diff --git a/tests/client/__init__.py b/tests/client/__init__.py
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+++ b/tests/client/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+__author__ = 'nico'
diff --git a/tests/client/test_client.py b/tests/client/test_client.py
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+++ b/tests/client/test_client.py
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+import logging
+from hbmqtt.client._client import MQTTClient
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
+    C=MQTTClient()
+    C.connect(uri='mqtt://localhost:1883/', username='testuser', password="passwd")
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