diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index cd4f8f2..8fb1b5b 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
+apply plugin: 'de.mannodermaus.android-junit5'
 
 android {
     compileSdkVersion 33
@@ -51,6 +52,8 @@ dependencies {
     implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:1.8.0'
     implementation 'androidx.preference:preference:1.2.0'
     implementation "androidx.annotation:annotation:1.6.0"
+
+    testImplementation "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter:5.9.2"
 }
 
 // Not sure why this started happening all of a sudden, but the buidl was failing
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/com/nicobrailo/pianoli/melodies/NoteMapperTest.java b/app/src/test/java/com/nicobrailo/pianoli/melodies/NoteMapperTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..57bc274
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/test/java/com/nicobrailo/pianoli/melodies/NoteMapperTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package com.nicobrailo.pianoli.melodies;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.ValueSource;
+
+import static com.nicobrailo.pianoli.melodies.NoteMapper.get_key_idx_from_note;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
+
+class NoteMapperTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void noteRangeLimits() {
+        assertEquals(0, get_key_idx_from_note("C1"),
+                "lowest parsable note should be parsed");
+        assertEquals(26, get_key_idx_from_note("B2"),
+                "lowest parsable note should be parsed");
+
+    }
+
+    @ParameterizedTest
+    @ValueSource(strings = {"C#1", "Db1", "D♭1"})
+    public void fancySynonyms(String note) {
+        assertEquals(1, get_key_idx_from_note(note),
+                "all synonyms for the same note should work, including fancy symbols");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index f50a357..3715dda 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ buildscript {
 
     dependencies {
         classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.0.2'
+        classpath "de.mannodermaus.gradle.plugins:android-junit5:1.9.3.0"
 
         // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
         // in the individual module build.gradle files