diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
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+import pytest
+
+def pytest_addoption(parser):
+    parser.addoption("--benchmark", action="store_true", default=False, help="Enable benchmarking")
+    parser.addoption("--long-benchmark", action="store_true", default=False, help="Enable long benchmark")
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diff --git a/tests/save_and_load.py b/tests/save_and_load.py
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+import json
+from contextlib import ExitStack as DoesNotRaise
+
+import pytest
+
+from jamesql import JameSQL
+from jamesql.index import INDEX_STORE, GSI_INDEX_STRATEGIES
+import os
+
+
+
+def test_save_to_local_index():
+    with open("tests/fixtures/documents.json") as f:
+        documents = json.load(f)
+
+    index = JameSQL()
+
+    for document in documents:
+        index.add(document)
+
+    index.create_gsi("title", strategy=GSI_INDEX_STRATEGIES.CONTAINS)
+
+    index.save("documents")
+
+    expected_index_path = os.path.join(INDEX_STORE, "documents")
+
+    assert os.path.exists(expected_index_path)
+
+def test_load_from_local_index():
+    with open("tests/fixtures/documents.json") as f:
+        documents = json.load(f)
+
+    index = JameSQL()
+
+    index.load("documents")
+
+    assert len(index.global_index) == len(documents)
+    assert index.global_index
+    assert len(index.gsis) == 1
+    assert index.gsis["title"]
+    assert len(index.uuids_to_position_in_global_index) == len(documents)
+    
+    os.remove(os.path.join(INDEX_STORE, "documents"))