>In this example we will do a couple of cool markdown things.</p>
 <h2>This is a h2 header</h2>