diff --git a/src/litserve/python_client.py b/src/litserve/python_client.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cb7b4006
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/litserve/python_client.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+import requests
+
+response = requests.post("http://127.0.0.1:8000/predict", json={"input": 4.0})
+print(f"Status: {response.status_code}\nResponse:\n {response.text}")
diff --git a/tests/simple_server.py b/tests/simple_server.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5819a010
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/simple_server.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+from litserve.server import LitServer
+from litserve.api import LitAPI
+from fastapi import Request, Response
+
+
+class SimpleLitAPI(LitAPI):
+    def setup(self, device):
+        self.model = lambda x: x**2
+
+    def decode_request(self, request: Request):
+        return request["input"]
+
+    def predict(self, x):
+        return self.model(x)
+
+    def encode_response(self, output) -> Response:
+        return {"output": output}
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    server = LitServer(SimpleLitAPI(), accelerator="cpu", devices=1, timeout=10)
+    server.run()
diff --git a/tests/test_lit_server.py b/tests/test_lit_server.py
index 90921e58..625b8b84 100644
--- a/tests/test_lit_server.py
+++ b/tests/test_lit_server.py
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
+import subprocess
+import time
 from multiprocessing import Pipe, Manager
+
+
+import os
+
 from unittest.mock import patch, MagicMock
 from litserve.server import inference_worker, run_single_loop
 from litserve.server import LitServer
@@ -84,3 +90,18 @@ def test_single_loop(simple_litapi, loop_args):
 
     with pytest.raises(StopIteration, match="exit loop"):
         run_single_loop(lit_api_mock, requests_queue, request_buffer)
+
+
+def test_run():
+    subprocess.Popen(
+        ["python", "tests/simple_server.py"],
+        stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL,
+        stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL,
+        stdin=subprocess.DEVNULL,
+    )
+
+    time.sleep(5)
+    assert os.path.exists("client.py")
+    output = subprocess.run("python client.py", shell=True, capture_output=True, text=True).stdout
+    assert '{"output":16.0}' in output
+    os.remove("client.py")