diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f26338d..19e1aa3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ python-rtmbot
 =============
 
 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/slackhq/python-rtmbot.png)](https://travis-ci.org/slackhq/python-rtmbot)
+[![Coverage Status](https://coveralls.io/repos/github/slackhq/python-rtmbot/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://coveralls.io/github/slackhq/python-rtmbot?branch=master)
 
 A Slack bot written in python that connects via the RTM API.
 
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index c6513a4..8e69fc4 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+coveralls==1.1
+ipdb==0.9.3
+ipython==4.1.2
+pdbpp==0.8.3
 pytest>=2.8.2
+pytest-cov==2.2.1
 pytest-pythonpath>=0.3
-tox>=1.8.0
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+testfixtures==4.9.1
+tox>=1.8.0
diff --git a/rtmbot/__init__.py b/rtmbot/__init__.py
index 5af2406..bb67a43 100644
--- a/rtmbot/__init__.py
+++ b/rtmbot/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-from core import *
+from .core import *
diff --git a/rtmbot/core.py b/rtmbot/core.py
index bf64782..049bb77 100755
--- a/rtmbot/core.py
+++ b/rtmbot/core.py
@@ -12,6 +12,17 @@ sys.dont_write_bytecode = True
 
 class RtmBot(object):
     def __init__(self, config):
+        '''
+            Params:
+                - config (dict):
+                    - SLACK_TOKEN: your authentication token from Slack
+                    - BASE_PATH (optional: defaults to execution directory) RtmBot will
+                        look in this directory for plugins.
+                    - LOGFILE (optional: defaults to rtmbot.log) The filename for logs, will
+                        be stored inside the BASE_PATH directory
+                    - DEBUG (optional: defaults to False) with debug enabled, RtmBot will
+                        break on errors
+        '''
         # set the config object
         self.config = config
 
@@ -30,7 +41,7 @@ class RtmBot(object):
         logging.basicConfig(filename=log_file,
                             level=logging.INFO,
                             format='%(asctime)s %(message)s')
-        logging.info(self.directory)
+        logging.info('Initialized in: {}'.format(self.directory))
         self.debug = self.config.get('DEBUG', False)
 
         # initialize stateful fields
diff --git a/tests/test_rtmbot_core.py b/tests/test_rtmbot_core.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0353147
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_rtmbot_core.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+from testfixtures import LogCapture
+from rtmbot.core import RtmBot
+
+
+def test_init():
+    with LogCapture() as l:
+        rtmbot = RtmBot({
+            'SLACK_TOKEN': 'test-12345',
+            'BASE_PATH': '/tmp/',
+            'LOGFILE': '/tmp/rtmbot.log',
+            'DEBUG': True
+        })
+
+    assert rtmbot.token == 'test-12345'
+    assert rtmbot.directory == '/tmp/'
+    assert rtmbot.debug == True
+
+    l.check(
+        ('root', 'INFO', 'Initialized in: /tmp/')
+    )
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index a4b8a3d..63b4d9b 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -9,9 +9,14 @@ max-line-length= 100
 exclude= tests/*
 
 [testenv]
-commands=py.test {posargs:tests}
+passenv = TRAVIS TRAVIS_JOB_ID TRAVIS_BRANCH
+commands =
+	py.test --cov-report= --cov=rtmbot {posargs:tests}
+	coveralls
+
 deps =
     -r{toxinidir}/requirements-dev.txt
+	-r{toxinidir}/requirements.txt
 basepython =
     py27: python2.7
     py34: python3.4
@@ -20,4 +25,9 @@ basepython =
 [testenv:flake8]
 basepython=python
 deps=flake8
-commands=flake8 {toxinidir}/rtmbot.py {toxinidir}/rtmbot/core.py {toxinidir}/setup.py {toxinidir}/doc/example-plugins
+commands=
+	flake8 \
+	{toxinidir}/rtmbot.py \
+	{toxinidir}/rtmbot/core.py \
+	{toxinidir}/setup.py \
+	{toxinidir}/doc/example-plugins
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