diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 5e51258..ee2bc00 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ script:
 # - shellcheck -x $(git ls-files | grep '[.]sh$')
   - ./node_modules/.bin/madge -c .
   - yarn audit
+  - yarn build
+  - yarn lint
   - yarn test
 
 before_deploy:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ffc4443..a1dc5bd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -31,10 +31,13 @@ The plugin should be added to your config
       "projectId": "UH",
       "releaseNameTemplate": "Test v${version}",
       "jiraHost": "uphabit.atlassian.net",
-      "ticketPrefixes": [ "TEST", "UH"]
+      "ticketPrefixes": [ "TEST", "UH"],
+      "ticketRegex": "[a-zA-Z]{3,5}-\\d{3,5}"
     }]
   ]
 }
+
+Please note that `ticketRegex` cannot be used together with `ticketPrefixes`.
 ```
 ```typescript
 interface Config {
@@ -42,9 +45,13 @@ interface Config {
   /// A domain of a jira instance ie: `uphabit.atlasian.net`
   jiraHost: string;
 
-  // A list of prefixes to match when looking for tickets in commits
+  // A list of prefixes to match when looking for tickets in commits. Cannot be used together with ticketRegex.
   // ie. ['TEST'] would match `TEST-123` and `TEST-456`
-  ticketPrefixes: string[];
+  ticketPrefixes?: string[];
+
+  // A unescaped regex to match tickets in commits (without slashes). Cannot be used together with ticketPrefixes.
+  // ie. [a-zA-Z]{4}-\d{3,5} would match any ticket with 3 letters a dash and 3 to 5 numbers, such as `TEST-456`, `TEST-5643` and `TEST-56432`
+  ticketRegex?: string;
   
   // The id or key for the project releases will be created in
   projectId: string;
diff --git a/babel.config.js b/babel.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6b53630
--- /dev/null
+++ b/babel.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+module.exports = {
+  presets: [
+    '@babel/preset-env',
+    '@babel/preset-typescript',
+  ],
+};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/success.ts b/lib/success.ts
index 08a90f8..7f6d742 100644
--- a/lib/success.ts
+++ b/lib/success.ts
@@ -5,14 +5,20 @@ import { makeClient } from './jira';
 import { GenerateNotesContext, PluginConfig } from './types';
 import { escapeRegExp } from './util';
 
-function getTickets(config: PluginConfig, context: GenerateNotesContext): string[] {
-  const patterns = config.ticketPrefixes!
+export function getTickets(config: PluginConfig, context: GenerateNotesContext): string[] {
+  let patterns: RegExp[] = [];
+
+  if (config.ticketRegex !== undefined) {
+    patterns = [new RegExp(config.ticketRegex, 'giu')];
+  } else {
+    patterns = config.ticketPrefixes!
     .map(prefix => new RegExp(`\\b${escapeRegExp(prefix)}-(\\d+)\\b`, 'giu'));
+  }
 
   const tickets = new Set<string>();
   for (const commit of context.commits) {
     for (const pattern of patterns) {
-      const matches = pattern.exec(commit.message);
+      const matches = commit.message.match(pattern);
       if (matches) {
         tickets.add(matches[0]);
         context.logger.info(`Found ticket ${matches[0]} in commit: ${commit.commit.short}`);
diff --git a/lib/types.ts b/lib/types.ts
index 2fc084b..38bd367 100644
--- a/lib/types.ts
+++ b/lib/types.ts
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ export interface BaseConfig {
 }
 
 export interface PluginConfig extends BaseConfig {
-  ticketPrefixes: string[];
+  ticketPrefixes?: string[];
+  ticketRegex?: string;
   projectId: string;
   releaseNameTemplate?: string;
   jiraHost: string;
diff --git a/lib/verifyConditions.ts b/lib/verifyConditions.ts
index b248577..8692c3c 100644
--- a/lib/verifyConditions.ts
+++ b/lib/verifyConditions.ts
@@ -10,13 +10,28 @@ export async function verifyConditions(config: PluginConfig, context: PluginCont
   if (typeof config.projectId !== 'string') {
     throw new SemanticReleaseError(`config.projectId must be a string`);
   }
-  if (!Array.isArray(config.ticketPrefixes)) {
-    throw new SemanticReleaseError(`config.ticketPrefixes must be an array of string`);
+
+  if (!config.ticketPrefixes && !config.ticketRegex) {
+    throw new SemanticReleaseError('Either config.ticketPrefixes or config.ticketRegex must be passed');
+  }
+
+  if (config.ticketPrefixes && config.ticketRegex) {
+    throw new SemanticReleaseError(`config.ticketPrefixes and config.ticketRegex cannot be passed at the same time`);
   }
-  for (const prefix of config.ticketPrefixes) {
-    if (typeof prefix !== 'string') {
+
+  if (config.ticketPrefixes) {
+    if (!Array.isArray(config.ticketPrefixes)) {
       throw new SemanticReleaseError(`config.ticketPrefixes must be an array of string`);
     }
+    for (const prefix of config.ticketPrefixes) {
+      if (typeof prefix !== 'string') {
+        throw new SemanticReleaseError(`config.ticketPrefixes must be an array of string`);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (config.ticketRegex && typeof config.ticketRegex !== 'string') {
+    throw new SemanticReleaseError(`config.ticketRegex must be an string`);
   }
 
   if (config.releaseNameTemplate) {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 23685a5..a75bd3e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
   "private": false,
   "scripts": {
     "prepublishOnly": "mkdir -p dist && rm -rf dist && tsc -p .",
-    "test": "tsc -p . && tslint -p . && true \n#\n# No tests 😱\n#"
+    "lint": "tslint -p .",
+    "build": "tsc -p .",
+    "test": " yarn jest"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@semantic-release/error": "^2.2.0",
@@ -16,9 +18,13 @@
     "tslib": "^1.9.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "@babel/preset-env": "^7.5.5",
+    "@babel/preset-typescript": "^7.3.3",
+    "@types/jest": "^24.0.17",
     "@types/lodash": "^4.14.120",
     "@types/node": "^10.12.19",
     "@types/signale": "^1.2.0",
+    "jest": "^24.8.0",
     "madge": "^3.4.3",
     "tslint": "^5.12.1",
     "tslint-config-airbnb": "^5.11.1",
diff --git a/test-config/package.json b/test-config/package.json
index ab3c98b..8873ad1 100644
--- a/test-config/package.json
+++ b/test-config/package.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer": "^6.1.0",
     "@semantic-release/npm": "^5.1.4",
     "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator": "^7.1.4",
-    "semantic-release": "^15.13.3",
+    "semantic-release": "^15.13.3 || ^16.0.0",
     "semantic-release-jira-releases": "./.."
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/fakedata.ts b/test/fakedata.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2b705bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fakedata.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+import { BaseConfig, Person, Commit, PreviousRelease, UpcomingRelease, PluginConfig, PluginContext, GenerateNotesContext } from "../lib/types";
+
+export const baseConfig: BaseConfig = {
+  $0: '',
+  branch: 'test',
+  debug: true,
+  dryRun: true,
+}
+
+export const date = new Date("2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z")
+
+export const author: Person = {
+  name: 'test',
+  email: 'email',
+  date,
+}
+
+export const commits: Commit[] = [
+  'chore: fixing whitespace',
+  'docs: adding regex unescaping',
+  'fix: escaping regex',
+  'docs: [FIX-321] editing readme',
+  'feat: [UH-1258] better logging ',
+  'feat: [UH-1258] Implement release creation',
+  'fix: [FIX-123] typescript config',
+  'fix: [TEST-123] test commit',
+].map(m => ({
+  author,
+  committer: author,
+  commitDate: date,
+  body: '',
+  hash: '',
+  message: m,
+  subject: '',
+  commit: {
+    long: '',
+    short: ''
+  }
+}))
+
+export const previousRelease: PreviousRelease = {
+  gitHead: '',
+  gitTag: '',
+  version: ''
+}
+
+export const upcomingRelease: UpcomingRelease = {
+  ...previousRelease,
+  notes: '',
+  type: ''
+}
+
+export const pluginConfig: Partial<PluginConfig> = {
+  ...baseConfig,
+  projectId: 'TEST',
+  jiraHost: 'testjira.com'
+}
+
+export const logger = {
+  info: jest.fn()
+}
+
+export const pluginContext: PluginContext = {
+  cwd: '',
+  env: {},
+  logger: logger as any,
+  options: baseConfig,
+  stderr: null,
+  stdout: null,
+}
+export const context: GenerateNotesContext = {
+  ...pluginContext,
+  commits,
+  lastRelease: previousRelease,
+  nextRelease: upcomingRelease
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/test.ts b/test/test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5550868
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import { getTickets } from "../lib/success";
+import { pluginConfig, context } from "./fakedata";
+import { PluginConfig } from "../lib/types";
+
+describe('Success tests', () => {
+  describe('#getTickets', () => {
+    it('should analyze tickets with one ticketPrefix', () => {
+      const config = {
+        ...pluginConfig,
+        ticketPrefixes: ['UH']
+      } as PluginConfig;
+      expect(getTickets(config, context)).toEqual(['UH-1258'])
+    })
+
+    it('should analyze tickets with many ticketPrefix', () => {
+      const config = {
+        ...pluginConfig,
+        ticketPrefixes: ['UH', 'FIX']
+      } as PluginConfig
+      expect(getTickets(config, context)).toEqual(['FIX-321', 'UH-1258', 'FIX-123'])
+    })
+
+    it('should analyze tickets with ticketRegex', () => {
+      const ticketRegex = '[A-Za-z]+-\\d+';
+      
+      const config: PluginConfig = {
+        ...pluginConfig,
+        ticketRegex
+      } as PluginConfig;
+
+      expect(getTickets(config, context)).toEqual(['FIX-321', 'UH-1258', 'FIX-123', 'TEST-123'])
+    })
+  })
+})
+