diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 568d78b..1990dd9 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -12,3 +12,6 @@ Documenter.makedocs(
     checkdocs = :exports,
     authors = "Brandon Taylor"
 )
+
+# just test if it parses (for now)
+joinpath((@__FILE__) |> dirname |> dirname, "example", "examples.bib") |> readstring |> parse_bibtex