diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 08c3d33..d046090 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -3,6 +3,5 @@
 .git/
 .gitignore
 .idea/
-Dockerfile
 bin/
 gorm.db
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 43f58c4..3358e8a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ deps:
 	go mod tidy
 
 ## test: Runs unit tests for the application.
-test: deps
-	go test -cover ./...
+test:
+	go test -test.short -cover ./...
 
 ## imports: Organizes imports within the codebase.
 imports:
diff --git a/api/api_contract_test.go b/api/api_contract_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a19945d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/api_contract_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+package api
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"net"
+	"net/http"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go"
+	"github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go/wait"
+)
+
+type serviceContainer struct {
+	testcontainers.Container
+	URI string
+}
+
+func TestAPIContract(t *testing.T) {
+	if testing.Short() {
+		t.Skip("skipping integration tests")
+	}
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	// Build the image and start a container with our service.
+	svcContainer, err := buildServiceContainer(t)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	// TODO Start a k6 container to run our compliance script
+	//nolint:noctx
+	resp, err := http.Get(svcContainer.URI + "/api/places")
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+	assert.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, resp.StatusCode)
+}
+
+// buildServiceContainer will build and start our service within a container based on current source.
+func buildServiceContainer(t *testing.T) (*serviceContainer, error) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	container, err := testcontainers.GenericContainer(
+		ctx,
+		testcontainers.GenericContainerRequest{
+			ContainerRequest: testcontainers.ContainerRequest{
+				FromDockerfile: testcontainers.FromDockerfile{
+					Context:       "..",
+					Dockerfile:    "Dockerfile",
+					PrintBuildLog: false,
+					KeepImage:     false,
+				},
+				ExposedPorts: []string{"9092/tcp"},
+				Cmd:          []string{"/bin/sh", "-c", "/app/weesvc migrate; /app/weesvc serve"},
+				WaitingFor:   wait.ForHTTP("/api/hello").WithStartupTimeout(10 * time.Second),
+			},
+			Started: true,
+		},
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		if terr := container.Terminate(ctx); terr != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("failed to terminate ServiceContainer: %s", terr)
+		}
+	})
+
+	ip, err := container.Host(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	mappedPort, err := container.MappedPort(ctx, "9092")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return &serviceContainer{
+		Container: container,
+		URI:       "http://" + net.JoinHostPort(ip, mappedPort.Port()),
+	}, nil
+}