diff --git a/bootstrap/app.php b/bootstrap/app.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b434403e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bootstrap/app.php
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+$app = new Illuminate\Foundation\Application(
+    $_ENV['APP_BASE_PATH'] ?? dirname(__DIR__)
+);
+
+$app->singleton(
+    Illuminate\Contracts\Http\Kernel::class,
+    Blumilk\Meetup\Core\Http\Kernel::class
+);
+
+$app->singleton(
+    Illuminate\Contracts\Console\Kernel::class,
+    Blumilk\Meetup\Core\Console\Kernel::class
+);
+
+$app->singleton(
+    Illuminate\Contracts\Debug\ExceptionHandler::class,
+    Blumilk\Meetup\Core\Exceptions\Handler::class
+);
+
+return $app;
diff --git a/bootstrap/cache/.gitignore b/bootstrap/cache/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d6b7ef32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bootstrap/cache/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*
+!.gitignore
diff --git a/phpunit.xml b/phpunit.xml
index 96c6ff7a..65a00d5c 100644
--- a/phpunit.xml
+++ b/phpunit.xml
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@
     </coverage>
     <php>
         <server name="APP_ENV" value="testing"/>
-        <server name="APP_URL" value="localhost"/>
-        <server name="DB_CONNECTION" value="testing"/>
+        <server name="DB_CONNECTION" value="sqlite"/>
         <server name="BCRYPT_ROUNDS" value="4"/>
         <server name="CACHE_DRIVER" value="array"/>
         <server name="MAIL_MAILER" value="array"/>
diff --git a/tests/CreatesApplication.php b/tests/CreatesApplication.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..efeacce9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/CreatesApplication.php
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Tests;
+
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Console\Kernel;
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Application;
+
+trait CreatesApplication
+{
+    public function createApplication(): Application
+    {
+        $app = require __DIR__ . "/../bootstrap/app.php";
+
+        $app->make(Kernel::class)->bootstrap();
+
+        return $app;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/TestCase.php b/tests/TestCase.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..53411164
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/TestCase.php
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Tests;
+
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\TestCase as BaseTestCase;
+
+abstract class TestCase extends BaseTestCase
+{
+    use CreatesApplication;
+}