diff --git a/agama/transpiler/pom.xml b/agama/transpiler/pom.xml
index e6ee15a7a09..4172ec13994 100644
--- a/agama/transpiler/pom.xml
+++ b/agama/transpiler/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,23 @@
     </properties>
 
     <build>
+        <testResources>
+            <testResource>
+                <directory>src/test/resources</directory>
+                <filtering>true</filtering>
+            </testResource>
+        </testResources>
         <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.19.1</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <suiteXmlFiles>
+                        <suiteXmlFile>target/test-classes/testng.xml</suiteXmlFile>
+                    </suiteXmlFiles>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.antlr</groupId>
                 <artifactId>antlr4-maven-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -77,6 +93,13 @@
             <artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
         </dependency>
 
+        <!-- TESTS -->
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.testng</groupId>
+			<artifactId>testng</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+
     </dependencies>
 
 </project>
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diff --git a/agama/transpiler/src/main/java/io/jans/agama/dsl/Transpiler.java b/agama/transpiler/src/main/java/io/jans/agama/dsl/Transpiler.java
index eb1f554a89b..0748ccfd824 100644
--- a/agama/transpiler/src/main/java/io/jans/agama/dsl/Transpiler.java
+++ b/agama/transpiler/src/main/java/io/jans/agama/dsl/Transpiler.java
@@ -310,9 +310,14 @@ public static TranspilationResult transpile(String flowQname, Set<String> flowQN
     public static void runSyntaxCheck(String flowQname, String source)
             throws SyntaxException, TranspilerException {
 
-        Transpiler tr = new Transpiler(flowQname, null);        
+        Transpiler tr = new Transpiler(flowQname, null);
         tr.validateName(tr.getFlowContext(source));
     }
+    
+    public static void runSyntaxCheck(String source) throws SyntaxException, TranspilerException {
+        Transpiler tr = new Transpiler("", null);
+        tr.getFlowContext(source);
+    }
 
     public static void main(String... args) throws Exception {
         
diff --git a/agama/transpiler/src/test/resources/log4j2-test.xml b/agama/transpiler/src/test/resources/log4j2-test.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..493117549e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agama/transpiler/src/test/resources/log4j2-test.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<Configuration status="WARN">
+    <Appenders>
+        <Console name="Console" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
+            <PatternLayout pattern="%d{HH:mm:ss} %-5p %F:%L - %m%n" />
+        </Console>
+    </Appenders>
+    <Loggers>
+        <Logger name="io.jans.agama" level="INFO" additivity="false">
+            <AppenderRef ref="Console"/>
+        </Logger>
+
+        <Root level="error">
+            <AppenderRef ref="Console" />
+        </Root>
+    </Loggers>
+
+</Configuration>