diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7444713..ea9227e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 dist/
-*.egg-info/
\ No newline at end of file
+*.egg-info/
+*.pyc
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b653c12..2735b61 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "icaotix_python_logging"
-version = "0.0.1"
+version = "1.0.0"
 authors = [
     { name = "Marcel Schwarz", email = "admin@icaotix.de" },
 ]
diff --git a/tests/test_basic_logger.py b/tests/test_basic_logger.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..55deedd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_basic_logger.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import io
+import json
+import logging
+import logging.handlers
+import unittest
+from unittest.mock import patch
+
+from src.icaotix_python_logging import logger
+
+
+class TestStringMethods(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def test_creation(self):
+        log = logger.get_stdout_logger("test_basic_logger")
+        self.assertIsInstance(log, logging.Logger)
+        self.assertEqual(1, len(log.handlers))
+        self.assertIsInstance(log.handlers[0], logging.handlers.QueueHandler)
+
+    @patch('sys.stdout', new_callable=io.StringIO)
+    def test_single_log_message(self, stdout: io.StringIO):
+        log = logger.get_stdout_logger("test_basic_logger")
+        log.info("Hello world")
+
+        # wait for all writes to be done (type is checked in test above)
+        log.handlers[0].listener.queue.join()
+
+        actual_json = json.loads(stdout.getvalue())
+        self.assertEqual(actual_json, actual_json | {"logger": "test_basic_logger", "message": "Hello world"})
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()