diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b27934e..11ba711 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,3 +2,6 @@ all:
 	isort -rc .
 	autoflake -r --in-place --remove-unused-variables .
 	black .
+
+test:
+	python3 -m unittest -v tests/*.py
diff --git a/lib/db.py b/lib/db.py
index 040737d..4150b7b 100644
--- a/lib/db.py
+++ b/lib/db.py
@@ -4,14 +4,15 @@ from lib.config import config
 
 
 class DB:
-    def __init__(self):
+    def __init__(self, section="production"):
+        self.config_section = section
         self.connect()
         self.create_tables()
 
     def connect(self):
         try:
             # read the connection parameters
-            params = config()
+            params = config(section=self.config_section)
             # connect to the PostgreSQL server
             self.conn = psycopg2.connect(**params)
 
diff --git a/tests/db_import_test.py b/tests/db_import_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b52d11e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/db_import_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import unittest
+import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
+
+from lib.db import DB
+from lib.history import History
+from lib.obs import OBS
+from lib.revision import Revision
+
+
+class TestDBMethods(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.db = DB(section="test")
+        self.obs = OBS()
+        self.history = History(self.obs, "xz")
+
+    def test_import(self):
+        test_rev = Revision(self.obs, self.history, "openSUSE:Factory", "xz")
+        test_rev.parse(
+            ET.fromstring(
+                """<revision rev="70" vrev="1">
+                    <srcmd5>37a33785d29ac57cdd5f2cbd7b0d6588</srcmd5>
+                    <version>5.2.7</version>
+                    <time>1665184962</time>
+                    <user>RBrownFactory</user>
+                    <comment></comment>
+                    <requestid>1008136</requestid>
+                </revision>"""
+            )
+        )
+        self.db.import_rev(test_rev)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()